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 | 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 | Jun 26, 2016 | drone, landscape, mountains, photography
Stirling Range, Western Australia. Photo by Andy Dolphin. I haven’t painted for a while but have been kept busy with other things. One of those things involves my son who purchased a drone last December. Since then he’s been hunting for places to fly it...
by Andy Dolphin | Nov 14, 2013 | clouds, issues, landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, sunset, weather
It took a while to arrive, but spring did show itself for a few days recently. But, with summer just two weeks away, the grey weather has returned.I bought myself some new brushes recently. I’ve been using flat synthetic brushes for the last couple of years but...
by Andy Dolphin | Oct 3, 2013 | landscape, oil painting, plein air, river-rapids, sketch
This week I was granted access to private property which the Hay River runs through. There is a section a couple of hundred metres long where the river drops over several granite outcrops. We’ve had a very wet start to spring so there is plenty of water in the...