Key Stage 4
Course Information
Visual Arts & Design Post 16
Course Information
Visual Arts & Design
What Will I Study? What Will I Study?
If you join us at age 14 you will learn and develop your
knowledge of the basics of drawing, painting, sculpture,
photography, animation, fashion, illustration and textiles.
As you develop through the course you also have the
opportunity to choose a specialism. Once you finish your
studies you will achieve a BTEC Tech Award in Art and
Design Practice, equivalent to GCSE 9-4. If you want to enter a career in visual arts and
design this course aims to give you the practical
skills and knowledge to do this. You will develop your
techniques in drawing and life drawing, painting,
sculpture, printmaking, illustration, web design, textiles,
photography, live art, graphics, fashion, film making and
many more areas of art.
How Do I Apply? You will also have the chance to travel abroad on the
department’s annual overseas trip which also feeds
directly into your final major project. At the end of your
course you will achieve a UAL, Level 3, Extended Diploma
in Art and Design.
Answer the following questions in section 7 of the
application form:
a)
What art and design techniques or equipment have
you used? Why have you chosen these? How Do I Apply?
b) What ICT programmes or online applications have
you used and how? Give examples of how this has
developed your art and design work. Answer the following questions in section 7 of the
application form:
c) Tell us about yourself and your experiences in visual art
and design. Which artists have inspired you and why?
d) Choose a piece of art and design work and describe
what you think is effective about it.
a)
What art and design techniques or equipment have
you used? Why have you chosen these?
b)
Which artists, crafts, people or designers have you
been inspired by? How have you used them in your
work?
c)
Tell us about yourself and about a favourite art and
design experience.
d)
Choose a piece of art and design work and describe
what you think is effective about it.
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