Fine Art

Students will need to demonstrate an ability to study at least 3 A-level subjects by achieving an average of 38 points over 8 GCSEs with a Grade 4 at least in English and Mathematics. Students should gain a Grade 6 or above in subjects they wish to study at A Level. Points are worked out on the bases that a Grade 9 = 9 points, Grade 8 = 8 points etc.

Please check for subject specific requirements.

Please note, our preferred method of application is via https://wymondhamhigh.applicaa.com/year12

The popular Fine Art course has been designed to encourage a broad and creative contemporary approach which allows students to think and reflect critically, build on personal strengths but also develop a solid but rewarding grounding in Fine Art. The focus is predominantly 2 dimensional. We will introduce you to a host of experiences exploring Fine Art techniques and processes from diverse approaches to drawing and painting to printmaking, collage and photo/mixed media. Using traditional and new technologies you will explore images, artefacts and resources from the past and recent times, from traditional academic methods to conceptual processes. The portfolio of realised outcomes developed during the course is used to produce key evidence for Foundation and Degree level course applications to prestigious Art Colleges. Termly life drawing and frequent enrichment trips and cultural visits to local, national and international collections underpin this highly successful course in this thriving and extremely successful Department. Fine Art works very well alongside Textiles or Art Multimedia and can help develop your creativity across all your subject choices.

CONTENT
Areas of study are intended to encourage exploration within either traditional or contemporary forms where students provide a variety of creative responses through a wide range of materials, media, processes or techniques.
A LEVEL COMPONENT 1: Personal Investigation > 60% OF QUALIFICATION
Year 12 Focus:
Key skills are developed and a broader range of experimental techniques are encouraged. Critical analysis and response to artists’ work are deepened. Students are encouraged to creatively present their work in large scale A2 sketch books, which support their normally ambitious and creative final outcomes.
Year 13 Focus:

1. Personal Study –Students select artists’ styles and approaches which reflect their own strengths and weaknesses. This phase of critical reference is more comprehensive than in previous units. The investigation is an in-depth study that demonstrates your ability to work from an initial starting point to a final outcome/s. You will confirm your understanding of your creative decisions, clarifying the focus of your investigation and demonstrate critical understanding of contextual and other sources.

2. Practical work – This unit extends the opportunity for supported creative development. This coursework frequently forms the basis for degree course applications.

A LEVEL COMPONENT 2: Externally Set Assignment (ESA) > 40% OF QUALIFICATION
A theme is given out by the exam board as a starting point for students’ own ideas. A body of work is generated and presented in A2/A3 sketchbooks, with a final outcome produced during a 15 hour exam.
*All units will be assessed by the Centre and externally moderated by a visiting moderator.

CAREER MOVES
At the end of the course students will have a very strong technical grounding and organised portfolio of work, which is essential for interviews for entry into further, or higher education/ undergraduate art and design courses. Many students leave Wymondham High and gain places in the best Art Colleges in the UK. Career possibilities within art and design are vast, for example: artist, fashion illustrator; teacher, technician, conservation officer; set designer and illustrator.
*Creative Industries are worth £8 million an hour to the UK economy, with a growth of almost 10%, outperforming all other sectors of UK industry. Creative Industries accounted for 1.68 million jobs, 5.6% of all UK employment.

OUR FACILITIES
The Art Department moved in to new brand new accommodation in October 2013 to provide students with the best facilities and the most creative and stimulating environment in which to work. We pride ourselves on the quality of the learning environment we can offer our students. The Art department has outstanding studio and ICT facilities. It is an exciting place to study, providing a dynamic and supportive learning environment for the production of contemporary art work. The well-equipped studios provide naturally lit environments for you to create experimental, inventive, thought provoking and ambitious work.

QUOTES
‘Every child is an Artist’ - Pablo Picasso
‘The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke’ – Jerzy Kosinski
‘I dream my painting, and then I paint my dream’ - Vincent Van Gogh
‘Art is not what you see what you make others see’ - Edgar Degas

Fine Art
9 FA 01/02
https://qualifications.pearson.com/en/qualifications/edexcel-a-levels/art-and-design-2015.html

STAFF CONTACT
Mr. Neil Moulton (Head of Art)

Wymondham High prefer students taking this course
to have GCSE Art and Design A*–B and a good portfolio.

At the end of the course students will have a
very strong technical grounding and organised
portfolio of work, which is essential for interviews
for entry into further, or higher education/
undergraduate art and design courses. Many
students leave Wymondham High and gain
places in the best Art Colleges in the UK. Career
possibilities within art and design are vast,
for example: artist, fashion illustrator, teacher,
technician, conservation officer; set designer
and illustrator.