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Art and Design - Level 2
Start Date: 1st September 2025
Other start dates:
2nd September 2024
- Length 1 Year
- Study Full-Time
- Location Kidderminster College
More about the course
Brush up on your artistic skills with this one-year course in Art and Design where you will receive a basic introduction to drawing, painting, 3D, digital and various approaches to art and design.
With a personal workspace, you'll learn through artistic experimentation using a broad range of 2D and 3D processes. Projects will help you gain a contextual understanding of historical and contemporary art and design and support you in making and articulating personal connections and interpretations.
Throughout the year you will develop practical, problem-solving, and research skills, improve your confidence and communication, and learn about the careers opportunities in art and design available to you. You will also be able to improve your communication and presentation skills by participating in group critiques and student exhibitions.
Entry requirements:
- 4 GCSEs grade 3 and above, including English and maths
- An artistic flair and passion for creativity are essential
What will I achieve?
Upon successful completion of this course, you will receive a BTEC Level 2 First Diploma in Art and Design.
What will I learn?
- Materials, processes, and technical skills
- Contextual research
- Verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- Solving 2D, 3D and time-based creative problems
- Creating a portfolio of artwork for progression
How is the course taught?
- Practical lessons in our art studios
- Practical lessons in our IT suite
- Lessons in a outside environments
- Independent study
How am I assessed?
- Blend of internally assessed units and two external examinations
Learners will take a total of 11-13 Units:
- 7 mandatory units
- 4-6 optional specialism units (selected by the course tutors)
Work experience opportunities:
You will have the opportunity to take part in the creation of your own exhibition and print view of work.
English and Maths:
Maths will be included in perspective drawing and measuring for work.
English will be included in learning art terminology.
Where can I progress?
Upon successful completion of this course, you can go onto a Level 3 Art and Design Diploma.
Get in Touch
Meet our tutors and students
Glyn Taylor-Marshall
Tutor - Art and Design & Performing ArtsMy specialist area is in the arts, where I am versed in most mediums, e.g. performance skills/theatre, fine art, and contemporary/conceptual processes, including Live Art. I hold a BA in Fine art and an MA in Performance Studies. My teaching degree also specialises in learners with additional needs, and I hold a further qualification at Level 5 in Special Needs Education. I am an avid record collector, and I feel it is important to introduce my learners to all parts of popular culture, including music, politics and current ethical topics.
Art and Design
Gallery
What can I do with a qualification in Art and Design?
Daily tasks:
- Selects, contracts, markets and arranges for the presentation and/or distribution of performance, visual and heritage arts.
- Manages health and safety issues.
- Ensures necessary equipment, props, performers and technical staff are on set when required.
- Prepares rehearsal and production schedule for main events, design of sets and costumes, technical rehearsals and dress rehearsals.
- Breaks script into scenes and formulates a shooting schedule that will be most economical in terms of time, location and sets.
- Directs actors, designers, camera team, sound crew and other production and technical staff to achieve desired effects.
- Chooses writers, scripts, technical staff and performers, and assumes overall responsibility for completion of project on time and within budget.
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Daily tasks:
- Operates sound mixing and dubbing equipment to obtain desired mix, level and balance of sound.
- Manages health and safety issues.
- Operates equipment to record, edit and play back films and television programmes.
- Checks operation and positioning of projectors, vision and sound recording equipment, and mixing and dubbing equipment.
- Controls transmission, broadcasting and satellite systems for television and radio programmes, identifies and solves related technical problems.
- Takes, records and manipulates digital images and digital video footage.
- Photographs subject or follows action by moving camera.
- Operates scanning equipment to transfer image to computer and manipulates image to achieve the desired effect.
- Inserts lenses and adjusts aperture and speed settings as necessary.
- Arranges subject, lighting, camera equipment and any microphones.
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What can I do with a qualification in Art and Design?
Arts Officers, Producers and Directors
Daily tasks:
- Selects, contracts, markets and arranges for the presentation and/or distribution of performance, visual and heritage arts.
- Manages health and safety issues.
- Ensures necessary equipment, props, performers and technical staff are on set when required.
- Prepares rehearsal and production schedule for main events, design of sets and costumes, technical rehearsals and dress rehearsals.
- Breaks script into scenes and formulates a shooting schedule that will be most economical in terms of time, location and sets.
- Directs actors, designers, camera team, sound crew and other production and technical staff to achieve desired effects.
- Chooses writers, scripts, technical staff and performers, and assumes overall responsibility for completion of project on time and within budget.
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Photographers, Audio-visual and Broadcasting Equipment Operators
Daily tasks:
- Operates sound mixing and dubbing equipment to obtain desired mix, level and balance of sound.
- Manages health and safety issues.
- Operates equipment to record, edit and play back films and television programmes.
- Checks operation and positioning of projectors, vision and sound recording equipment, and mixing and dubbing equipment.
- Controls transmission, broadcasting and satellite systems for television and radio programmes, identifies and solves related technical problems.
- Takes, records and manipulates digital images and digital video footage.
- Photographs subject or follows action by moving camera.
- Operates scanning equipment to transfer image to computer and manipulates image to achieve the desired effect.
- Inserts lenses and adjusts aperture and speed settings as necessary.
- Arranges subject, lighting, camera equipment and any microphones.
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