Learning through culture
and the arts leads to
creative thinking,
confidence and problem
solving – all skills that are
prized by employers and
which young people need.
GCSE
ART AND DESIGN
GCSE ART AND DESIGN - FINE ART
GCSE ART AND DESIGN – TEXTILES
GCSE ART AND DESIGN
FINE ART/TEXTILES
WHAT DO YOU DO?
•2 to 3 Projects set by your teacher
(Portfolio) – starts in September of Year 10
e.g. Food in Art, Graffiti, Identity and Natural Forms.
• 1 Exam Project – starts from February of Year 11 UNTIL
APRIL
Exam Questions set by AQA
WHAT IS INVOLVED IN A PROJECT?
Cover Assessment Objectives set by AQA.
1. Looking at and responding to the work
of artists.
2. Experimenting and refining ideas using a
range of media and coming up with your
own ideas for a final piece.
3. Recording observations.
4. Final Piece.
FINE ART or TEXTILES?
• Both options have coursework projects set by
the teacher.
• Assessment Objectives are the same.
• Exam papers have different questions.
• Different materials/techniques used.
WHAT YOU DO IN FINE ART
You will have the opportunity to do a range of painting,
sculpture, land art, installation, printmaking, photoshop,
animation, drawing , photography, film, graphics, video or
mixed media.
WHAT YOU DO IN TEXTILES
• Skills such as batik, silk painting, stencil printing, bonding,
embellishment, bead making, drawing, painting, photography,
computer manipulation and many others are developed.
PROJECT ENHANCEMENT
Previous students have:
• Worked at Sunfield School alongside practising artists.
• Worked on projects with Primary Schools.
• Taken part in a drawing day looking at the architecture and architectural
detail at Worcester Cathedral.
• Taken part in a printing workshop at Stourbridge College.
• Taken part in a photo manipulation workshop.
• Worked with visiting artists.
• Visited the Stourbridge college Art Foundation course exhibition.
ART IS USEFUL FOR ANY CAREER/JOB
Fine Art/Textiles is a great compliment to any other
GCSE as it:
• Develops your creativity, thinking,
communication and team work skills.
• Students become:
reflective learners, self managers
• Prepares students for future learning in a wide
range of subjects.
• Learning through culture and the arts leads to
creative thinking, confidence and problem solving
– all skills that are prized by employers and which
young people need.
SOME JOBS REQUIRE ART AND
DESIGN/TEXTILES
ANIMATOR
GALLERY CURATOR
ILLUSTRATOR
FASHION DESIGNER
MAKE UP ARTIST
BEAUTY CONSULTANT
PHOTOGRAPHER
TEXTILE DESIGNER
JOBS IN TV/FILM MAKING
ARCHITECT
STAGE/SET DESIGNER
ART THERAPIST
COSTUME DESIGNER
PRIMARY OR SECONDARY TEACHER
JEWELLER
ARTIST
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
CARTOONIST
VIDEO GAMES DESIGNER
AND MANY MANY MORE.................
SO WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE ART?
• No written exam, and you will be given the exam
paper in February before taking the exam in April.
• No essays to do, all work at GCSE is practical.
• Learn exciting new techniques.
• Discover techniques you are good at that you
might not have tried before.
• Basic art skills are essential. However, you will
pick up many of these requirements during the
course, and you will find that by the end you are
much more creative than you were before, and
you will have made pieces of artwork that you
could not have dreamed of making before!
SO WHY WOULD YOU CHOOSE ART?
• Develop your work in your own time if you
want to.
• Lots of independence, not too controlling, you
can develop your own ideas to express
yourself in a wide variety of media.
• You will be given the chance to express your
individuality.
• You can work together with your friends to
share ideas.
MYTHS ABOUT ART GCSE
• Too much work!
There is no more work than any other subject, but you must
make sure you keep up to date with your homework.
• You have to be good at drawing
• You will need to do some drawing but not loads as most of the
time will be spent learning and using other techniques, you
can express yourself in lots of different ways.
• You should only choose Art if you want to be an artist or
designer
• Not necessarily. Of course, if you want a career in the Arts you
will have to do GCSE but the skills you learn are transferable
to many other careers including : forensic science, law,
medicine, business.
7 REASONS THE ARTS ARE
IMPORTANT
1. They are languages that all people speak that cut across racial,
cultural, social, educational, and economic barriers and enhance
cultural appreciation and awareness.
2. They provide opportunities for self-expression, bringing the inner
world into the outer world of concrete reality.
3. They develop both independence and collaboration.
4. They make it possible to use personal strengths in meaningful
ways and to bridge into understanding sometimes difficult
abstractions through these strengths.
5. They improve academic achievement -- enhancing test scores,
attitudes, social skills, critical and creative thinking.
6. They exercise and develop higher order thinking skills including
analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and "problem-finding."
7. They provide the means for every student to learn.