Advanced Higher Art and Design (expressive)

Vale of Leven Academy

The course combines investigative and practical learning with knowledge and understanding of expressive art practice. Candidates develop a range of expressive art techniques and creative skills. Candidates select a theme or stimulus for their portfolio. They follow a creative process to develop expressive art ideas and resolve and realise artworks which are influenced by their investigation into art practice. They produce a contextual analysis of a selected artwork by discussing related contexts and analysing their impact on the features of the artwork. Candidates reflect on and evaluate their creative decisions and artwork.

Course assessment is based on the information in this course specification.

The course assessment meets the purposes and aims of the course by addressing:

• breadth — drawing on knowledge and skills from across the course
• challenge — requiring greater depth or extension of knowledge and/or skills
• application — requiring application of knowledge and/or skills in practical or theoretical contexts as appropriate This enables candidates to:
• draw on, extend and apply a range of skills and knowledge from across the course to produce:
• practical expressive artwork
• the contextual analysis of a selected artwork
• an evaluation of their creative process and artwork

Portfolio 100 marks

The portfolio has a total mark allocation of 100 marks. This is 100% of the overall marks for the course assessment. The portfolio assesses candidates’ ability to apply expressive art skills and integrate them with their knowledge and understanding of art practice. Throughout the portfolio, candidates have the opportunity to demonstrate skills, knowledge and understanding by:

• selecting a theme or stimulus
• producing practical expressive artwork, including
• investigative research
• development of ideas
• resolution and realisation of artwork
• applying an understanding of art practice in their artwork by using materials, techniques and/or technology to experiment with visual elements
• producing a contextual analysis by selecting an artwork relevant to their practical expressive artwork and discussing the impact of related contexts through analysing the features of the artwork
• reflecting on their creative process and artwork.
• Marks are allocated as follows:

Section 1 — practical expressive artwork 64 marks

Section 2 — contextual analysis 30 marks

Section 3 — evaluation 6 marks