b'Art and DesignAdvanced General Certificate of EducationSubject Overviewfrom a selection provided by the examination board. Students who study Art and Design are able to developOver a three month period they will construct and exciting and innovative visual responses to the worlddevelop their project, culminating in a 15 hour practical around them. This A Level course teaches students toexamination during which they will produce their final research, analyse, explore, review and develop their ownpiece. projects. One-to-one tutorials are key to supportingHow lessons are taughtstudents in the direction and media in which they wishArt students are taught using wide range of to work, building confidence and opening up creativelearning approaches, including whole class teaching, pathways for them to explore. demonstrations of techniques and processes, one to one 6.1tutorials, individual enquiry and practical investigation. The first year is split into two main sections: ProgressionArtist reference:Art students become creative thinkers; they are adept at During the first part of the year, 6.1 students will beproblem solving, unafraid to take risks, like to challenge able to select their own working theme for their Aperceptions and can produce exciting and thoughtful Level project: thePersonal investigation. Using thisoutcomes. These are skills that are widely sought after theme as astarting point, students will study thein most professions and particularly in those such as work of a number of artists whose work links to theirarchitecture, illustration, fashion and textiles, graphic topic; carrying out in depthresearch as well as makingdesign, web and games design, photography, film and comprehensive studies of theirwork special effects.Skills WorkshopsThe second part of the year aims to teach students aExam Board OCRrange of techniques and processes in order to start toSubject Leader Ms M Cameronexplore their ideas; these workshops include drawingSpecific Entry Requirements: with different media, dry point etching,monoprint,6 GCSEs (Grades 95) Including Grade 5 in English cyanotype, charcoal and oil painting. and Grade 6 or above in GCSE Art6.2TThe second year also has two main areas of study:Personal Investigation (60% of A level grade) During 6.2, students will further develop their Personal Investigation on a chosen theme. Through the support of one to one tutorials, students will produce a portfolio of work which investigates, explores, reviews and concludes their artistic journey through a range of processes. They will select and study a number of artists for their project, make recordings in the form of drawings and photographs, develop ideas in their chosen media and create a final piece for their project. This project will also include an extended essay which analyses the work of their chosen artists in depth. OCR Set Task (40% of A level grade) In this examination unit, students will be able to select their own working title 20 www.ttsonline.net'