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Art

SYL0638

Fine Art offers opportunities to use your creativity to express yourself. Students will develop their understanding of creative processes, their ability to observe and to think, to solve problems and to communicate in a visual way. Fine Art gives learners the skills and knowledge to create personal and imaginative work.

Students will explore an extensive range of skills, processes and techniques in relation to drawing, painting, printmaking and three-dimensional work. Practical work is produced through researching and developing ideas from a range of starting points. Their practical work is supported by critical evaluation and an awareness of contemporary and historical influences.

The coursework units offer an experimental approach to a range of practices, whilst considering the work of other artists and designers to help inform and support students' practical work. This will count for 60% of their total A Level marks. In component 2, learners will produce personal work in response to one of eight exciting starting points issued by the exam board. They will be given time to research and develop their ideas in a practical way. Their final piece will be produced within a ten-hour supervised period of time. This will count for 40% of the total A Level marks.

“A Level Art has given me a chance to refine skills and develop my own style and approach to working. I found the independent study of specific artists, and the way this developed my own style, the most rewarding.”

Next Steps

The majority of our students go on to do a one-year Foundation Diploma, or apply directly to degree courses at universities and other institutions. Having this qualification also enables students to progress to a more specialist area within Art and Design.

An A Level in a creative subject provides you with highly valued and transferable skills across many sectors, such as problem solving, team work, and visual communication. Studying Fine Art at A Level gives students all sorts of exciting career opportunities. For those with an adventurous, creative and enquiring mind, who are excited by shaping and determining the visual world around them, there is a career opportunity waiting for them!