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For the Fine Art course at Ruskin, you have to do a certain amount of drawing as part of the course - anatomy etc, so obviously being able to draw would help! But I don't think whether you're good or incredible at drawing would sway their decision to give you an offer as I think they value your art work and creative process, your individuality etc more than technical ability. I have an offer to start in October, and although I can draw (but not amazingly) I didn't include much drawing at all in my portfolio nor did I really do any in the drawing exam, so for all they know I could be absolutely terrible at drawing!

Thank you for your answer :smile:

And congrats for the offer! Can I ask you what were you studying at sixth form?

Reply 21

-mai-

Original post by loupolou

Thank you for your answer :smile:

And congrats for the offer! Can I ask you what were you studying at sixth form?

Thanks! I did the International Baccalaureate - so HL Art, English, French, along with SL Maths, Physics and Psychology :smile:

but I applied during my foundation year at Wimbledon :smile:

Reply 22

mhlc

Hi I was wondering If anyone here either is applying for fine art/ or has applied/ got in in the past. Just need some help with my portfolio, as well as some questions about it!!

Thanks!!

Reply 23

loupolou

Original post by -mai-

Thanks! I did the International Baccalaureate - so HL Art, English, French, along with SL Maths, Physics and Psychology :smile:

but I applied during my foundation year at Wimbledon :smile:

Oh that's brilliant I do the IB as well! Do you think it is definitely better to do a foundation year then to apply? Or HL Art is sufficient? I do HL Art as well, and even if the programme is quite heavy, I'm scared to apply just with the IB

Reply 24

irina793

Original post by mhlc

Hi I was wondering If anyone here either is applying for fine art/ or has applied/ got in in the past. Just need some help with my portfolio, as well as some questions about it!!

Thanks!!

I'm applying this year. how about u?

Reply 25

mhlc

Original post by irina793

I'm applying this year. how about u?

Same, I'm finding it confusing with the portfolio requirements, I'm not very used to the UK art application thing hah. Anyways I was wondering since I have large paintings i need to put it, i am photographing them and printing them. Would it be ok if the portfolio case is normal page size?

Also how do you include the journal. Do you take photos of it? Or just include it.

Thanks !

Reply 26

irina793

Original post by mhlc

Well, my portfolio is A1 size and I included what was over A1 as you said, photographed the work and printed it. But sure, if you want to make it smaller, you can make it A4 or A3, it's perfectly fine. And yeah, I think you are supposed to put in the original sketchbooks.

(It's so cool that you're applying this year too :biggrin:

I'll PM you with some questions of my own :smile:

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 27

-mai-

Original post by loupolou

Definitely do a foundation! I know a lot of work is done during IB, but most of the stuff in my portfolio was from the first month or two of my foundation. It is just a really good idea to do foundation to discover what you're really into and to develop your work. Also, when I started foundation I had intended to apply for theatre design degrees!

Reply 28

Dominicque

I know you need at least a grade 'A' at A-Level, for Fine Art, but do you also need very good drawing abilities/skills? :\

(Apparently, learning anatomy is a big part of the course, so do you have to be really good (near perfect anatomy), or...?)

Thanks in advance! :smile:

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 29

Carnationlilyrose

I think you'll probably struggle to get an answer to this from a current student. There are very few on here doing this. You might like to look at this thread: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?p=27049782&highlight=

RBranigan seems a helpful chap. You could try asking him.

Reply 30

Dominicque

Original post by carnationlilyrose

Aha Yes, I've saw him around before. Thanks, for the link! :smile:

(btw, I was really nervous when I saw you reply, as I know you're an English teacher. That makes me really nervous, because my grammar, punuation, ect, Isn't the best. :lol:

Thanks again!)

Reply 31

Carnationlilyrose

Original post by Dominicque

Aha Yes, I've saw him around before. Thanks, for the link! :smile:

(btw, I was really nervous when I saw you reply, as I know you're an English teacher. That makes me really nervous, because my grammar, punuation, ect, Isn't the best. :lol:

Thanks again!)

Oh dear! I hope I'm not intimidating! I don't mean to be scary!

Reply 32

athiria

I got some questions about the fine art course! :smile:

What do you do? Do you go to lectures to learn about art in general or do you draw draw draw?
I want to work as an illustrator/animatior/fine artist(not modern art) but I wouln't mind TRYING modern art - would this course be of any value?
Is the material free?
What is the future of people reading fine art at Oxford? Can people support themself from their art?
Do one need top grades even if it is a practical course?

Many questions I know X)

And I tried to post this in the course forum but I wasn't allowed X,)

Reply 33

Derek_the_Sheep

Read this first.

:sheep:

Reply 34

athiria

Yes I've read it but it doesn't say if the course is really a good foundation for an artist who doesn't want to work with modern art, neither it says how much time is spent acually doing art - model drawing etc

Reply 35

Derek_the_Sheep

I'm not doing Fine Art, so have no idea about detailed stuff like this! The number of people doing Fine Art at Oxford is pretty small, and I don't know if any of them use TSR; judging by this thread, where all posters are (prospective) applicants, rather than current students, perhaps not.

TBH, your best bet for questions like this would be to contact the Ruskin School directly ([email protected] )or one of the FA tutors and ask. Open day was last week, so you've missed that, but if you're fairly local you could always see if you could arrange a visit - they don't bite.

:sheep:

(edited 12 years ago)

Reply 36

irina793

Original post by athiria

I got some questions about the fine art course! :smile:

So...if you don't want to do modern art, DON'T apply! The course is meant to create artists (that create modern art...)

Reply 37

lalaandla

1. Are you going or did you went to this school (can you tell me more about it)?

2. Which college did you choose (how did you make choice and are some colleges more supportive of Art then other)?

3. What did you get in your A levels?

4. How important were your grades when you were entering for Art at Rusking School of Art (do you know anybody who did not get AAA or AAB and still got a place)?

Reply 38

Charlottay!

wrong university section. this is for oxford brookes not univeristy of oxford

Reply 39

irina793

Hi! I'm just applying this year, so i don't know how much help I can be, but here's my two cents on the matter:
Some colleges don't have art tutors, so I think it's good to pick a college that does. And I don't think anyone has gotten in with less than AAB, sorry :frown: