by Andy Dolphin | Aug 10, 2013 | building, contemporary impressionism, landscape, oil painting, plein air, sketch, step-by-step, sunrise, sunset, weather
I mentioned recently that I’ve found a new favourite painting spot. It’s a farm, less than 10 minutes from home, with a history dating back to the late 1800s.I’ve been given permission to do some painting around the property and have spent quite a...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 4, 2013 | copyright, issues, landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, sketch, step-by-step, video
My latest plein air landscape sketch video has just been uploaded.This painting features a view across farmland to the Stirling Range, home to Bluff Knoll – the the highest peak in southern Western Australia.(Stirling afternoon. Plein air sketch. 30x25cm oil on board....
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 3, 2013 | about, copyright, video
Well, there would have been a new video if not for an apparent glitch in Youtube’s copyright protection strategy.When a new video is uploaded, it is scanned and compared to thousands of audio files in Youtube’s database, to see if any of the audio in the...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 2, 2013 | contemporary impressionism, landscape, oil painting, plein air, sketch, step-by-step
One of the things that first caught my eye about this local farming property was a collection of old sheds that could just be seen from the road. I walked around part of the property yesterday afternoon and, after taking a lot of photos of all sorts of interesting...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 2, 2013 | contemporary impressionism, issues, landscape, oil painting, plein air, sketch, weather
This painting represents a very different approach for me. It’s something I’ve wanted to do for a long time but it’s not always possible to get close enough to a subject.It is inspired by the likes of Richard Schmid, whose work I discovered in an...
