National Qualifications

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.
  • SQA - Art and Design
    Go to the Scottish Qualifications Authority website for NQ review updates, arrangements documents, standards and assessors reports.
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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.

Archived resources

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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