ART A LEVEL & AS LEVEL COURSES

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Art A Level & AS Level courses

Art is a practical and creative subject, which allows our students to produce their own works of art, using a wide range of techniques and processes. Practical work is supported by an in-depth understanding of different styles and genres and a caritical appreciation of how images and artefacts are produced. At Westminster Tutors, our students are surrounded by paintings, drawings and photographs, which they can study in detail, and they also enjoy lessons taking place at the many art galleries around London.

Course outline

Areas of study

Drawing and painting
Mixed-media, including collage and assemblage
Sculpture
Ceramics
Installation
Printmaking (relief, intaglio, screen processes and lithography)
Moving image and photography

Skills & technique

Appreciation of different approaches to recording images
Appreciation of colour, line, tone, texture, shape and form
Awareness of intended audience or purpose
Understanding of the conventions of figurative/representational and abstract/non-representational imagery or genres
Appreciation of different ways of working
Understanding of pictorial space, composition, rhythm, scale and structure

Knowledge & Understanding

- How ideas, feelings and meanings can be conveyed and interpreted in images and artefacts
- A working vocabulary and specialist terminology
- Historical and contemporary developments and different styles and genres
- How images and artefacts relate to social, environmental and/or ethical contexts, and to the time and place in which they were created
- Continuity and change in different styles, genres and traditions

Assesment

AS Level

Component 1: Portfolio

- - 96 marks
  - No time limit
  - Non-exam assessment
  - 60% of total AS level

Component 2: Externally set assignment

- - 96 marks
  - Preparatory period + 10 hours supervised time
  - Non-exam assessment
  - 40% of total AS level

A Level

Component 1: Personal investigation

- - 96 marks
  - 1000-3000 words
  - No time limit
  - Non-exam assessment
  - 60% of total A level

Component 2: Externally set assignment

- - 96 marks
  - Preparatory period + 15 hours supervised time
  - Non-exam assessment
  - 40% of total A level

Specification

Teachers will choose the examination board for students joining in Year 12 based on their expertise and specialist knowledge. For Year 13 and retake students, teachers will continue students’ studies with AQA, Edexcel/Pearson, OCR or WJEC/Eduqas. Please note that we do not offer CIE but can more than map to one of the boards listed.

Teachers

Jennifer Hankin
BA (Lancaster), MA (BIAD), MA (Kent), PhD (Loughborough)

News

A Level Exams in Summer 2022

Dec 16, 2021

Following the cancellation of summer exams in 2020 and 2021, the government plans for A level and GCSE students to take exams as normal in summer 2022. The exam timetables for the summer have now been published, and they can be found on the individual exam...

Museum Trip

Oct 11, 2021

The Art Department will be taking students to the V&A Museum next Monday morning. Students will meet at the college, walk to the museum, which is only a few minutes away, and then walk back. This is a great opportunity for students to see a fantastic...

A Level and GCSE Exams in Autumn 2020

Aug 6, 2020

Following the cancellation of A level and GCSE exams for the summer 2020 series, Ofqual have confirmed that an autumn exam series will be held in October 2020 for A levels and November 2020 for GCSEs.

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ART A LEVEL & AS LEVEL COURSES