by Andy Dolphin | Jan 13, 2012 | landscape, oil painting, plein air, sketch, sunset
It’s been warm and sunny here for a few days and I managed to get out to Bluff Knoll on two consecutive evenings.Here’s a couple of oil sketches I did.(Sketch for Sunset Bluff. 22x20cm oil on board. © Andy Dolphin)(Sketch for Behind the Bluff. 20x22cm oil...
by Andy Dolphin | Dec 19, 2011 | digital art, landscape
Just doodling in Photoshop tonight. Gold Coast Hinterland. 1400x534px digital. © Andy DolphinThis is somewhere near Tambourine Mountain. Painted from a photo taken in 2009.Two in one night! Car in shade – Williams. 600x560px...
by Andy Dolphin | Dec 11, 2011 | digital art
I haven’t updated for a while because I haven’t had much chance to paint but here’s a little digital piece I did today.The close-up format for this was actually inspired by Carol Marine’s “silly face” series of paintings. Shih...
by Andy Dolphin | Oct 26, 2011 | caricature, news
The Tom Richmond caricature book I pre-ordered a couple of months ago arrived today, earlier than expected. Despite travelling half-way around the world, it arrived in perfect condition.Tom’s delivered 170 pages of in-depth instruction on the art of caricature....
by Andy Dolphin | Oct 23, 2011 | landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, sketch
Spring made a welcome return for a few days this week and I managed to get up early on Saturday morning and headed back out to the Stirling Range.It was pretty hot for 6:30am, and there was very light cirrostratus cloud cover all morning. The light kept changing as I...