The Higher course award consists of three components; Design, Expressive and Art and Design Studies
Higher Expressive Work
Expressive – Aims to build on learners’ observational and practical skills. The Higher expressive course is designed to ensure that pupils builds upon prior learning in terms of subject content, practical skills, individual research approaches and development processes. Learners select and resource a personal theme, which allows them to visually communicate their own individual interests and ideas. The structure of the expressive course aims to teach learners the following skills: drawing, tonal pen, oil pastel, tonal application, painting, printmaking, and changing scale. Pupils will challenging perceptions of composition and the visual elements to produce a high quality final portfolio.
Higher Design Work
Design – Aim to further develop creativity while responding to a design brief. The Higher Design process aims to challenge learners and provide them with innovative problem solving skills. These skills will include: planning and writing a coherent personalised design brief for an appropriate target market, using ICT to develop research and presentation skills, communicating ideas and sources of inspiration in a clear and concise way. Learners will develop reflective vocabulary in order to improve their portfolio, experimenting and exploring problems through a wide range of drawing and using a wide variety of materials and techniques. Learners will produce a high quality three dimensional final resolution.
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