Course Content
Learners are given the option to specialise in expressive art or design as their focus in Advanced Higher:
The Expressive Advanced Higher course provides opportunities for learners to develop their creativity, visual awareness and understanding of aesthetic, while exploring how to communicate their personal thoughts, ideas and opinions through their expressive artwork. This involves visually exploring and responding in an individual way to stimuli, researching challenging expressive art contexts and evaluating how artists respond creatively to stimuli.
The Design Advanced Higher course provides opportunities for learners to develop their personal creativity and apply their understanding of design practice, function and aesthetics. This involves exploring and researching challenging design contexts, issues and opportunities, and evaluating and incorporating visual stimuli and other information from a variety of sources. Both courses require candidates to submit a number of A1 sheets which show clear development towards a final outcome as well as a critical analyses based on their research and study of a chosen artist or designer.
Design
Learners will evidence ability to develop creative ideas and design work in response to a design brief. They will also demonstrate analytical and evaluative skills. This will include analysing in detail either a single chosen design work or a closely related group of work(s), which relates in some way to their practical design work. It will also include an evaluation of your portfolio of design work.
Expressive
Learners will evidence ability to develop creative ideas and art work in response to a chosen expressive stimulus/theme concept. They will also demonstrate their analytical and evaluative skills. This will include analysing in detail either a single chosen art work or a closely related group of work(s) which relates in some way to their practical art work. It will also include an evaluation of your portfolio of art work.
Assessment
Design or Expressive Portfolio including written critical analysis and evaluation is awarded one overall mark as part of a full body of work – 100 marks in total.
SQA Information
Art & Design Advanced Higher (Design)
Art & Design Advanced Higher (Expressive)