Art, Craft & Design: Fine Art GCE A Level

Course summary

GCE A Level Art & Design: Fine Art - Edexcel Exam Board During the A Level Art, Craft & Design course you will have the opportunity to develop your creative skills in painting, drawing, printmaking, ceramics and mixed-media. In your first year you will be encouraged to explore a range of the formal elements through mini workshops and projects. You will build up a portfolio of experiments and be taught to develop and sustain your ideas in a variety of outcomes. Contextual studies investigating a broad range of artists and cultures are integrated into your studies and we teach you to investigate and analyse the work of others. We run a yearly trip to a major London art fair and private galleries to develop your understanding of the wider picture and also encourage students to make regular visits to London galleries and museums to inspire their own practise. The main area of study will be on the Personal Investigation; in which you will decide with the support of your teacher the area of study for your own project. You will produce a sketchbook and portfolio of studies, experiments and ideas working towards a final outcome/s. You will also support this with a written study related to your practical investigation, a minimum of one thousand words is required. Coursework constitutes 60% of your final grade. (20% of which are allocated to the written study) 40% of the A Level mark comes from the externally set assignment, a 12-week project at the end of the two year course ending in a 15-hour practical exam.