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...
by Andy Dolphin | Feb 9, 2014 | digital art, floral, still life
I was playing around this afternoon trying to assemble an interesting still life setup using one of our recently-acquired dome clocks.I don’t have a lot of useful ornaments or bric-a-brac to populate a still life, and February is a dreadful time to go looking...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 31, 2014 | 400-day clock, about, still life
For years my wife, Janet, expressed her interest in “dome clocks”. We looked around from time to time but never saw any for sale in the places where we expected to find them.Then, a few months ago, I saw one at the local auction house. It was a genuine...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 17, 2014 | about, sketch
For much of the last week or so I’ve been sorting out my garage. The time had almost come where hard hats and climbing gear were recommended attire for anyone who dared enter.During the clear-out, I discovered a couple of boxes of illustration board that had...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 9, 2014 | about, art scams, copyright, news, tips
The never-ending battle continues.I have just filed four notices of copyright infringement with Youtube. The first notice has already resulted in the taking down of a copy of one of my plein air painting videos that had been uploaded to another account.(UPDATE: Seven...
