Art, Craft and Design

Course summary

The A level Art and Design course is an intensive re-evaluation of your skills, technique and art practice. We will equip you with a vast array of skills crossing all media but always using as its foundation and explorative approach to drawing. By re-establishing and developing core skills you will increase the freedom of creativity and conceptual understanding. Supported always by contextual studies, this course is a holistic and dynamic investigation into the fundamentals of art and will allow you to fully understand and take ownership of your creative potential. It is a very challenging course and you must be self-motivated and resourceful but ultimately enthusiastic. What it can lead to Professional Artist or Designer are aspirations of many but this subject is often the choice considered most relevant to many HE courses in the arts due to its breadth of subject matter and the necessity to understand the context and concept in the work you make. However, this art discipline in addition to great creativity often requires high level of problem solving and this is dual skills are often prized by many industries.