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Visual ArtsQ&A by dot point
A short Q&A bank for every Northern Ireland Visual Arts syllabus dot point. Each question and answer is drawn directly from our worked dot-point page, so you can scan key concepts before opening the long-form answer.
Assessment and the creative process: how CCEA GCSE Art and Design is marked
- Component 1 Portfolio (overview): the controlled-assessment portfolio worth 60 percent and 120 marks, made of Part A Exploratory Portfolio and Part B Investigating the Creative and Cultural Industries.3Q&A pairs
- Component 2 Externally Set Assignment (overview): the CCEA stimulus paper, the preparatory period of investigation, and the final personal response made in a 10-hour supervised period, worth 40 percent.3Q&A pairs
- The creative process: recording, developing ideas from sources, experimenting and refining with media, and realising a personal response, evidenced through a sketchbook journey.6Q&A pairs
- The four assessment objectives (AO1 develop, AO2 refine and explore media, AO3 record, AO4 present a personal response), each worth 25 percent of every component.7Q&A pairs
Visual language and contextual studies: the elements of art and analysing artists
- Critical and contextual studies: analysing artists, movements and artworks, and developing your own ideas from sources rather than copying, to evidence AO1.4Q&A pairs
- The formal and visual elements: line, tone, colour, shape, form, texture and pattern, used both to create work and to analyse it.10Q&A pairs