Art and Design A Level is a subject for students who take real pleasure in the visual world. It is Fine Art based and enables you to develop an understanding of all things visual. You will learn traditional drawing and painting skills as well as new media techniques, and also theoretical terms. You will be encouraged to look at a broad range of artists and to review your own work in relation to the artists you have studied. There is an important written component to the coursework which necessitates analysing your own work as a way of improving and developing it. 

The teaching takes place at the Richmond Road site which forms the School of Art, Design and Media and students benefit from the highly creative atmosphere there, working alongside other students studying a broad range of Art related qualifications.