S1 Lesson 04: The Sustained Study

A Level Art & Design · Unit 2 · Lesson 04 of 15 · ← L03 | L05 →

At a glance

Sessions	5 days (W4, includes Sunday make-up day)
Dates	Sun 2026-09-20 → Thu 2026-09-24
AO focus	AO1 Record
Deliverable	Stage 1 page composed; the sustained observed study carried across two days; supporting color and texture studies
Feeds	CS3 progress check Thu 2026-09-24
Homework	Sketchbook: ten minutes of observed drawing per night from your chosen composition’s source

Goal

One long observed study, started and finished without restarting, is the spine of AO1. You build the Stage 1 page, then carry the sustained study across a real two-day run, then support it with focused color and texture work. Stamina is the content.

How it runs

• Sun 09-20 (make-up day) — demo on Stage 1 page architecture: hierarchy, breathing room, annotation placement. Compose your Stage 1 page from Lesson 3’s material; photograph and file it.
• Mon 09-21 — spend five minutes with the source before any mark, then begin the sustained study: light structural drawing, commit to placement. The sheet you start today finishes Wednesday. Cover, do not erase.
• Tue 09-22 → Wed 09-23 — two-day run, one sheet. Tuesday builds the tonal structure; Wednesday resolves edges, surface and depth. There is a midpoint checkpoint each day, and the conference rota runs.
• Thu 09-24 — two focused A5 color and texture studies supporting the main study; CS3 walked progress check against the AO1 descriptors (criteria read aloud, date on the board: Fri 2026-10-09); holiday sketchbook brief.

These dates may shift when the school publishes its calendar for this period.

Assessment

CS3 (sustained-study progress check — walked, not collected; recorded on the rota sheet) sits Thu 2026-09-24, in the same session — see the full register.