This course is suitable for students wishing to extend their skills at expressing an idea through the medium of a sketchbook. Students will be guided through a range of design methods including a variety of techniques and media for mark making, colouring pages, pattern making, and ways of creating texture. These ideas will be extended to include ways of adapting a sketchbook to make an individual statement. Students will create a portfolio of samples and will complete two sketchbook projects to explore a given theme in each. Simple book making methods will be covered and ways of creating free standing display books will be explored.

Assessment is verbal throughout the year with feedback on the individual’s progress. There is no formal examination. Students will be awarded a City and Guilds Certificate at level 2. At the end of the year students will have gained confidence in design skills and have discovered techniques to explore a given theme expressively. The completed projects will be displayed at the annual College Exhibition.

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