Spilling The Tea On A Level Art // Honest Subject Review

A little honest chat about how I actually found A Level Art - heads up, it's tough but can also be super fun!

[@roease6674]

If you want to do art as a career I highly recommend You do a foundation degree in it. Specially if you don’t see yourself doing anything else. If you have doubts you can still do a level art but you won’t get nearly the same experience. It gives you so much more exposure to different mediums and lets you improve and develop your skills much much better. Compared to a level art you aren’t taught skills you have to develop that on your own which adds to stress and takes time away from a level. It is doable, but it’s much harder and more stressful. (At least that’s what happened in my experience)

[@marthag3537]

Roease wait are u saying u can do a foundation course thing instead of a level?

[@roease6674]

Martha G oh yea! If you have a place near you that offers it. Some universities offer it I have like a community college near where I live that does the foundation it counts as 3 a levels

[@marthag3537]

Roease thanks I was freaking out a bit about art a level because I don’t really like the teacher :/ he caused me so much stress last year and I know that with a level it will be intensified. It’s good to know there are other options and that I still have a week to work it out 😬🤷‍♀️

[@lily-maystewart8702]

I really enjoy art but didn’t take it for gcse so I’m not sure what to do

[@heylol2405]

same

[@thishandleisiunavailable]

Same

[@lainn5210]

Me too :^/

[@emilyishungry7363]

Same

[@betterdays5146]

let's go me too

[@amythompscn]

hi! tysm this video rly helped me as i was considering choosing art for a level but now i've changed my mind. i enjoy drawing when i do it but it's extremely rare as i always procrastinate or forget to do it. i'm trying to make more of a habit of it but i'm in yr11 now and i'm not taking gcse art so i can't experience what such an intense and time consuming subject like art would include before going all in for a levels. i think i'm gonna work on my art skills in my own time and maybe sometime in the future i'll come back to it as a subject so i can do it as a profession. i don't usually comment on your videos bc i'm lazy but your content is really good and you bring light to my subscription page jsjlsksd

[@CarinaMae]

Thank you so much for the lovely feedback! It's definitely worth considering if you're really interested but it is hard work! If you do watch my videos have you got any requests?

[@amythompscn]

oo subject reviews for spanish and psychology would be great tbh i'm considering them too lmaoo

[@CarinaMae]

I'll definitely be doing those soon!

[@eleanorwalker1802]

Tbh this is a big mood 👌

[@miamibeach8814]

I do a level art at the moment and i'm really struggling with it, i dont know what to do. There's so much work, it takes so long and I can never think of ideas

[@yorkielover2676]

Hmm well I don't do A Level yet, but what are you specifically struggling with. I get you when you say there's a lot of work, i think that you just need to do what you can in smaller parts, i feel like ppl overwhelm themselves thinking about it, but maybe thinking about it in parts can help. Like assuming you have to do 4 different pages in your book, with different drawings, writing, etc. Maybe starting with getting the writing and photos organized before can help you to have an idea of what you are gonna draw or paint, etc. with the ideas part.. i mean.. there's nothing wrong with using the internet as inspiration, like there's a lot of different vids and images out there. Idk if this rly helped. Good luck though

[@mariad4246]

I'm doing A level art and Product Design and I'm highkey struggling to manage my time 🤧😂 also your makeup is so cute!@

[@CarinaMae]

That sounds tough, hope it's going well! Thanks!

[@zaaarraaaaaa5580]

Omg I’m gonna do art and product design :/ and you pleaseee tell me how it was and pros and cons?

[@yashloky7418]

I'm doing A level Art and Product Design too lol 🔥🔥

[@AJ112]

@@zaaarraaaaaa5580 Did you do it? how did it go? any advice?

[@Woowie5542]

I'm doing it too

[@iamsomeone8266]

you actually have a similar similar story to me. I over did the finak pieces too. I regretted all the final pieces i did. They all took VERYYYY.

[@katrina5754]

i’m starting A level art after wasting a year doing another subject. i did Art at GCSE and got a 9 but i didn’t pick it for A level bc at GCSE it brought me a lot of stress. so i picked psychology but now i’ve dropped it. NOW i need to do a year’s worth of work in 2 months😐😐

[@CarinaMae]

Hi Katrina, based on the amount of work I did in my first year of a level I wouldn't be too worried! If you enjoy art I'd recommend spending the summer challenging yourself to create things you love and I'm sure you'll be able to bring it together!

[@katrina5754]

@@CarinaMae thanks so much for replying! i was super stressed about it but you’ve definitely eased my worries. thank you

[@georgiacrossley2274]

Hii! Can I ask how you are doing? It’s half term right now and I regret not picking art and I worry ive missed too much already because I work slowly but I did like it at gcse :( I just regret not picking it and I think I might struggle doing it but I really dislike biology.

[@katrina5754]

@@georgiacrossley2274 heyy!! i had to get my entire project done by christmas but now my actual exam got cancelled so i have until easter which i am forever grateful for. are you in year 12 or year 13?

[@georgiacrossley2274]

@@katrina5754 Year 12, and as I'm writing this I've just had an email back saying i'm not allowed to switch courses :( I guess i'll have to cope with biology and stick with art as a hobby, I guess its for the best as I work very slowly aha - I'm really glad you caught up! I bet your work is fantastic :D

[@esthermay1990]

i know this is realllly late but i just wanted to say thank you! you went to the same school as me because i remember i was in yr 10 when you were working on the boards with the layered dots as they were in the same classroom as my lessons. at that point i had almost given up on art due to how time consuming it was and the lack of a consistant teacher but slowly seeing your progress with them every week (and they were incredible btw- my teacher showed me them to progress my art!) i decided to stick by art and at the end of year 10 i ended up getting my work displayed at the mall galleries in the art exhibition the same year as yours! it’s work like yours that has now made me decide to take a level art (even though i know its gonna be stressful) so thank you for inspiring me to keep on going with art!

[@CarinaMae]

Oh wow that's so cool! Which was your final piece?! I didn't actually get to go to the exhibition that year but I did see a lot of the work! Hope it's all going well for you this year, good luck with your GCSEs! X

[@esthermay1990]

Carina Mae i did a big (nearly 2m long) board with 5 of my sisters face on! i completely get what you mean about it being time consuming- took me houurrrss! and thank you!! quick question bc you took 4 for the first year- do you think 4 a levels with art is manageable? i’m just worried bc the other options i was planning on are very time consuming and content heavy too (bio, chem and history or psychology) but i love art and really want to do it! x

[@CarinaMae]

@@esthermay1990 I definitely think it's worth starting with four but going in with an open mind and being willing to drop one if it gets too much. I really struggled with maths and sacrificed art for that for a while and if you see that happening with any of your subjects it's worth reconsidering! X

[@aestheticflowers8874]

What were the subjects you took in A-levels? Are the subjects "Art, Media -studies, pyschology, and English Literature" will be good for A levels?

[@CarinaMae]

Sounds like a good combination!

[@lainn5210]

That's what I was thinking of

[@maximsamartsev9373]

Yes they’re rly good BUT REMEMBER, doing 4 A levels, with art being one, Is a HUGE AMOUNT of free time gone. But if u want those then yh go for it

[@tapewormm3580]

oh this is so helpful! im going in to A-level art and design (WJEC) this september so this was great! thank you! :)

[@AJ112]

hey man any advice

[@vinccichung5355]

Oof that's the real tea! I'm in year 12 taking English Language, Spanish, Psychology and Art. I want to drop either Spanish or Art to spend more time on the rest of my subjects. I'm very aware of the different but serious types difficulty and workload of both Spanish and Art but I'm still trying to weigh the pros and cons. I'm doing AQA for both and while I enjoy the process of producing art itself the structure of my course is a little meh and I'd rather do art in my own free time. Spanish is going alright so far but I'm worried about taking a third heavy-content subject considering how English and Psychology both have strongly essay/ written-based exams. What do you think about taking 3 dense a-levels? Would it actually be just as manageable as taking 2 dense ones with Art if not more manageable?? I know dropping art will give me significantly more time but since it's mostly practical work I feel my brain can take a slight breather with the learning and memorisation of academic material. I like the two subjects more or less the same... Mostly worried about academic workload if I go with Spanish and develop my art skills in my own time.

[@CarinaMae]

In my experience art takes up considerably more time than Spanish and especially if you have high aims grade wise, however as you said it isn't academic in the same way as Spanish is. For me art proved very stressful due to the sheer quantity of work however it was more chilled when I was working as I could just put on some TV in the background. Personally I think it depends what you want to do at uni and therefore what grades you need, which subject you enjoy more, which you think you'll do better in, and which you'll find less stressful. If you do choose art I would definitely recommend working hard at it now so that you don't have to catch up loads in A2 like I did!

[@CarinaMae]

Hope that can help a bit!

[@vinccichung5355]

Yeah weighing the pros and cons and going back and forth with my decision has been stressing me out D: I honestly can't tell which subject I'd do better in since both have such significant jumps from GCSE to A-level. I don't plan on taking either of those subjects in uni so it's not a main factor for me. While I can chill through the production of art I feel the workload will cause continuous stress throughout the two years of the course. Meanwhile stress from Spanish would probably be an accumulation leading up to the actual exams, which applies to my other two academic subjects... How did you find Spanish content-wise? My main concern is taking all subjects with heavily written-based exams @@CarinaMae

[@CarinaMae]

I didn't find Spanish too bad but I think you need to get on top of the topic content early on and you won't struggle too much. Spanish is a subject you can build on gradually so as long as you put in the work to do that, you should be fine! The essays aren't fun but there also not as bad as I expected

[@vinccichung5355]

Thank you for sharing your experience of taking these subjects!! Definitely helped :D@@CarinaMae

[@maisiejoy9425]

I’m struggling if I should take it at collage,

[@CarinaMae]

Honestly depends on what you enjoy most, what you think you want to do in the future and whether you think you will invest the time in it as well as what subject you think you will get the best grade in x

[@maisiejoy9425]

@@CarinaMae I have done it GCSE and always wanted to take it but online so many people have put me off it :(.

[@CarinaMae]

@@maisiejoy9425 if you really want to take it and enjoyed GCSE art then I would recommend it!

[@maisiejoy9425]

Carina Mae I’m worried about the work load ://

[@CarinaMae]

@@maisiejoy9425 the work load is considerable but if you put the effort in early on you should be fine. I always found that because I enjoyed it I would do art in front of the TV every evening!

[@zaynab8280]

Hi I would like to know that I will be going college and I have picked art as one of my courses which is an option for me to study first year then drop second year. Do you think it will cause me stress for my other subjects which are psychology, sociology and criminology

[@CarinaMae]

I think it's just worth considering how much work you have to put into art to succeed and what you personally want to get out of it. It did take up a lot of my time but I also really enjoyed it, just depends what your reasons for doing it are!

[@alishbahussain2331]

Hey! How about Business, Art and Computer science? I want to be a designer which is digital so computer study will also help a little and i just love business. How is this combination for A levels?

[@kutiekam]

I haven’t done art for gcse but I want to do it for a level what’s your advice ? Can I still pick it ?

[@emma-1639]

go for it! just make sure you research on what to expect and then make a decision

[@siso2874]

Do and amazing portfolio and some colleges will allow it

[@kirratijaz8303]

Hey anyone know any a levels I should do in college because I wanna do interior designing and I’m not that good at art but it is kinda required for it. Btw thanks for the video it helped me a bit.

[@e.x1663]

Specific Subjects arnt really required for interior design unless the uni you want to attends states it. The important thing is you do well in the courses you take during sixth form /college

[@maximsamartsev9373]

3D design DEFINITELY coz thats one of the things u look at in that subject

[@mayadelrey22]

hii, i also wanna do interior design and i’m not terrible at art but i’m not the best either, could you kind of explain the process or like did you end up improving your art skills

[@rosenmoons]

do you know how important your actual art skills are in a level? i know this question sounds silly but ive chosen art however my actual skill is really not that good. my teacher assessed grade for gcse is a 9 and im waiting for my actual grade, but i think ive only gotten this grade becasue of my annotations and ideas, rather than my ability to draw well. do you think i would be able to get through a level like that? im not awful at drawing but i would say my skills were near the bottom of my class

[@rosenmoons]

my parents say im just feeling insecure and i wouldnt have gotten a 9 if i was that bad but im not sure

[@3eromosele]

you should still do it tbh because throughout the two years of doing art you will improve

[@shabnamsafi4067]

What's the difference between a level art and level 3 art x?

[@CarinaMae]

Not entirely sure, sorry!

[@3eromosele]

level 3 art is btech which is what i’m doing so it’s more coursework based and you have two exams in the first year whilst art would be a-level - my teachers told me that a level art is more demanding than btech

[@pastelgrace8128]

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