Art and Design (Photography)

Course summary

Are you a highly creative person? Do you enjoy the challenge of visually creating interesting pieces? Do you enjoy the challenge to produce work to perfection? Art is an incredibly competitive subject in the wider industry and you need to be unique for a career in this field. You should enjoy practical work and developing visual skills. You should also enjoy exploring increasingly independent ideas, you need to be interested in the world around you and keen to explore how this can feed your own art making. You will explore drawing and painting processes alongside evaluating and critically assessing your own and others work. An independent investigation is expected and guided by your teacher. Students are also expected to do independent gallery visits which are essential and a log of this is recorded in the sketchbook. You must enjoy the visual demand of drawing incorporating pencil skills into primary studies. Painting with acrylic/oil paint is essential, as is showing excellent observational skills.