by Andy Dolphin | Mar 6, 2018 | landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, tutorial, video, Woolorama
Wheatbelt White Gum 25x30cm oil on board. © Andy Dolphin I posted this painting back in December and mentioned that I had shot video of the process. Well, I’ve finally got it edited, narrated and posted on Youtube. In the narration for this one, I discuss my...
by Andy Dolphin | Dec 15, 2017 | available, landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air
Yesterday afternoon, I packed the car and headed north. The plan, as I told my wife, was “to drive half-way to Kojonup”. Koji, as it’s often called, is about 100km north from home and I ended up travelling about 55km to somewhere between Cranbrook...
by Andy Dolphin | Jul 27, 2014 | brass pitcher, floral, limited palette, oil painting, still life
I bought this stumpy brass pitcher a few weeks ago at the local secondhand shop. I’ve been itching to paint it ever since. I polished it last weekend and set it up today with some synthetic flowers and grapes. Short pitcher with flowers – stage 1...
by Andy Dolphin | May 11, 2014 | floral, limited palette, oil painting, still life
My latest still life painting features another op-shop treasure. I tried several different arrangements using this round-bottomed, squat brass vase, and finally settled on this one. Flowers with brass vase 25×30cm oil on board. © Andy Dolphin As with previous...
by Andy Dolphin | Mar 5, 2014 | floral, limited palette, oil painting, still life
I painted this little still life a couple of days ago. Miniature Chinese vase 21×25cm oil on board. © Andy Dolphin The miniature Chinese-style vase was purchased two weeks ago at a local op-shop (thrift shop) and stands around 8cm tall. The flowers are...
by Andy Dolphin | Feb 23, 2014 | contemporary impressionism, floral, limited palette, oil painting, still life
Over the last few weeks, I’ve been visiting op-shops and garage sales and picking up interesting odds and ends for use in still life paintings. This blue vase was one of the things I collected. It is a very dark, yet intense blue with a gold and silver foil...
