L S Lowry

This art and design scheme of work for Key Stage One gets the children to replicate the painting style used by British artist by creating a scene of the playground to match artwork by L S Lowry. The class can explain how to use colour shades, perspective and figure shapes when painting in the stye of Lowry.

Explore and replicate the painting style and techniques used by a famous British artist by creating a scene of the school playground to match artwork by L S Lowry

Lesson One : Lowry’s Life
Explore the life and work of L S Lowry by investigating his artwork of an industrial scene

Lesson Two : Colour Shades
Identify and record colour shades that have been used to represent places in paintings by Lowry

Lesson Three : Factory Sizes
Practise using perspective to record the size and distance of objects in artwork

Lesson Four : Matchstick Figures
Explore and record how to sketch figures using simple shapes to emulate artwork by Lowry

Lesson Five : School Playground
Paint a scene of the school’s playground and buildings to emulate the artwork style of Lowry

Lesson Six : Lowry Gallery
Suggest changes and improvements to artwork so that it emulates the painting style of Lowry
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Maths Measurement Assessment
Assess abilities in estimating, measuring and comparing a range of different measurements for length, mass and capacity
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Family Life
Investigate and reflect on some of the special events and experiences that might happen in the life of a family
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Final Sounds Word Guess
Practise playing some guessing and matching games to identify the spelling and meaning of words with different final sounds
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Building Reports
Explore how to collect facts and information to work with when composing and presenting non-chronological reports about buildings that can be found in the local area