3202 Art and Design (Fine Art)
The specification is split into 2 main parts.
- Coursework No time limit 60% of total marks:
Choice of Unendorsed or Endorsed options.
Two, three or four units of coursework in the chosen option.
Response to all assessment objectives required in coursework as a whole.
Centre-assessed and moderated by AQA. - Controlled Test 10 hours 40% of total marks
Candidates must respond to one starting point.
Four week preparatory period and 10 hours of supervised time.
Response to all assessment objectives required.
Set by AQA, centre-assessed and moderated by AQA.
Aims of the specification:
- creative and imaginative powers, and the practical skills for
communicating and expressing ideas, feelings and meanings in art,
craft and design; - investigative, analytical, experimental and interpretative capabilities,
aesthetic understanding and critical skills; - understanding of codes and conventions of art, craft and design and
awareness of contexts in which they operate; - knowledge and understanding of art, craft and design in contemporary
societies and in other times and cultures.
Candidates will be expected to demonstrate skills in the context of
their chosen area(s) of study:
- making appropriate use of colour, line, tone, texture, shape and
form; - using different approaches to recording images, such as
observation, analysis, expression and imagination; - showing in their work an understanding of the conventions of
representational and abstract imagery and genres; - investigating different ways of working, as appropriate to the
subject; - providing evidence of an understanding of pictorial space,
composition, rhythm, scale and structure; - providing evidence of the use of safe working practices.
