art & design (Fine art)

Areas of Study

You will be required to work in one or more area(s) of Fine Art, such as those listed below. You may explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas.

• painting, drawing and mixed media, including collage and assemblage
• sculpture (including ceramic sculpture)
• land art, installation and construction
• printmaking, relife, intaglio, screen processes and lithography
• photography, film, television, animation and/or video

Skills & Techniques

• an appreciation of different approaches to recording images, such as observation, analysis, expression and imagination;
• an understanding of the conventions of figurative/representational and abstract/non-representational imagery or genres;
• appreciation of different ways of working, such as using underpainting, glazing, wash and impasto; modelling, carving, casting, constructing, assembling and welding; etching, engraving, drypoint, mono printing, lino printing, screen printing, photo silkscreen and lithography;
• an understanding of pictorial space, composition, rhythm, scale and structure;
• an appreciation of colour, tone, texture, shape and form

Knowledge & Understanding

You must show knowledge and understanding of:

• how ideas, feelings and meanings can be conveyed and interpreted in images and artefacts created in the context of your chosen area(s) of study within Fine Art;
• the historical and contemporary developments and different styles and genres in your chosen area(s) of Fine Art;
• how images and artefacts relate to social, environmental, cultural and/or ethical contexts, and to the time and place in which they were created;
• continuity and change in different styles, genres and traditions relevant to Fine Art;
• the working vocabulary and specialist terminology which is relevant to your chosen area(s) of Fine Art.

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