Lesson Planning
Compare Lowry’s times with our own
Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of
Famous for more than Five Minutes - NEW LOOK Artists - NEW LOOK
Objectives
History
- To identify similarities and differences between life today and the period when Lowry was alive.
Art
- To explore and discuss the stories in Lowry’s paintings.
- To paint people in the style of Lowry.
Enquiry question
What was life like in Lowry’s time?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Explore what life was like when Lowry was alive, and make comparisons with our lives today.
- Look in detail at some of Lowry’s paintings and try to interpret the narratives being told.
- Paint people in the style of Lowry to form part of a whole-class painting.
Provided Resources
You Will Need
Paint (either ready mixed in suitable muted colours or red, green, blue and orange to mix into browns and greys)
Paper
Brushes
Weblinks
Short BBC film in which Lowry talks about his work as a painter (www.bbc.co.uk).
Inside the paintings, a statue in an art gallery comes to life and ‘walks into’ one of Lowry’s paintings (www.bbc.co.uk).
Video providing some useful background information for teachers about Lowry and his work (www.youtube.com).
Short film from The Lowry in Salford showing how some of the places in Lowry’s paintings look today (www.youtube.com).