Art

Mention the word "art" to people and they will have a few interpretations of the word. Art? Okay there have been some "art" works that have sold for thousands that I would not have paid tuppence for, but then there are other items which could easily be described as a work of art. My interpreation of this review is based on my own experience of the subject Art, you know, the painting lessons we all had at school. HIDDEN TALENT! Well, I was useless at art, never did anything that was any good. It didn't help that everyone else in the family were all artistic in a big way, designers, you know that ...

I have always been a more creative than academic student. I do all the creative subjects, art, drama, english etc but I was never fantastic at the sciences or maths. It is the total opposite with my brother though! I chose art as a gcse and thought that a-level was the natural progression from this. When I chose to do art as an A-level I just presumed that the two courses would merge into one. Sort of, a-level would follow on from gcse. Boy what a shock I recieved! I can honestly say that A-level art is not an 'easy' subject as some people like to say. In fact I would say you are required to put in more time with art than any other subjects. For ...

At GCSE, Art was one of my best subjects. I throughly enjoyed it and found it to be fulfilling and satisfying. At A-level, it is a completely different story. As I am nearing the end of my 2 year Art A-level course and I am all but finished the exam, I can truly say that I have never had to go through so much hassle for a subject in my entire life. I never went into Art because I thought it would be easy, I wanted to express myself other than in writing and I thought that I would get on well with Art at A-level but I was wrong. The jump between the GCSE and the A-level is enormous, everything seems to be different and it took me the best part ...