The association provided the schools with educational material and arranged a yearly exhibition in Albert Hall presenting the produce of the schools. To begin with the schools were privately owned, but by the time of Lindgren's study trip they were beginning to receive support from the local authorities. At the time there were about 600 schools and 8,000 students in them. The effect of these lower schools of industrial art on the higher schools in the field was apparent in Lindgren's opinion. Lindgren considered the pedagogic methods of the higher industrial art schools good.
Good drawing is the prime principle of all art activities.
Without a good basis you cannot achieve any real, independent artistic quality'. Getting acquainted with the education of the English schools was rewarding to Lindgren. The course started by the drawing of a large bird in chalk on the blackboard, already drawn by the teacher. The bird itself, a stuffed crow, stood by the teacher's drawing as reference. The whole work was performed in single, large, and stylized contour lines'.