Art and Design (Fine Art)

Course summary

Year 12 Throughout Year 12 students will create two coursework projects, focusing primarily on building up their creative skills in any of the following areas: Painting and drawing, Photography, 3D, Ceramics, Digital Media, Textiles, Printmaking, and Contextual Studies. It is expected that students will organize their development work in sketchbooks. In addition to this, there is an emphasis on developing skills and ideas through project work to the realization and creation of a response. Year 13 In Year 13 students will develop one major project based on a personal theme and a contextual study on a topic of their choice, along with an essay between 1000 – 3000 words (a compulsory component of the course). The emphasis on this is a personal response; students generate their own independent project brief following a sustained investigation. Why should I study Art? ● Develop higher-order questioning and thinking skills. ● Research skills ● Analytical skills ● High pass rate ● New technologies ● Appeal to employers ● Stretches your understanding of the world ● Develops higher-order thinking and independence. Art continues to be a very successful and highly subscribed course with students achieving incredibly well each year. All courses on offer have a 100% pass rate.