GCSE 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. Youmay explore overlapping areas and combinations of areas.

• drawing and/or painting
• sculpture, land art or installation
• printmaking
• film or video
• mixed media

Knowledge, Skills & Understanding

You should adopt an integrated approach to the critical, practical and theoretical study of art, craft and design which includes first-hand experience of original work.

You must show knowledge and understanding of:

1. how ideas, feelings and meanings are conveyed in images and artefacts in your chosen area(s) of study within fine art;
2. a range of art, craft and design processes in two and/or three dimensions related to the chosen area(s) of fine art, including, where appropriate, information and communication technology;
3. how images and artefacts relevant to your chosen areas of study relate to your social, historical and cultural contexts;
4. a variety of approaches, methods and intentions and the contribution of contemporary practitioners and others from different times and cultures to continuity and change in your chosen areas of study within fine art

You will be expected to demonstrate skills in the context of your chosen area(s) of study:

• making appropriate use of colour, line, tone, texture, shape and form;
• using different approaches to recording images, such as observation, analysis, expression and imagination;
• showing in your work an understanding of the conventions of representational and abstract imagery and genres;
• investigating different ways of working, as appropriate to the subject;
• providing evidence of an understanding of pictorial space, composition, rhythm, scale and structure;
• providing evidence of the use of safe working practices.

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