Art & Design is a subject which, by its very nature, can develop your creativity and intellect.   By working through Art & Design processes you will learn to think in more flexible and elaborate ways, become more confident in the expression of personal ideas and improve your cultural awareness.

 

By studying the subject you will build on key skills such as visual communication, problem solving, and learn to use a wide range of materials and equipment from hi tech digital technology to more traditional materials such as clay and print making.

Expressive Unit - drawing skills, media handling and expressing personal ideas

Design unit - responding to design briefs, creativity, inventiveness and problem solving. Showing awareness of function and appearance.   Understanding appropriate use of materials for effective design solutions.

Art and Design Studies Unit - expressing opinions and evaluating the work of artists and designers related to the two above areas of study culminating in two Art and Design Summary Statements.

 

The course will also include the following;

ICT - use of digital cameras, Photopaint and Corel draw computer soft ware

3D work – Paper construction, clay work and model making.

Looking at contemporary art and design practice- where possible we have practising artists and designer work with pupils.

 

The overall award is gained through completion of all of the three above units and examinations to the required standard.

 

85% of the course is work the pupils will undertake in class and send their completed design and expressive units, and 1 art and design summary statements to the SQA for assessment in May of S4.

 

15% of the course is assessed through a practical examination in May of S4.

 

70% of the course is work the pupils will undertake in class and send their completed design and expressive folios to the SQA for assessment in May of S4.

 

30% of the course is assessed through external examinations in May of S4 (15% written exam and 15% practical exam).

 

Throughout the course all pupils’ progress will be continually monitored and they will be given regular feedback by the class teacher.   They will be assessed through a combination of unit deadlines, tests and prelims.

Interested and motivated pupils who have successfully passed Int. 1 or Int. 2 may progress on to Int. 2 or Higher courses respectively.

 

There are a wide range of courses on offer for young people leaving school.   The four main art schools, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen all offer degree courses in every thing from computer animation, to product design to sculpture.   There is also a huge variety of other Art and Design courses at colleges around the country that can suit a very wide range of needs and entry requirements.

Fashion and shoe design, textiles, theatre and film set design, television and the media, advertising, product design, web design, computer animation, photography, community arts, art therapy, teaching, jewellery, fine art, architecture, landscape design, town planning, hair dressing, makeup artist, gallery curator, journalism- culture and the arts, art history, film making, ceramics, glass, sculptor, product designer, illustrator, creative director, arts consultant, milliner, museum curator, fashion buyer, graphic designer, window dresser, performance artist, animator/cartoonist, university lecturer, environmental artist, tapestry/rug designer, printmaker, visual communication, interior designer, archivist.

 

Skills in art and design can also be useful in retail industries and careers involving working with young children such as nursery nurses/teachers, child minding and primary teaching.