The UAL Level 2 Award and Diploma in Art and Design provides an exciting opportunity to explore the materials, methods and creative processes used across a wide range of art and design disciplines. Through a series of practical projects, you will develop new skills, techniques and knowledge while building confidence in your own creative abilities.
You will be introduced to a variety of specialist areas, including drawing, printmaking, photography, animation, 3D modelling, graphic design, sculpture and textiles. Throughout the course, tutors will demonstrate a range of techniques before encouraging you to experiment independently and develop your own ideas in response to creative briefs.
The programme focuses on the essential skills, knowledge and understanding that underpin art, design and craft practice. You will investigate the work of artists, designers and makers, using research and experimentation to inspire your own projects and develop your personal creative identity.
Working with a wide range of 2D and 3D materials, processes and techniques, you will gain valuable practical experience while learning how creative skills are applied in vocational contexts. Regular tutorials, structured activities and constructive feedback will support your progress throughout the course, helping you refine your ideas and build a strong portfolio of work.
As your confidence grows, you will undertake increasingly specialist projects before completing a final self-initiated project that showcases your creativity, technical skills and individual interests.
This is a coursework-based qualification designed to prepare you for further study or progression into the creative industries, while encouraging you to experiment, take creative risks and express yourself through art and design.
We look forward to welcoming you in September. If you would like to find out more about the course, please get in touch.
Art & Design is often described as visual communication. ‘What does that mean?’ I hear you say. Visual means that you can see it and communication is like a message. It can also use the other senses as well, but we’ll focus on ‘seeing’ for the moment. So, we can suggest that art is more about evoking a feeling. Evoking is when you experience something that has been suggested, not the real event.
Wow! So, art can encourage even stronger emotions in us? It can make us feel happy or sad, it can make us want to gaze in wonder or even, and this is the big deal…it can inspire us! Our first project on the course will be about being ‘Inspired by Art’.
There have been many exciting artists in the world, some with weird and challenging ideas too! We will explore some of these to help develop your own creative style!
An ambitious designer needs to look around and make sense of what they are looking at. You may think that you are already doing this, and you probably are, but let’s just check to make sure. Here are a few tasks to start you off looking and thinking.
Before you start your exciting journey into Art and Design we want you to enjoy your summer and have a bit of fun with a project designed to tell us a little bit about you. Using a piece of card which is postcard sized (6×4 inches) to decorate with images from your summer. Use the back to tell me something about yourself and create your own stamp with a mini self portrait.
Inspiration:
On the back of the postcard:
Tell me something about yourself. Not sure where to begin, then use some of these questions below to guide you.
Finally in the address section of the postcard, tell me where your ultimate dream holiday would be.
