Boy, 9, dubbed the 'new Leonardo da Vinci' shows off incredible artwork

NINE-year-old Lucas Greenfield shows off the incredible art which has seen him described as a new Leonardo da Vinci.

He used lockdown to hone his skills and has been praised by the Royal Academy.

Teachers at his school in Dorchester, Dorset, have paid him to do pictures of their pets.

Head Gary Spracklen said: “I have called him Dorset’s da Vinci and think it is a very worthy title.”

His portrait of a homeless man is in the academy’s Young Artists’ Summer Show online.

Lucas' mum Simone said: "Lucas first started drawing when he was a little older than one – we still have a few things he made then.

"When we went places, he'd always have a sketch pad and a little selection of pencils with him.

"But during the first lockdown he really threw himself into it and he showed us portraits he'd been doing of his favourite footballers.

"He then started doing animals and someone saw a picture of his lion and asked him to draw their dog. Staff at the school would ask for the same.

"He used the money from his teacher's donations to buy more materials and moved onto painting with acrylic and oil.

"He was always researching different artistic techniques and materials to use, teaching himself about hyper-realism on YouTube."

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