by Andy Dolphin | Apr 21, 2013 | landscape, limited palette, news, oil painting, plein air, sketch, step-by-step, video
With scattered cloud hanging around on Friday, I headed back out to Barrow Road, where I completed a grey-day plein air landscape last week. I was planning to paint the view from the opposite side of the road and hoped for some sunlight and shadows this time. I got...
by Andy Dolphin | Mar 7, 2013 | limited palette, oil painting, seascape, step-by-step
I liked my little plein air oil study of Misery Beach so much that I decided to do a bigger version in the studio.I added a few extra colours to the palette for this one just to give me a few more options for playing warms against cools. One downside to a three-colour...
by Andy Dolphin | Feb 10, 2013 | available, oil painting, seascape, step-by-step
My latest studio painting brings together all the experiences I’ve enjoyed, so far, since last August in my pursuit of the perfect seascape. I’ve blogged the challenge which began with the Genesis of a seascape in oils and later transitioned into the...
by Andy Dolphin | Jan 27, 2013 | issues, seascape, sketch, step-by-step, tips
I have actually been doing a bit of painting recently but all of it has been in the studio and has involved revisiting old paintings that never “made the cut”.This isn’t something I have done a lot of in the past but lately I’ve been driven to...
by Andy Dolphin | Oct 26, 2012 | oil painting, plein air, seascape, sketch, step-by-step, tips
With clear skies and moderate temperatures forecast, I headed back to Lowlands Beach (near Denmark, Western Australia) yesterday afternoon.I parked at the top lookout on the eastern side of the main beach. The lookout is about 50m above the sea and offers views across...
by Andy Dolphin | Aug 18, 2012 | limited palette, oil painting, seascape, step-by-step
This is part four in a series which began with “Genesis of a seascape in oil”. In parts one to three, I explained how I took an abstract concept sketch, done in Photoshop, and developed it into a detailed reference for a seascape painting. We are now...