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Level 3
Fine Art A-level
COURSE OVERVIEW
A Level Fine Art offers opportunities to use your creativity to express yourself and record the world in which you live. You will develop your understanding of creative processes, your ability to observe and think, to solve problems and communicate in a visual, verbal, and written 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. 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. Fine Art course content: • Drawing • Painting • Mixed-media (including collage and assemblage) • Sculpture • Installation • Printmaking • Moving image (animation, film and video) Drawing and other materials processes. Drawing in fine art forms an essential part of the development process from initial idea to finished work; from rough sketches, to diagrams setting out compositions. Students should use a variety of tools, materials and techniques, as appropriate, for recording their surroundings and source materials. Contextual understanding and professional practice. Students should incorporate contextual investigation and translation as inspirational starting points for their development work. They will consider the work of others and use understanding gained to inform the progression of their own personal creativity. When undertaking work in fine art, students will be required to engage with: • A range of materials and tools for making fine art, including, where appropriate, digital media. • Ways in which ideas and • feelings can be communicated effectively through the organisation of materials and the formal elements. • Concepts such as figuration, representation and abstraction. • Various forms of presentation, and the ways that audiences may respond to or interact with them. • The appropriate application of their chosen media and the • ability to realise ideas through the techniques employed. • Historical and contemporary themes and sources within the context of the chosen disciplines. A range of teaching and learning styles is used during the course. Group briefings, slide shows, practical demonstrations, visits to galleries, research tasks, discussions, group and individual critiques. For much of the course you are working on individual, practical, or research based tasks. 1:1 support is available to all students.
FURTHER INFORMATION
You need a minimum of five GCSEs at 9-4, including an Art based subject and English Language. A general interest in the arts is essential and in particular, an interest in Fine Art . A creative open minded approach to using fine art materials and techniques, and drawing from observation. The subject is mainly coursework based so good time management is also essential.
Fine Art is a great companion to all other subjects as creativity, imagination and problem solving skills can give you great ideas for your other subjects, and be transferrable skills that are looked upon favourably by universities and employers. Many students go on to an Art Foundation course. This is a general diagnostic year that allows students to try all Art and Design specialisms before going on to an higher education course. Some universities will accept students on to a Fine Art degree with A Levels and a portfolio, but many prefer students to complete the Foundation year. Possible degree options • 2D and 3D animation • 3D design • Applied arts • Architecture • Art history • Art therapy • Ceramics • Digital media • Fine art painting • Fine art printmaking • Fine art sculpture • Game design • Illustration • Interior architecture and design • Visual communication • Visual effects for film and • television • Possible career options • Architect • Art technician • Art therapist • Art valuer • Artist in residence • Arts administrator • Community arts worker • Illustrator • Lecturer • Multimedia artist • Mural artist • Museum/gallery curator • Painter • Printmaker • Sculptor • Teacher
There are two parts to the A Level. 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. At the end of the course both components are internally marked and externally moderated. All work is assessed with reference to the four exam board criteria: • Develop ideas • Explore media • Research, record, analyse, review • Present outcomes You may be assessed for an AS qualification in this course at the end of your first year as a measure of your progress.
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