I am a qualified Art Teacher with a Bachelor of Education (Art) so am very aware of the need for teachers & students to have resources to help develop both their own artwork & classroom resources. So a few years ago I created a new website. Essentially it is a compilation of most the art... Continue Reading →
Australian Alphabets – Fine Art Linocuts Tutorial Video
- Australian Alphabets by Lynette Weir - The process of developing my Australian Wildflower & Wildlife Alphabets
Happy New Year – changes & new beginnings
Well I have been in front of the computer for a few days now...well mostly. It seems my reading glasses are the reason for having even more difficulty with seeing clearly for extended times than usual! So I ordered new ones and am waiting on them to arrive from the optometrist. In the mean time... Continue Reading →
The Art of ‘Creative Art-Thinking’
This is my latest design - it is part of the same format and ideas/possibilities I have been working with in regards to my Design Art series. More on all that later. In describing some of the processes I that go through in designing my linocuts I have not talked a lot about the 'art-thinking'... Continue Reading →
Banksia coccinea – linocut carving and re-carving
Sometimes when I print a design I decide to change something about it or add something to the design after I have done the initial proof prints. This is the case with the recent Banksia coccinea design. You can see the linocut block on top of the proof print which I have handoloure - painted... Continue Reading →