Art and Design AS & A2 (Fine Art)

This course is designed to introduce you to a variety of experiences exploring a range of media, processes and techniques (painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, printmaking, photography, animation and more).

You will explore relevant images, artefacts and resources relating to a range of art, craft and design, from the past and from recent times. Your responses to these examples will be shown through practical and critical activities. You will explore drawing using a variety of methods and media on a variety of scales. Underpinning your work will be the use of sketchbooks/workbooks/journals.

This course is appropriate for you if you wish to study Art and Design at Higher Education or if you have a creative and enthusiastic mind. A minimum of a grade C in GCSE Art and Design and a portfolio of work are required for you to study this course.

Art and Design AS & A2 (Graphics)

This course is designed to introduce you to a variety of experiences exploring a range of graphics media and techniques. There is a big difference between the graphics you study at school to the type of graphics you will study at college. Graphics at Hyde Clarendon focuses on printed media, so you get to design work such as magazines, posters and adverts.

You will work in areas or combinations of areas of Graphic Design such as; communication, computer graphics, illustration, advertising, packaging, and animation. You will develop and demonstrate skills in the understanding of the meaning, function, style, scale, colour and content in relation to your Graphic Design project. You will build an awareness of intended audiences and you will respond to issues, concepts or ideas by working to a brief. An appreciation of the appropriate use of lettering, signs and symbols will form a part of your Higher Education.