Art – Ar.4

Fine Art Endorsement Head of Department: Mrs C Knight

Why study this subject?

• You will continue to develop your interest and enthusiasm for Art. • You will develop your visual language skills and build a comprehensive portfolio of 2 years’ sustained study as evidence of your ability to progress to further courses. • Careers could be pursued in design for fashion, ceramics, glass, jewellery, textiles and theatrical or in the fine arts, photography, TV or film making.

What will you study?

You will:

• learn creative and practical skills and develop your competence in working with a range of media as well as in refining and developing ideas • develop your cultural knowledge through the study of other artists and the function of art in society • learn critical and analytical skills which enable you to experiment and to explore creative possibilities, and to become confident in taking risks by learning from mistakes when experimenting with ideas, materials, tools and techniques • develop personal attributes including self-confidence, resilience, self-discipline and perseverance.

These qualities will enable you to produce creative, expressive and personal work in response to themes and starting points set by the department.

You will work in two or more of the following activities: painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, lensbased imagery, and other forms of two and three-dimensional imagery.

How will you be assessed?

You will be assessed on TWO units:

Assessment 1 – Candidate Portfolio (60%)

• Controlled assessment. • Portfolio to be produced in a specified time showing your response to themes set by the department.

Assessment 2 – Externally Set Task (40%)

• A response to ONE question from a question paper issued in January of the second year of the course by the Exam Board. • You will have a preparatory period followed by a time-limited Supervised Task Period (exam).

Something to consider ….

• You will be asked to go on visits to an Art Gallery as part of the course. • You will need to purchase sketchpads, canvasses, pencils, erasers, paints, brushes and other materials to complete studies at home.