A series of pictures have been produced by youngsters illustrating their experiences of the coronavirus.

Barking and Dagenham Post: Face mask also by Samuel Dean.Face mask also by Samuel Dean. (Image: Archant)

Students from Barking and Dagenham College used some of their time during lockdown to produce the artworks as part of a Covid Visual Diaries project.

Art and design tutor Hayley Young said: “I wanted to encourage my students to develop their visual observation and mark making skills so I decided to set them a task to draw the objects that they could see in their lockdown space.

“I hoped that this would encourage them to use this strange situation in a positive way and build on their skills.”

The results have been a series of images celebrating ordinary objects with pictures ranging from face masks, games consoles and flowers to butterflies, board games and gardens.

Barking and Dagenham Post: Face mask also by Samuel Dean.Face mask also by Samuel Dean. (Image: Archant)

Hayley added: “It’s been a great way for the students to creatively document what they’ve been going through.”