The children in Year 6 have been learning about the British artist Lowry in their art lessons. We looked at his sketches and paintings and compared and contrasted some of his work.  We focused on the way he drew people and on his industrial scenes of Manchester.  They have also been studying Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens, in their English lessons.  I decided to set them the challenge of doing a picture of Dickensian London, in the style of Lowry.  The children worked on this over two lessons and were able to choose whichever art medium they wished, including watercolours, pencils and charcoal.

The children were very pleased with their pictures and so was I.