Fine Arts Courses

Fine arts courses seem simple, but have broad connotations. This term denotes everything and anything visually delightful, appealing and requires skills.

 

Such arts include painting, sketching, sculpture, dance, cartooning, singing, ceramics, poetry, flower arrangement, photography, cooking and interior designing.

 

Recently, fine arts are broadly classified into two or three groups, namely visual arts, fine arts and performing arts.

 

However, fine arts courses bring various arts such as sculpture, sketching, painting, graphics and drawing under one roof.

 

India has opulent heritage and tradition and there are talented artists making significant contributions.

 

In fact, hordes of them have given their best part of their life contributing to fine arts.

 

Eligibility

 

The eligibility to take up fine arts courses is to have class 12 as minimum educational qualification.

 

There is an entrance test for degree courses in which aptitude is checked. The candidates are expected to make a still life sketch and free-hand drawing from given topics.

 

Apart from this there is general awareness to assess your general knowledge and the interview is taken as the admission process. Drawing practice is a must at home and aspirants for this field should possess imagining and creating ability.

 

Learning in the budding stages is possible, but an inborn talent, creative ability and dedication are significant factors to make them eligible.

 

Job prospects

 

There is plethora of options in advertising companies, art studios, fashion houses and publishing houses.

 

Many are freelance workers as they enjoy freedom.

 

One can opt fields such as photography, teaching, clothing, fashion or television, besides offering on-line services, or working for product designs or as art directors for magazines.

 

Institutes/Universities

 

University of Delhi, Rajasthan University, Jamia Millia University, Amity University,

Loyola College, Symbiosis Institute of Design, Apeejay College of Fine Arts, and the other universities include Kolkatta-Rabindra Bharti University, Banaras Hindu University, Rajasthan school of Arts, Vidhyapeeth, SNDT Women’s University, Kala Bhavan, University of Calcutta and M. S. University of Baroda.