Art and Design

SUBJECT AIM

Fine Art can be defined as work developed primarily to communicate aesthetic, intellectual or purely conceptual ideas and meaning, rather than to serve a practical or commercial function. For example, work could be the outcome of personal experiences, thoughts and feelings, or simply observation and records of people, places and things in new and unique ways. Fine artwork will demonstrate an understanding and application of formal elements and creative skills, including mark-making. Students will use visual communication sensitively and thoughtfully to document their artistic journey and fully support their intentions   Students at DIS could experience and work alongside the British renowned artist ‘Ian Murphy’ Whom exclusively works with DIS in the Visual Art’s Department.

WHAT YOU WILL STUDY

Drawing

• The use of expressive and descriptive mark-making to record and communicate ideas.
• The use of a range of drawing materials, media and techniques such as graphite, pastel, charcoal, ink, chalk, digital drawing applications and a range of drawing surfaces.

Lens-/light-based media

• The use of digital, film and/or video elements such as lighting, time, sound, editing, space and composition to communicate ideas.
• The use of a range of lens- and light-based media, materials and techniques such as montage, mixed media, installation, animation, studio and location photography, pre-and post-production manipulation.

Mixed media

• The combining and manipulating of two-dimensional and three-dimensional media to communicate ideas.
• The combination of a range of mixed media materials and techniques such as wet and dry media, collage, objects, textiles, two- and three-dimensional elements, digital and non-digital application.

Print Making

• The creation of surfaces from which an image can be transferred to communicate ideas.
• The use of a variety of materials, media and techniques such as linoleum, screen, intaglio, relief, lithography, drypoint, etching and monoprint, using a range of inks and printing surfaces.
• Painting
• The use of expressive and descriptive mark-making to record and communicate ideas.
• The use of a range of painting materials, tools and techniques such as gouache, water colour, acrylic, oil, dyes, brushes, digital painting applications and a range of painting surfaces.

HOW WILL YOU BE ASSESSED

Students will be assessed externally via the examination board the expectations from the student will be as follows;

• Three sheets of supporting studies (maximum size A2 for each sheet)
• One sheet of final outcome/s (maximum size A2).

WHAT THIS SUBJECT CAN LEAD TO

• Architecture, Design Engineering, Motor vehicles Design, Animation, Graphic Artist, Advertisement Fashion Designing, Interior Designing, Photography, Fabric designer, Product Design are just some of the career paths which can be taken through studying Art.