by Andy Dolphin | Jan 13, 2013 | about, caricature, news
Ten years ago I was deeply engaged in teaching myself 3-D animation. I had downloaded a free program called Blender and within hours I was hooked. It is a truly amazing and incredibly powerful piece of software developed by a team of programmers around the world and...
by Andy Dolphin | Nov 23, 2012 | about, news
I don’t know Australian plein air artist Warwick Fuller personally but I can’t deny his early influence on my still-evolving style.Fuller’s DVD “Into the Light” represented a turning point in my art career. This video was the first time...
by Andy Dolphin | Oct 21, 2012 | about
On this blog I’m an oil painter and sometimes digital artist. The other me is a graphic artist and production manager at a regional newspaper. This article is about the other, other me – the amateur thespian. When I’m not painting, or working at my...
by Andy Dolphin | Oct 17, 2012 | about, issues, landscape, oil painting, tips
When I first switched from commercial to fine art, I tended to paint with almost painstaking attention to detail. I used fine brushes and painted leaves on shrubbery in forest landscapes or feathers on portraits of birds. It was a hangover from my days working as an...
by Andy Dolphin | Sep 20, 2012 | about, art trail, available, exhibition, news, oil painting
Just a quick reminder that I will have a selection of works for sale at West Cape Howe Wines in this year’s Southern Art Trail.I will be at the official opening:7pm, Thursday, September 27If you’re in the area, I’d love to see you there.Here’s...
by Andy Dolphin | Sep 10, 2012 | about, copyright, issues, tips
And now for something completely different…I first took an interest in copyright years ago when I was producing commercial illustration. Not because someone had stolen my work but because I wanted to be informed about my rights with regard to my own work...
