by Andy Dolphin | Apr 18, 2010 | landscape, oil painting, plein air, step-by-step
Sorry, I got distracted by snakes and lizards on my last article. This time I’ll stick with painting, I promise.This spot is between Mount Barker and Porongurup and is a dry creek bed for most of the year. Here it passes through a culvert under the gravel road.I...
by Andy Dolphin | Apr 18, 2010 | about, issues, weather
When people tell you that Australia is just filled with a long list of animals that are waiting to kill you, one way or another, venomous snakes feature prominently on that list. One of those is the tiger snake.I’ve seen more than my fair share of tiger snakes...
by Andy Dolphin | Apr 13, 2010 | landscape, oil painting, plein air, sketch, weather
When I first took up oil painting, ten or more years ago, I used to paint on site, or “en plein air” quite regularly. On family holidays I’d be up before dawn looking for that “perfect sunrise”. Over the years however, I ventured...
by Andy Dolphin | Apr 9, 2010 | building, oil painting, plein air, sketch, sunset
I rarely do paintings of buildings that aren’t in a state of ruin. I love rusty old sheds that look like they’ll fall over in the next strong wind but I generally steer clear of solid buildings.I was driving around town on Monday evening and noticed the...
by Andy Dolphin | Apr 5, 2010 | digital art, landscape, sunset, weather
I knocked this one up for fun. Actually I was just studying one of my cloud photos and analysing the colours by sampling them and trying to paint a similar cloud in Photoshop. I hadn’t intended to do more than one or two clouds but couldn’t stop.I used the...
