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Eat Chocolate and Cry - Australian Flute Music - CD Cover

Lyn Weir wrote 1 month ago: One of my designs – Paperbark – was recently used on the cover for a new CD by musicians … more →

Tags: artwork, design - art, Music, Wildflowers

Kookaburra Illustration Drawing3 comments

Lyn Weir wrote 1 month ago: I have just finished this drawing of a Kookaburra. Again it is drawn using light washed of watercolo … more →

Tags: wildlife, Birds, artwork, Drawing, Botanical & Fauna Illustration

Waratah Illustration - just finished!

Lyn Weir wrote 2 months ago: I have just finished this illustration of a Waratah – Telopia speciosissima. I know back to wa … more →

Tags: Wildflowers, artwork, Drawing, Botanical & Fauna Illustration

Visual Arts Teaching - Textbook and Curriculum Resource

Lyn Weir wrote 5 months ago: Last year I was contacted by Lynda Kuntyj and asked to contribute to a resource textbook to help sup … more →

Tags: General Interest, Art/Linocut Tutorials, Visual Arts Teaching, Western Australian Visual Arts Curriculum 2009, Impact Publishing, Lynda Kuntyj & Beth Harcourt

Old tree...and memories4 comments

Lyn Weir wrote 5 months ago: There is an old tree – part of a long ago area of mangroves – that stubbornly is still c … more →

Tags: General Interest, Photographs, Oyster Channel Yamba, Fishing, old trees, Yamba memories

Ringtail Possum Nest

Lyn Weir wrote 6 months ago: We have been busy trying to get our trees under control in our suburban block. It has been a very lo … more →

Tags: General Interest, wildlife, Ringtail Possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinis, Possum nests

Tawny Expressions Linocuts - first hand coloured drafts

Lyn Weir wrote 7 months ago: It is wet windy and cold here at the moment with a ‘weather event’ looming – accor … more →

Tags: Art/Linocut Tutorials, artwork, Birds, Hand Coloured linocuts, Linocuts, Tawny Frogmouth, wildlife, Australian Linocut Artist, Linocut

Emu Linocut - what a difference a background colour can make

Lyn Weir wrote 7 months ago: Having finally carved, printed and now coloured this linocut (after working on the original drawing … more →

Tags: wildlife, Birds, artwork, Linocuts, Art/Linocut Tutorials, Hand Coloured linocuts, Australian Linocut Artist, EMU, Emu Linocut

The Big Ride for the Big Issue - Updated Information

Lyn Weir wrote 7 months ago: For those with a sense of having seen this before – you have! Unfortunately the link wasn … more →

Tags: General Interest, design - art, THE BIG ISSUE, The Big Ride..., The Big Ride for The Big Issue, Cycling, Australian cycling, Australian cycling jerseys

New linocuts printed! Unusual birds - Tawny Frogmouths and an Emu

Lyn Weir wrote 7 months ago: As I indicated in yesterdays post I have finally printed some of the numerous unfinished designs tha … more →

Tags: wildlife, Birds, artwork, Linocuts, Art/Linocut Tutorials, Linocut, Australian Linocut Artist, EMU, Tawny Frogmouths

Preparing a Linocut Block for printing

Lyn Weir wrote 7 months ago: Here a few quick tips on getting your linocut block prepared ready for printing. * Before you start … more →

Tags: Art/Linocut Tutorials, artwork, Birds, Linocuts, Music, Tawny Frogmouth, wildlife, Common Linocut Printing Mistakes, Linocut Blocks

The Big Ride for the Big Issue2 comments

Lyn Weir wrote 7 months ago: A little while back I was approached by Jo Southwell to use one of my designs on cycling jerseys whi … more →

Tags: General Interest, design - art, THE BIG ISSUE, The Big Ride..., The Big Ride for The Big Issue, Cycling, cycling jerseys

Tawny Expressions - Linoblocks - Linocuts

Lyn Weir wrote 8 months ago: I have finally finished carving the linoleum blocks for the “Tawny Expressions” linocut … more →

Tags: wildlife, Birds, artwork, Linocuts, Art/Linocut Tutorials, Tawny Frogmouth, Australian Artist, Design, Art

Ringtails

Lyn Weir wrote 8 months ago: On Monday in amongst torrential rain there was an enormous ruckus in the trees in our backyard. Much … more →

Tags: General Interest, wildlife, Photographs, Australian Wildlife, Ringtail Possum, Pseudocheirus peregrinis, Noisy miner, Australian Mammals

Autumn Wildflowerings1 comment

Lyn Weir wrote 9 months ago: Thought I’d post some recent photos of the local wildflowers. I have been struggling with RSI/ … more →

Tags: Wildflowers, General Interest, Photographs, Australian Wildflowers, Firewheel tree, Golden Penda, Swamp Bloodwood, Chefs Cap Correa

Hawk Moth - Coequosa australasiae5 comments

Lyn Weir wrote 9 months ago: A hawk moth – I am pretty sure it is – Coequosa australasiae - found locally. Unfortunat … more →

Tags: General Interest, wildlife, Drawing, Photographs, Australian Artist, Australian Moths, hawk moth, Coequosa australasiae, mothing

Tawny Frogmouths in our backyard5 comments

Lyn Weir wrote 9 months ago: Last week we were visited by a pair of tawny frogmouths – taking sleepy refuge in the daylight … more →

Tags: wildlife, Birds, Photographs, Australian Artist, Podargus strigoides, Tawny Frogmouths, Austraian Birds, Wildlife Photography

Linocut Carving - Tawny Frogmouth Eyes - slow progress3 comments

Lyn Weir wrote 9 months ago: A quick update…I have been working…albeit it very slowly…on these small designs bu … more →

Tags: Art/Linocut Tutorials, artwork, Linocuts, Tawny Frogmouth, wildlife, Art, australian art, Australian Linocut Artist, Linocut Carving

Wedgetail Eagles

Lyn Weir wrote 9 months ago: On the way home from the Coffs Harbour Butterfly House on Sunday on one of the back roads we were am … more →

Tags: General Interest, wildlife, Birds, Photographs, Australian Birds, Australian Artist, Wedgetail Eagles, Aquila Audax


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