![Collage by a London student inspired by Megan Coyle's collages](/wp-content/uploads/london-cityscape-01.jpg)
The other day I heard from a teacher from the Year 5 Rowan Class at Beecroft Garden Primary school in London, where the class studied my collages and then went ahead and made their own collages.
![Collage by a London student inspired by Megan Coyle's collages](/wp-content/uploads/london-cityscape-02.jpg)
The students are 9-10 years old, and they really did an amazing job at tackling the collage medium.
![Collage by a London student inspired by Megan Coyle's collages](/wp-content/uploads/london-cityscape-03.jpg)
The class was also studying the “Men of the Docks” by George Bellows in a project with the National Gallery in London. The children spotted the 1912 New York skyline in the background of the picture and went from there with creating their compositions.
![Collage by a London student inspired by Megan Coyle's collages](/wp-content/uploads/london-cityscape-04.jpg)
Above you can see that some of the children used mixed materials.
![Collage by a London student inspired by Megan Coyle's collages](/wp-content/uploads/london-cityscape-05.jpg)
![Collage by a London student inspired by Megan Coyle's collages](/wp-content/uploads/london-cityscape-06.jpg)
They used a great mix of textured magazine strips as well as solid colors.
![Collage by a London student inspired by Megan Coyle's collages](/wp-content/uploads/london-cityscape-07.jpg)
![Collage by a London student inspired by Megan Coyle's collages](/wp-content/uploads/london-cityscape-08.jpg)
![Collage by a London student inspired by Megan Coyle's collages](/wp-content/uploads/london-cityscape-09.jpg)
![Collage by a London student inspired by Megan Coyle's collages](/wp-content/uploads/london-cityscape-10.jpg)
It was wonderful hearing from another classroom. It always makes my day when teachers send student artwork that was inspired by my technique. I hope to continue to find ways to help bring collage into the classroom.