Fine Art A Level Two year course
Studying A Level Fine Art gives you the skills and knowledge to create personal and imaginative work. If you have an adventurous, creative and enquiring mind and are excited by shaping and determining the visual world around us, there is a career opportunity waiting for you. How will my work be assessed? At A Level for component 1 you will develop work for a personal investigation into an idea, issue, concept or theme. This will consist of a portfolio of work supported by written material. This will count for 60% of your total A Level mark. In component 2 you will produce personal work in response to one of eight exciting starting points which count for 40% of your total mark. Your work will be assessed by your teacher throughout the year with written and verbal feedback given.
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What do people do with A Level Fine Art? Many students go on to an Art Foundation course. This is a general diagnostic year that
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Although we started off from the same theme, everybody ended up with totally different work by the end of the project.
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What is this course about? A Level Fine Art offers opportunities to use your creativity to express yourself. You will develop your understanding of creative processes, your ability to observe and think, to solve problems and communicate in a visual way. It will enable you to work independently and to make your own discoveries by exploring ideas, other artists’ work and different materials and techniques.
allows students to try all art and design specialisms before going on to choose from a wide range of degree courses such as 2D and 3D animation or design, architecture, ceramics and digital media right through to fine art printmaking, painting or sculpture, illustration, game design, industrial design or visual effects for TV or film. Some universities will accept students on to a fine arts degree with A Levels and a portfolio, but many prefer students to complete a Foundation year. Studying a fine art related degree at university will give you all sorts of exciting career opportunities from architect, art therapist, arts administrator or technician, community arts worker to lecturer, museum or gallery curator, illustrator, painter, printer, sculptor or teacher to name but a few. ENTRY REQUIREMENTS You will need a minimum of five GCSEs at A*- C grade (or equivalent), including Art and Design. Students who do not have Art and Design GCSE will be invited to do a short practical task before being accepted on the course.