Additional information for Art and Design applicants
Additional information for Art and Design applicants
If you want to study Art and Design you will need to submit a portfolio along with your application.
Your portfolio should show 10-12 pieces of work you have done recently using as many different techniques as possible. Please send us your portfolio on disk.
Your portfolio
- Show us your observational drawing skills using a variety of media. Do not copy from books or magazines because this does not demonstrate your own drawing ability.
- It is very important for Architecture/Interior Architecture applicants to show strong drawing abilities.
- Show us how your ideas develop through experimentation and different media such as pen, pastel, paint, collage and computer work where appropriate.
- Show us how you experiment with and use colour appropriately across the portfolio.
- Show your creative individuality and personal interests through sketchbooks.
- Show your interest in the subject of Art and Design through reference to artists and designers.
Materials list
All Foundation Art and Design students will need the following equipment. You can either buy it from the University’s art shop when you arrive or bring it with you from home.
- A range of pencils (8B, 7B, 6B,5B, 4B, 3B, 2B, 2H, 3H, 4H) and preferably several of the 2B pencils
- Charcoal (assorted sizes)
- A good quality knife and spare blades – do not buy cheap knives
- Assorted graphic designing style pens (0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.8 nibs)
- A4 and A3 sketchbooks (three of each)
- Three notebooks
- Putty eraser/rubber
- Steel ruler (30cm)
- A range of colouring pencils
- Indian ink (one bottle 500ml)
- Designers’ gouache (the primary colours, plus white and black)
- A range of paintbrushes
- A strong A2 portfolio case, with or without a ring binder spine
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