Dear anitad,
it’s been very useful having someone who understands the english education system reply to me so i thank you very much. yes, i feel that gcse has been quite rigid and altogether negative. it is much more important for me to have art as an enjoyable release. an art foundation sounds very interesting, my sister also took foundation and found it very liberating. my art teacher actually wanted to make it very clear to everyone though that art a-level isn’t just painting and drawing. my school/future collage has lots of equipment and i believe the teachers are quite open to many different art forms (3d, ceramics, animation, fashion). i believe a career in art could be an option for me but it is not a dead set dream at the moment. thank you this has helped very much and i very much like your advice to listen to my heart. 🙂