Studio Practice Archives | Andy Dobbie Art

I was struggling with trying to find ways to play with three-dimensional form on the two-dimensional printmaking surface, a recalled (read more…)

More drypoint and linocut experiments focused on trying to separate line, value and colour from form.

Portrait practice with the – ever patient – Paul Jennings.

These are the result of a second session continuing to work on the painting of Paul started on 19th July. (read more…)

Portrait practice (work in progress) oil on board 61cm x 122cm

Painting started in life drawing class and continued working on from memory at home (oil on canvas 60cm x 60cm)

I bought a secondhand book on paper making at the weekend, so was inspired to have a go. This is (read more…)

Here’s a closeup of Paul’s portrait at the end of the session. Serving suggestion: Preheat garden to 75 degrees. Place (read more…)

This is a portrait drawn using a prototype version of Tim Jenison’s Vermeer device. Given my enthusiasm for David Hockney’s (read more…)

This week, I ‘ave mostly been playing with colour gamuts…