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Guidelines for applicants to Fine Art

Uploading Images

(electronic folio)

&

Supporting Text (folio statement)

http://application.gsa.ac.uk/

Stage One Application

How is my application assessed?

Admissions staff will:

• view the uploaded images – (electronic folio)

• read your Supporting Text – (folio statement)

• read your UCAS Personal Statement

in order to evaluate and establish how well you represent yourself visually

through the folio and in writing through the UCAS statement and folio

statement.

What we look for in order to evaluate your stage one

application and where we would look for this (7 aspects)

You will be expected to include work that uses materials and methods that demonstrates appropriateness to the specialist area applied for.

(e-folio)

• Course awareness, why this course

You will be expected to communicate why you consider the course applied for is the appropriate one for you. (folio statement)

• How your e-folio demonstrates your interest in Fine Art and

the specialist area you applied for

• Your development process

You will be expected to show how you progress your ideas through experiment and visual enquiry.

(e-folio)

• How you represent your sources and influences

You will be expected to show your source material, references and influences through sketchbooks, or through other supporting material. (e-folio and folio statement)

This can be demonstrated by uploading photographs of sketchbook pages/ notebooks/ development sheets and finished pieces.

• Range and application of practical skills

We expect the portfolio to represent your experience with materials, methods and experimental work. (e-folio)

This can be demonstrated in a variety of ways including drawing /

painting / analytical / abstract / 3Dwork / photography /CAD etc.

It can be represented by uploading photographs of your sketchbooks,

preparatory sketches, development sheets and final pieces.

• Course work

You will be expected to provide examples of work that you have

undertaken as part of a prescribed course (e-folio)

Independent applicants (who may not have recent course work) will be

expected to represent appropriate experience of practice through their folio

and statement

• Independent / Personal work

You will be expected to include examples of work that you have

undertaken that builds on your experience and demonstrates a potential

for independent learning. (e-folio)

Painting and Printmaking

• Finished work: 10 images – 15 images • Preparatory work/Research materials:

• 5 to 8 images (sketchbooks, studies, preparatory drawings,

development sheets)

• Observational studies: 5 to 8 images

Image requirements by Fine Art Departments

Sculpture and Environmental Art

• Finished work: 5 to 15 images This need not be all different work. If work is three dimensional you may

want to show different views

• Preparatory / Research work: 5 to 15 images (sketchbooks, studies, preparatory drawings, development sheets)

• Time based work: 5 to 10 images that story-board the work.

Fine Art Photography

• Finished work: 15 to 20 images

• Preparatory / Research work: 5 to 10 images

Preparatory/ Research work: This can be sketchbook pages, studies,

development sheets, preparatory drawings that demonstrates/tracks the

development of a finished piece of work.

We are interested in the concepts and ideas behind your work and how

they progress and develop; from the initial starting point / source of

inspiration through to a finished piece of work.

We are also interested in finding out more about your interest in Fine Art,

artists that you are looking at (for example exhibitions visits, internet,

books, magazines and newspapers). We want to know what or who has

motivated you or influenced you to apply for the specialist area.

Some notes for guidance in preparing your e-folio

Finished work: We want to see work that is an outcome of your

development work and is more consolidated and resolved.

Time based work: (film / video work / sound pieces / slide shows etc.)

If you are submitting a time based work it needs to be presented as a

story board with 5 - 10 images.

Supporting images

• The 25 uploaded images should contain examples of different work. If you

wish to include different angles of the same piece of work or detailed

sections please do so within one image.

• Before you finally submit your application, check each image to ensure

you are happy with the size and level of detail you can see as this will be

what admissions staff viewing your application will also see. Maximum

size of 200kb per image

• Resolution of images does not need to be more than 72dpi.

In order to show us the development of your ideas throughout a project

you may wish to show several drawings/pieces of work together within

one image: you could do this by photographing several

drawings/pieces of work together at once, or by photographing several

pieces individually and using Photoshop

(or similar programme) to combine them into one image.

This can be particularly useful when trying to show work that cannot be

photographed at the same time for example a series of pages in a

sketchbook

The following slides show some of the ways in which work could be

presented. These are given as guidelines only; we understand that each

applicant’s work is personal and this will influence the way in which they

choose to present the work.

You may choose to group some work together within one image for

example sketchbook pages and/or small drawings showing the

development of your ideas.

Or you may choose to show just one or two pieces of work per image if

they are very detailed or you consider them to be final/finished pieces.

• Stage two Applicants selected for interview will be asked to bring their portfolio of

work to the interview.

The portfolio interview is a two-way process: for you to gain a better

understanding of the GSA and your chosen course and for us to view your

portfolio and ask you questions about it and your interest in your chosen

specialism.

The portfolio interview will last about 20 minutes and will normally be with

2 members of staff.