by Andy Dolphin | Jul 21, 2012 | available, oil painting, step-by-step
Here’s Rudy, my daughter’s cross-bred, feather footed bantam rooster, now immortalised in oils. Rudy.25x35cm oil on board. © Andy DolphinSOLD We’ve had chooks since our “tree change” almost nine years ago but this is the...
by Andy Dolphin | Jul 19, 2012 | caricature, digital art
Digital painting in Photoshop:I was just looking through some old digital doodles and sketches and came across this sketch of Tim Minchin’s eyes. I’d been working on doing a caricature but never quite “got it”. Sometimes I’ll do a...
by Andy Dolphin | Jul 19, 2012 | oil painting, seascape
Here’s a little oil painting I did a couple of weeks ago.( Crusoe Jetty. 35x25cm oil on board. © Andy Dolphin)
by Andy Dolphin | Jun 7, 2012 | landscape, oil painting
The aim here was simple – do a quick, loose painting with strong light. There’s a little over an hour in this one which was done in-studio from a photo I took a few weeks ago.I used a three-colour palette (plus white) and all but the finest detail was...
by Andy Dolphin | Jun 3, 2012 | about, books, news
I’ve always loved educational books. I’ve never been a reader of novels but give me a text book on an interesting subject and I’m happy.In the last few weeks I’ve had my head stuck in three books in particular. The first is titled Gruppé on...