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Art and Design

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The Art and Design page on NQ Online provides support materials and external web links for teaching and learning.

News, events and feature articles are included to assist professional development.

Resources

NQ Online resource database

Go to the resource database for teaching materials at a range of levels (including NQ Curriculum Support titles), many of which can be downloaded free.

NQ Online subject web links

Go to NQ Online's directory of educational websites for a selection of subject web links for help with coursework, homework and revision.

News

  • National Galleries of Scotland competitions

    29 October 2009
    Entries are now open for two National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) competitions. National Galleries of Scotland Art Competition for Schools 2010 and Inspired? Get Writing: Creative Writing Competition 2009/10.
  • Strategic vision for assessment unveiled

    16 October 2009
    At the Scottish Learning Festival on September 23, 2009, the Education Secretary Fiona Hyslop announced the publication of the strategic vision and key principles for assessment in Curriculum for Excellence.
  • Scottish Qualifications Authority past papers

    21 August 2009
    News that the Scottish Qualfications Authority (SQA) now supply a selection of past papers free of charge, as well as marking instructions for each NQ subject.
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Popular resources

Images from the Royal Scottish Academy: Scottish Art 1780 - present

View our online collection of works of art by 140 Scottish artists for Higher and Intermediate 2 Expressive Unit.

Expressive unit resources

Art Studies - Natural Environment.

Written and visual support material on the Scottish contemporary landscape painters Francis Boag and Gordon Bryce.

Art Studies - Figure Composition.

Scottish contemporary painter, Sandy Fraser.

Design unit resources

Art and Design Studies - Jewellery

Support materials on three Scottish contemporary jewellers: Anne Finlay, Geoff Roberts and Malcolm Appleby.

Design Studies - Fashion and Textile Design

Scottish fashion designer of the seventies and eighties, Bill Gibb.

Useful links

Art and Design videos

Watch classroom clips on the BBC Learning Zone.

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