The expressive portfolio: SQA National 5 Art and Design coursework quiz quiz

50 marks

100 marks

30 marks

250 marks

A chosen theme or stimulus

A client's design brief

An unseen exam image

A multiple-choice test

To copy a famous painting exactly

To explore the theme, media and visual elements through analytical drawings and studies

To write an essay

To choose a frame for the final piece

One straight pencil line

A set of completely unrelated drawings

A connected progression refining one idea towards a final piece

The border around the artwork

Too much investigation

Unconnected work with no visible line of development

Using too many colours

Drawing from observation

That it was made quickly

That it ignores the investigation

Skill in handling media and the visual elements, growing from the development

That it is the largest piece possible

Saying only that you are happy with it

Specific, honest judgement of the visual qualities and process using art vocabulary

Listing how long it took

Praising it without reasons

Set by SQA, never marked

Set by the student, marked by classmates

Set by your school, externally marked by SQA

Set and marked by parents

Natural forms such as shells or plants

A logo for a company

A poster advertising a sale

Packaging for a product

To copy their work exactly

To inform your own approach and choices, not to imitate

Because it is the only marked part

To avoid making your own work

As a single multiple-choice test

Only the final piece is marked

Marked as a whole out of 100 across investigation, development, final piece and evaluation

It is not assessed

Grow visibly out of the previous stage

Start a completely new idea

Repeat the first drawing

Be unrelated to the theme

It replaces the portfolios

It is worth 50 marks, with each portfolio worth 100, for a 250 mark course

It is worth 100 marks

It is not part of the course

Make the final piece first

Produce many unrelated drawings

Skip investigation to save time

Plan it as a progression: investigate, develop one idea, then resolve