AS Art and Design Course
Firstly, we would like to welcome you to the Art Department and hope you enjoy your time and we look forward to working with you as 6th form Artists.
During your time on the course you will have the opportunity to try out a variety of media and ways of working so that you can develop your own style and build up a good portfolio.
You don’t have to limit yourself to one form or style of Art and you will be actively encouraged to experiment in as many new ways of working as you can.
It goes without saying that the expectation at this level is higher than at GCSE and the expectation of independent study, both in and out of the lesson, is higher still.
You are expected do the same percentage of work on your Art as in your other subjects – so, if you are taking 4 subjects you must devote ¼ of your studies to Art (that’s study periods and work out of school).
It is vital that YOU push the boundaries of your knowledge and understanding in Art and Design. You can only achieve that with good background knowledge of :
The subject
The materials
How others have approached similar work.
You are expected, as A level students to discover these things yourself (that way you can develop and discover the style and themes that suit YOU)
THE THEME - This year the coursework theme is:
CONFIGURATION (The relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing).
You are expected to investigate the great variety of possibilities this theme has and develop these at the start of the new school year.
To this end you are to produce work over the summer as a basis for your studies starting in September.
The first place to start is a dictionary and thesaurus – this will give you some other starting points and will help to point you in the right direction for images and ideas.
You should then start to develop a mind map to give you ideas as well as suggestions as to where you can investigate.
After this you can begin your ‘mood board’ (remember that you are ‘A’ level students and that collected images must be as good as you can get to allow you to work from them). Produce your mood board over several pages and make sure you include a number of sketches and studies you have produced yourself (these could be done from gallery visits).
Be bold with materials and have some fun with them!!!
Over the summer you must visit two galleries. You will need to do some studies in your sketchbooks, take photographs (if you’re allowed) and buy cards, posters or books of images or artists that interest you.
You should fill about half a sketchbook so keep the pace going over the summer!
MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL ENJOY WHAT YOU DO!
WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN SEPTMEBER AND SEEING THE EXCITING WORK YOU PRODUCE OVER THE SUMMER. Check out: Quick Tips for GSCE & AS/A2 Projects
Images: Julian Opie
Firstly, we would like to welcome you to the Art Department and hope you enjoy your time and we look forward to working with you as 6th form Artists.
During your time on the course you will have the opportunity to try out a variety of media and ways of working so that you can develop your own style and build up a good portfolio.
You don’t have to limit yourself to one form or style of Art and you will be actively encouraged to experiment in as many new ways of working as you can.
It goes without saying that the expectation at this level is higher than at GCSE and the expectation of independent study, both in and out of the lesson, is higher still.
You are expected do the same percentage of work on your Art as in your other subjects – so, if you are taking 4 subjects you must devote ¼ of your studies to Art (that’s study periods and work out of school).
It is vital that YOU push the boundaries of your knowledge and understanding in Art and Design. You can only achieve that with good background knowledge of :
The subject
The materials
How others have approached similar work.
You are expected, as A level students to discover these things yourself (that way you can develop and discover the style and themes that suit YOU)
THE THEME - This year the coursework theme is:
CONFIGURATION (The relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing).
You are expected to investigate the great variety of possibilities this theme has and develop these at the start of the new school year.
To this end you are to produce work over the summer as a basis for your studies starting in September.
The first place to start is a dictionary and thesaurus – this will give you some other starting points and will help to point you in the right direction for images and ideas.
You should then start to develop a mind map to give you ideas as well as suggestions as to where you can investigate.
After this you can begin your ‘mood board’ (remember that you are ‘A’ level students and that collected images must be as good as you can get to allow you to work from them). Produce your mood board over several pages and make sure you include a number of sketches and studies you have produced yourself (these could be done from gallery visits).
Be bold with materials and have some fun with them!!!
Over the summer you must visit two galleries. You will need to do some studies in your sketchbooks, take photographs (if you’re allowed) and buy cards, posters or books of images or artists that interest you.
You should fill about half a sketchbook so keep the pace going over the summer!
MOST IMPORTANTLY OF ALL ENJOY WHAT YOU DO!
WE ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN SEPTMEBER AND SEEING THE EXCITING WORK YOU PRODUCE OVER THE SUMMER. Check out: Quick Tips for GSCE & AS/A2 Projects
Images: Julian Opie
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