Course Details

Do you have a natural artistic flair? Do you love working with different materials to create amazing designs? Maybe you’re thinking of a career in the creative arts. This course is the perfect starting point.

During the one-year course, you’ll be introduced to different ways of working with materials, techniques and processes as well as the tools you’ll need to start thinking like a professional designer.

There are lots of opportunities for work experience and an introduction to design in the ‘real world’ through visits from artists.

Based at Lincoln College of Art and Design at Christ's Hospital Terrace (in the Cathedral Quarter) which has excellent facilities including a print room, 3D workshops (ceramics, glass, plaster, wood and metals), a dark room, five MAC suites, fashion workshop, photography and media studios and light and airy art.

Projects allow opportunities to explore:

• Drawing
• Illustration
• 3D work
• Textile design and processes
• Print making
• Fashion design
• Time-based media including photography
• Moving image work
• Skills to present and display your work
• Reflect on your own progress
• Analyze the work of other artists

You’ll need Three GCSEs including an Art or Design related subject (minimum Grade Three) not including Expressive Arts, or a Level One qualification in an Art related subject. You will be asked to attend an interview, where you will be required to show your art and design ability in a portfolio of artwork.

We also ask that you provide a reference (from an employer or recent school/college report). We are interested in your potential and your motivation to study here. Applicants are also required to email a short, written statement that tells us about your interests in the subject.

Assessment: There is no exam. Coursework is all internally assessed through a combination of interim and formal assessments at the end of each project. The final project will be graded at Pass, Merit or Distinction, this will be your overall grade for the qualification. The Level Two Diploma qualification is equivalent to four GCSEs at grade Four.

Progression: On completing the Level Two Diploma in Art and Design you could progress onto Level Three courses with a more specialist focus on Art and Design, Fashion, Photography or Media.

For further information regarding the Advanced Learner Loan please visit www.lincolncollege.ac.uk/funding-your-course/

Please note that where stated, fees are for the first year of a course only.

For more information contact our Course Information Office on 030 030 32435 or email enquiries@lincolncollege.ac.uk

You’ll need art equipment such as Graphite pencils, a black Edding 55 pen, A4 hardback sketchbook, A3 hardback sketchbook, eraser, craft knife, masking tape, synthetic brushes, a set of system acrylics, a memory stick, Pritt stick, scissors and an A1 folder. Other materials may be required to do the course. The college will supply these and you will be asked to pay a fee to use these within the studio.