by Andy Dolphin | Jan 22, 2011 | digital art, landscape, step-by-step, tips
Here’s a step-by-step breakdown of how I approach a digital landscape painting like the one I did this morning.For this painting, I used a cartoony cross-hatch brush from Chris Wahl. For this brush to work to full advantage, you need a pressure-sensitive...
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 | Oct 14, 2010 | acrylic, tips
In my lifetime, I have painted with darned near everything meant to be used as paint. I’ve used automotive lacquer, industrial enamel, vinyl paint, fabric ink, dye, water colour, gouache, pastel, acrylic and oil – and probably a few I’ve forgotten...
by Andy Dolphin | Feb 28, 2010 | colour chart, tips
Soon after taking up oil painting I made a colour chart showing basic two-colour combinations of the standard palette I’d adopted. This has proved invaluable when working on site or from photos – some combinations are surprising! I use a shorthand notation...
