by Andy Dolphin | Sep 1, 2017 | landscape, Watercolour
Before I left Perth to move to the country, around 14 years ago, I bought some watercolours, brushes and a pad of watercolour paper , with the expectation that I might start doing some plein air watercolour paintings. It never happened. Since buying them, the paint...
by Andy Dolphin | Jul 28, 2017 | newstuff, oil painting, plein air, step-by-step, tips, tutorial
When I travelled to the John Wilson workshop in Katoomba last February, I had to devise a plan for bringing wet paintings home in my luggage. I made two wet-panel-carrier boxes from plywood, using balsa wood for the divider strips, but I also needed something for...
by Andy Dolphin | Mar 13, 2017 | landscape, oil painting
Last year my son Michael and I climbed a number of local mountains. One of those climbs was the walk to the top of Bluff Knoll, the highest point in the southern half of Western Australia. To the east of Bluff Knoll lies a mountainous wilderness known colloquially as...
by Andy Dolphin | Mar 13, 2017 | landscape, mountains, oil painting, plein air, workshop
John Wilson is an artist with a worldwide reputation. Based in the Blue Mountains, a couple of hours drive from Sydney, John has built a career on capturing the region in oil paint and last month I was lucky enough to find a spot in one of his 10-day masterclass...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 27, 2016 | 400-day clock, controversy, digital art, news
My apologies for all the political cartoons lately. If you’re not into politics, then please bear with me while I get this out of my system. It has been announced this week that our already-slow NBN is to be scaled back even further. This is apparently because,...