by Andy Dolphin | Aug 11, 2012 | limited palette, oil painting, plein air, seascape
Green Islands, Albany. Photo by Andy Dolphin.Date: Saturday, August 11, 2012Weather Forecast: FineAs I mentioned in my last post, I’ve been thinking a lot about waves and seascapes lately. I’ve studied paintings of them, watched them at a variety of...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 10, 2012 | about, digital art, oil painting, seascape, sketch, step-by-step, tips
For the last couple of weeks I’ve been working on producing a seascape. I’ve done my share of seascapes in the past, usually from photographic references, but this one is different. And I’m going to take my readers along for the ride… so I hope...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 4, 2012 | about, news
Just some of the old art tools I still have lying around, in case I ever need to use them again.Caricaturist Tom Richmond points us to a fascinating website that seeks to catalogue the history of art supplies, in colour! The Museum of Forgotten Art Supplies...
by Andy Dolphin | Jul 27, 2012 | limited palette, oil painting, seascape, tips
Prior to yesterday’s painting workshop in Albany, I did two sample pieces of the painting I was to use for my demonstration reference.The first was done using burnt sienna as my “red”, yellow ochre as my “yellow” and French ultramarine as...
by Andy Dolphin | Jul 27, 2012 | news, oil painting, seascape, workshop
I hosted a painting workshop at Albany’s Vancouver Art Centre yesterday for members of the Albany Art Group. We all had fun and there was some impressive results among the group.As with my previous workshop in Mt Barker, I had members choose just three colours...
