by Andy Dolphin | Mar 31, 2011 | issues, landscape, oil painting, plein air
Here’s the plein air painting I did last weekend near Kendenup… (Kendenup Rail Bridge. 30x20cm oil on board. © Andy Dolphin)It’s far from perfect but it was an unusual subject or me and presented quite a number of challenges from...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 20, 2011 | building, issues, landscape, oil painting, plein air
Sometimes, despite best efforts, some paintings just don’t work. With plein air paintings, the chances of “failure” are much higher as paintings are executed quickly in changing light conditions.I have quite a collection of paintings that I...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 13, 2011 | issues, landscape, oil painting, plein air, sunset
I was invited to this year’s first Porongurup art picnic yesterday and decided, this time, I’d do a painting rather than sketches.We met at the old Woogenellup bridge and I wandered around for half an hour or more looking for something to catch my eye....
by Andy Dolphin | Dec 23, 2010 | issues, landscape, tips
Photos seem like an easy starting point for landscape painting and the advent of consumer digital cameras has made photography more accessible than it’s ever been before.Photographs serve as convenient reference material that allows us to paint when we simply...
by Andy Dolphin | Dec 16, 2010 | issues, landscape, limited palette, oil painting, plein air, sketch, weather
The first 11 days of summer were, to say the least, somewhat heavily overcast around these parts. I ventured out once or twice to see if anything paintable grabbed my attention but I really am driven by sunlight and shadows so never got my brushes wet.Finally, on day...
by Andy Dolphin | May 17, 2010 | issues, limited palette, oil painting, still life
Following the success of Red & Blue #1, I used the same props and 4-colour limited palette to do a second still life.Oddly, this one threw some unexpected challenges at me. I had essentially completed the painting but for some reason, I could not get the small...
