by Andy Dolphin | Aug 19, 2012 | about, art trail, available, exhibition, news, oil painting
Evening Shadows. 40x60cm oil on board. © Andy DolphinSOLD This year, the Southern Art & Craft Trail celebrates its tenth anniversary and I will, for the first time, be taking part as a listed exhibitor.From their website: The trail is...
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 | 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...
by Andy Dolphin | Mar 17, 2012 | about, news
My trusty old 1985 Mitsubishi L300 four-wheel drive is due for retirement. You might say “the sun is setting on her”…Yesterday I got my “new” car, a 2004 Nissan X-Trail… It’s taken me a good while to make a decision so...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 29, 2012 | about, issues, news
It’s taken almost three years to make a decision but I finally bought myself a new digital camera.My first digital camera, purchased almost ten years ago, was a 4MP Nikon 4300 Coolpix. It was expensive at the time but I loved it to bits. The picture quality was...
