by Andy Dolphin | Oct 28, 2012 | available, colour chart, landscape, oil painting, plein air, sunset
It was very warm yesterday with clear blue skies in every direction. I took the opportunity to head inland looking for something to paint. With one month of spring to go, the paddocks are starting to lose their winter greens and take on the warm, dry colours of...
by Andy Dolphin | Sep 15, 2012 | limited palette, oil painting, plein air, seascape, sketch, sunset
…there’s more!Green Islands, Albany. Photo by Andy Dolphin.Date: Saturday, September 15, 2012Weather Forecast: Fine, partly cloudy.There were large cumulus clouds building at home but I wanted to return to the bay where I painted yesterday and Thursday. I...
by Andy Dolphin | Sep 9, 2012 | oil painting, plein air, seascape, sketch, sunset
Green Islands, Albany. Photo by Andy Dolphin.Date: Friday, September 7, 2012Weather Forecast: Fine and warm.With the stormy weather behind us, I returned to Torndirrup National Park on a rather sunny Friday afternoon. It was good to see that, despite the beautifully...
by Andy Dolphin | Sep 6, 2012 | limited palette, oil painting, plein air, seascape, sketch, sunset, weather
Green Islands, Albany. Photo by Andy Dolphin.It’s been a pretty bleak week, so far, weather-wise. Big storms were predicted for Monday and Tuesday and, while we were spared anything too nasty, there has been a lot of heavy rain and some fair gusts of wind (there...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 30, 2012 | clouds, digital art, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, seascape, sketch, sunset, tips
View to Green Islands, Albany. Photo by Andy Dolphin.Date: Wednesday, August 29, 2012Weather Forecast: Becoming fine.I returned to Torndirrup National Park yesterday afternoon in the hope of capturing the sea at its best as we’d had a bit of stormy weather the...
by Andy Dolphin | Apr 22, 2012 | clouds, issues, landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, sketch, sunset, weather
I’ve not had much opportunity to get out and paint recently but did manage these two quick sketches in the last week.The first was completed in around 15 minutes and was the end result of a “comedy of errors”. I was breaking in a new French easel and...