The purpose of the National 4 and 5 Art and Design courses are to provide a broad, investigative and practical experience of art and design. Creativity is the key focus of the course.
Students develop knowledge of art and design practice by studying artists and designers and their work. They also develop an understanding of expressive and design processes and accumulate and use a selection of related skills. The course provides opportunities for candidates to be inspired and creatively challenged through their work.
The National 4 and 5 Art and Design courses allow students to improve their skills base and broaden their horizons regarding the range of careers available to them. Throughout the course, candidates develop creativity, perseverance, independence and resilience. Learning through art and design also develops candidates’ ability to critically appreciate aesthetic and cultural values, identities and ideas.
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Higher Art and Design provides a broad practical experience of art and design and related critical activity. The Course provides opportunities for students to be inspired and creatively challenged as they explore how to visually represent and communicate their personal thoughts, ideas and feelings through their work.
Students will analyse the factors influencing artists’ and designers’ work and practice. They will use this understanding when developing and producing their own creative and personal expressive art and design work.
The skills that students gain by successfully completing the course will be valuable for learning, life and work. Students will investigate and analyse how artists and designers have used materials, techniques and/or technology in their work. Students will then experiment, using art and design materials, techniques and/or technology to develop their ideas for creative and expressive impact.
They will develop creativity and complex problem solving skills when experimenting with materials, techniques and/or technology and experiment with different ways to realise their creative ideas. Learners will also develop their critical thinking and reflective skills when reviewing and refining their work.
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The Advanced Higher Design course provides opportunities for students to develop their creativity and to apply their understanding of design practice, function and aesthetics. This will involve exploring and researching challenging design contexts, issues and opportunities, and evaluating and synthesising visual stimuli and other information from a variety of sources. This depth of personalised study into a selected area of design affords students a unique opportunity to intellectually engage with the design process and to focus on how to creatively respond to challenging design issues and opportunities.
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The Advanced Higher Expressive course provides opportunities for students to develop their creativity, visual awareness and aesthetic understanding while exploring how to communicate their personal thoughts, ideas and opinions through their expressive art work. This will involve visually exploring and responding in an individual way to their stimuli, researching challenging expressive art contexts and the ways that artists respond creatively to stimuli, and evaluating and synthesising visual and other information from a variety of sources. This depth of personalised study affords
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