Portfolio Application - Building a Physical Portfolio Short Course

Program Overview

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What should be in my portfolio? How do I best show my ideas? How do I tell my story? All these key questions and much more are answered on this in-person course, which provides an excellent opportunity to be guided though applying to art school and producing a portfolio.

Program Outline

Objective Drawing

Exploring a range of media and mark-making

Mixed media Collage and surface

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3D development of form

Playing with form & structure

Generating ideas through models

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2D development of images

Playing with tone & colour

Generating ideas through images

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Fine Art and Design - course specifics

Investigating course differences

Exploration of process

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Running an individual project

Identifying a theme/idea

Inspiration & Curiosity

Exploring theme visually

Visual thinking & Making

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The Application process

Understanding and selecting a “specialism”

Writing a statement

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Documentation of work and creating a digital folio

Photo technique, lighting etc

arranging/presenting slides

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Disclaimer

The University regularly reviews its courses. Course content and structure may change over time. See our

course and module disclaimer

for more information.

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Learning Methods

This course will be delivered on campus in 12 studio based classes, each Sunday for 11 weeks (excluding a Christmas break)

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Activity Summary

Minimum of 8 students, maximum of 12 in the group

Each class is 2 hours in duration

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Assessment

This course is not formally assessed.

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Independent Study

Students are expected to apply the learning within class to the development of their own portfolio and with support, identify their own creative direction.

A self-directed sketchbook project runs throughout the duration of the course and will be monitored regularly to see this ownership of learning is being engaged with.

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Staff Delivering on this Course

The course is delivered by staff with experience of the Gray’s admissions process and a keen understanding of the transitions between learning at Secondary schools and University/College.

On successful completion of this course students should have a portfolio of work that represents them and their interests.

This will equip them to apply to a wide range of Art or Design or similar course related to the Creative Industries that asks for a portfolio as part of the entry requirements.

Key to the course is appropriate advice as to the correct level of progress a student can expect, whether that is applying to a course at University or College level.