By Mostyn de Beer

Mostyn de Beer is an experienced artist educator based in Sweden. Mostyn is especially interested in environmental art; his practice investigates links between creating art and environmental education. Mostyn reflects on ways of using materials in an environmentally friendly way during art lessons, inspired by principles of permaculture design.

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Pathway: Cloth, thread, paint

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Talking Points: Frank Bowling

Talking Points: Hannah Rae

Talking Points: Alice Kettle

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Pathway: Mixed Media Land and city scapes

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Talking Points: Vanessa Gardiner

Talking Points: The Shoreditch Sketcher

Talking Points: Kittie Jones

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Pathway: Making Monotypes

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Talking points: What is a monotype?

Talking Points: Kevork Mourad

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“It’s always so inspiring to hear how different artists work and we particularly like the detailed references Jake makes to his process – marking out the composition using neutral tones; adding and taking away compositional elements and gradually building in more colour and detail. Delivering a still life session in a classroom could begin with this process and encourage the practice of looking at positive and negative space. Some suggested resources below also touch on this”. – Rachel, AccessArt

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Tackling Still Life for Children

Drawing Negative Space

Visual Arts Planning: Still Life

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“We’re really grateful to Jake from Draw Brighton for sharing this activity which became so well received during lockdown 2020. 

This is the perfect reminder that wherever we are in the digital or physical world, we have our eyes, hands and faces, and drawing provides a wonderful opportunity to come together in small groups to make sketches of each other. Use this activity as an ice breaker before a workshop, or as a transition activity between classes or events. Thank you Jake!” Paula, AccessArt

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Pathway: Exploring Identity

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Talking Points: Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Making Physical or Digital Layered Portraits

Introduction to Portraits

Exploring Portraits in Graphite, Collage and Clay

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Pathway: Typography and Maps

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Pathway: Cloth, thread, paint

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Session Recording: Finding Marks Made by Artists

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Pathway: Spirals

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the drawing journey

Layered Colour Gestural Drawing

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Pathway: Music and art

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Mark Making & Sound: Part One

Mark Making & Sound: Part Two

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Pathway: Music and art

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Mark Making & Sound: Part One

Mark Making & Sound: Part Three

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Pathway: Music and art

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Mark Making & Sound: Part Two

Mark Making & Sound: Part Three

Drawing to a Slow Rhythm

Inspired by Miro

Drawing to Music