by Andy Dolphin | Sep 11, 2011 | available, floral, landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air
Here’s a painting I did last weekend. It’s a bit looser than my normal style and I was interested in pushing the dark/light contrast whereas I’m normally playing warm reds and oranges against cool neutrals, with a focus on aerial perspective.(Angus...
by Andy Dolphin | Sep 10, 2011 | landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air
Spring has finally arrived in the Great Southern and the canola is in full bloom all around us, so I took the opportunity to get out and paint. I was joined by Ted who’s on holidays in the region. You can see Ted below, completing his first-ever plein air...
by Andy Dolphin | Sep 2, 2011 | caricature, sketch
I decided it was time to do a caricature of myself. This is somewhat worse than doing self portraits (and it’s been many years since I did one of those) because a caricature requires the exaggeration of features, even the less-flattering ones.Most of us are used...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 21, 2011 | landscape, oil painting, seascape, workshop
I did two workshops earlier this month – the first for Gallery 500 and the second for Albany Art Group. Here are the demonstration pieces I did in each workshop…In this seascape, done with Gallery 500 at Terra Verde Gallery in Albany, I focussed mainly on...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 15, 2011 | digital art, landscape
Another digital painting based on a photo I took earlier this year on the way home from Pemberton. I was particularly interested in the contrast of the sunlit “brick red” cow against all those cool, dark greens.(Quinninup Cow. 1200x432px digital. © Andy...
