Courses — BNDS A-Level Programme

S1 Lesson 09: Artist 2, Bridge Piece and A2

A Level Art & Design · Unit 3 · Lesson 09 of 15 · ← L08 | L10 →

At a glance

Sessions4 days, 5 sessions (W10–W11, split by the G11 Juniors Days); Unit 3 closes
DatesMon 2026-11-02 + Tue 2026-11-03, then Mon 2026-11-09 + Tue 2026-11-10
AO focusAO2 and AO3
DeliverableA second artist set against the first; the bridge piece made and finished; A2 sat; one defensible direction
FeedsA2 Mon 2026-11-09: exploration and artist study, marked against AO2+AO3
HomeworkSketchbook: finish the bridge piece across the six-day Juniors Days gap — the finishing window

Goal

A short, dense lesson around the Juniors Days. Monday sets a second artist against the first and plans the piece that carries you from study into development; Tuesday makes it; the gap finishes it. A2 reviews the whole of Unit 3, and the feedback day ends with one direction you can defend.

How it runs

  • Mon 11-02 (shared day, two beats) — Artist 2: rapid analysis against Artist 1, where they disagree about the theme; the bridge plan: composition, media, and what it carries from each artist — signed off before you leave.
  • Tue 11-03 — make the bridge piece: one sustained session, no restarts; gap brief: your finishing schedule, dated in the sketchbook.
  • (Juniors Days gap, six days — the finishing window.)
  • Mon 11-09 — A2 attainment. Portfolio review in session: everything from Unit 3 (twelve experiments, media selection, scale trial, artist pages, bridge piece) against the published AO2 and AO3 criteria. Nothing is added during review.
  • Tue 11-10 — A2 returned, banded; you write the one-sentence direction and defend it in a two-minute stand-up; Unit 4 preview.

Assessment

You sit A2 (exploration and artist study milestone, AO2+AO3) on Mon 2026-11-09 — see the full register. Choose Artist 2 to argue with Artist 1: the comparison should name a tension, not a similarity.