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 | Oct 28, 2012 | art scams
I’m getting a lot of spam lately from overseas companies selling cheap reproductions of paintings. I’ve deleted five comments in two days.The comments are usually repetitious (the same comment is often posted to several articles on one blog and...
by Andy Dolphin | Oct 26, 2012 | oil painting, plein air, seascape, sketch, step-by-step, tips
With clear skies and moderate temperatures forecast, I headed back to Lowlands Beach (near Denmark, Western Australia) yesterday afternoon.I parked at the top lookout on the eastern side of the main beach. The lookout is about 50m above the sea and offers views across...
by Andy Dolphin | Oct 21, 2012 | landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, seascape
A few days ago I decided to head down to Denmark in the hope of finding a new painting location. I got distracted along the way and ended up driving down some back tracks for a few hours. It was cloudy, so I didn’t mind too much as I still find cloudy days...
by Andy Dolphin | Oct 21, 2012 | about
On this blog I’m an oil painter and sometimes digital artist. The other me is a graphic artist and production manager at a regional newspaper. This article is about the other, other me – the amateur thespian. When I’m not painting, or working at my...