I have been invited to be a supporting artist in the upcoming Association of Sculptors of Victoria exhibition! ASV  Examples of my recent works from the past 3 years will adorn the walls of the McCubbin Gallery at VAS. This quite exciting for me and an honor to be invited to show along with these wonderful sculptors. Please come along and view the works: The Annual & Awards Exhibition runs from 13th June to 1st July 2024 and will be held in the Victorian Artists Society galleries 430 Albert Street, East Melbourne. The exhibition comprises two sections: The Margaret Gunnersen Wi ..read more

Exploratory Drawing A image of a work in progress by Victoria Bellas Carter ©  from her website. Notice the teeny weeny scraps of tissue paper she uses to create her stunning works. You can see more HERE  Term 2 is looming! Please note that Mentone/Mordialloc Art Group classes will be held this Thursday, 25 April. (ANZAC day) Usual times. Further to Term 2, I will be travelling to the UK during May/June. Classes will proceed as usual at both VAS and MMAG.  VAS classes will be taken by Nathalie Anne for the full term. She is a wonderful teacher and has titled the class 'Exp ..read more

 There is a wonderful small space art gallery in Castlemaine that is well worth a look. Showcasing local and abroad artists with beautifully curated exhibitions. Coming this month is a group show 'Immersed' featuring three exceptionally talented women, Jane Rusden, Bridget Farmer & Sheridan Jones. Sheridan Jones © 2024 I am a particular fan of Sheridan's works and I look forward to seeing this new body of her work. The way Seridan cuts and manipulates paper into forms and shapes is delightful. I'd encourage you all to spend a day in our golden Autumn weather up in Castlemaine and vi ..read more

 Second term has wound up, and everyone is off on holiday for a few weeks. Thought I would show you the completed demonstration piece I created in class to explain techniques and process. Our theme in second term was 'cute and furry' - with an emphasis towards Australian animals. In the second half we concentrated on using colour pencils (hue) supported by graphite pencil (tone). Additionally artists were requested to incorporate a background in some way. Either a background that had some detail and recession, or a coloured 'suggestion'. I chose to use the suggestion style of background ..read more

It is delivery day today! I will be travelling down the penninsula to Blairgowrie - showing 3 works. One of the pieces I am showing is 'Sprocketree'.  'Sprocketree' plus detail above by Linda Weil ©2024 I will also be delivering two new works for Sheridan Jones - these are currently in the boot of my car and I am going to have a sneak peak when I deliver. Sheridan does wonderful works incormporating cut paper and paper sculpture. Lisa O'Keefe will also be showing some new works. So this is an art show that you should not miss! Please come and visit this wonderful show over the Easter ..read more

 After several weeks in hiatus, Tacit Art's new gallery opens this week! Three fabulous artists are launching the new space. Do come along to opening night to help celebrate a new era for Tacit Art. Launch of new premises and opening night invitation Wednesday 20 March 6.30-8pm Exhibition dates Wed 20 Mar - Sun 14 April 2024 Tacit Art - new premises 314 Johnston St, Abbotsford, Vic 3067 Ground and first floor Linda Pickering Re-Imagined Inspired by a series of personal sn ..read more

 Oh my giddy Aunt! It is already March - where did February go? I have been remiss in updates last month, no excuse, just my brain being on vacation. But classes during the past month have gone very well. Our theme is 'Furry Critters', and the aim was to draw a small Australian animal first in graphite and a second with water soluble graphite. The first animal was a sugar glider I supplied and all students did the same image. My work was a series of small demonstrations of how to create fur techniques, so I don't really have any completed work to show you, just this page of tests and fur ..read more

'Muster'  And here she is completed! 'Muster' by Linda Weil © 2024 ..read more

 Here she is - little kelpie completed. Not to move on with grounding her so she isn't floating, and creating background effects. First drawing following is the halfway progress, and the second is 90% finished dog. I will tweak her a bit more once the grounding and background is complete ..read more

 Had a great day on Wednesday at Mornington art show. Lots of nice people to take to while I demonstrated drawing techniques for 'Muster'. I worked the full day, from 10am until 4.30 so made good progress, but far from completed! Below are some step by step photos showing the process of the drawing: 1. Application of Dry Graphitint 2. Graphitint washed, and colour pencil overdrawing begun starting with the eye. I have used the Staedtler Mars Karat color pencils and Staedtler graphite pencils for this. 3. Close up of the eye 4. Dry color and graphite pencil progress 5. Close up of ..read more