Evaluation: SQA Advanced Higher Art and Design quiz quiz

Section 1, worth 64 marks

Section 2, worth 30 marks

Section 3, worth 6 marks

A separate exam, worth 90 marks

Critically evaluate your own creative decisions and the success of your work

Describe a famous artist's life

Copy your favourite artwork

List the materials you bought

The teacher's preferences

Your original intentions

Other candidates' work

The cost of materials

Both answer the same thing

Description answers how well; evaluation answers what

Description answers what you did; evaluation answers how well it worked and why

Neither answers anything

Narrating the process instead of judging how well it worked

Stating intentions clearly

Being too specific

Naming a weakness

It is not valued; only praise counts

Because vague self-praise carries no judgement, while specific verdicts evidence real critical reflection

Because it fills space

Because it avoids mentioning the work

Its length

The number of materials used

The quality of the judgement

The neatness of the handwriting

I sketched ideas, chose one and developed it

I used loose brushwork

I mixed several colours

The diagonal composition achieved the movement I wanted, but the muted palette weakened it

With a reference to a specific feature or decision in your own work and its effect

With general statements that fit any portfolio

With quotations from a textbook

With no support at all

To pad the word count

Because intentions are not relevant

To describe the materials

Because they are the yardstick for judging the success of every decision

Independent creative thinking

Practical investigation

The critical evaluation of your own work

Contextual analysis of another artist

Only the cost of the materials

Your significant decisions: composition, media, development and the resolved outcome

The decisions of other candidates

None; it should avoid decisions

Because diaries are banned everywhere

Because process does not exist

Because the section is small and every sentence should carry a judgement

Because it must be exactly 2,000 words