GCSE Art & Design

GCSE Art at UTCN offers you the opportunity to use your imagination and to be creative in a variety of visual areas.

Content Summary

Art GCSE offers you a suitable foundation from which you can move on to further and higher education.

The delivery of Art has been carefully planned to include a wide range of skills and techniques including drawing, painting, collage, mixed-media, photography, print-making, model-making, and contextual studies.

Drawing from observation is an important element of the course and will help to develop your spacial awareness, visual perception and judgement.

What Can I Expect In Lessons?

• Develop your skills through private study and individual research
• Keep a sketchbook
• Evaluate your own work and that of others

The Art Department Will:

• Give you options of using different styles and mediums
• Help you develop your own style
• Give you advice on how to improve

The presentation given by teachers at the 2024 GCSE Options Evening can be found here