in and around Valldemossa, Mallorca - 32

28 July 2013 - Valldemossa, Mallorca
18" x 24", acrylic on Ampersand Gessobord (archival, gessoed hardboard)

 Here are some "in-progress" shots:

I did a smaller version of this view back in February 2012 (in and around Valldemossa - 27).

Recently I've been doing these new versions of some of the views from our trip to Mallorca in 2011 because I thought they deserved a larger format; most of the original paintings from that trip were 8" x 10".

I've been rediscovering how fun it is to paint on a larger scale, not only rediscovering but pushing my limits to even larger sizes.  If it weren't for the cost and storage issues, I think I'd go even more nuts with painting larger paintings.

Granada - 21

25 July 2013 - Granada
14" x 11", acrylic on Arches 120 lb hot press

Some in-progress shots:

canal outside Bruges - 4

23 July 2013 - canal outside Bruges
30" x 40", acrylic on canvas

I finally finished this one.  Hooray!  I still need to frame it.  Hope to get that done before the Koldshoulder Working Gallery's Grand Opening this upcoming First Thursday.

The banner announcement:

Here's a recap of how the painting evolved:

(this one is the final product again)

 

in and around Valldemossa, Mallorca - 31

21 July 2013 - Valldemossa, Mallorca
18" x 24", acrylic on Ampersand Gessobord (hardboard)

I did a smaller version of this same view back in January 2012.

Progress shots:

update on "canal outside Bruges - 4" painting

still in progress...

I was able to go in to Koldshoulder Working Gallery yesterday afternoon for a bit and work more on this one.  I'm close to finishing it... but it's not quite there yet.  I think I should have it done in one more session.

Granada - 20

14 July 2013 - Granada
14" x 11", acrylic on Arches 120 lb hot press

 In-progress:

view of park next to Ayuntamiento de Malaga - 2

13 July 2013 - view of park next to Ayuntamiento de Malaga
14" x 18", acrylic on Arches 120 lb cold press

 Photos tracking the painting progression:

meandering through one of the park areas in Malaga - 2

10 July 2013 - Malaga
14" x 11", acrylic on Arches 120 lb hard press

in progress:

Granada - 19

8 July 2013 - Granada, Spain
18" x 14", acrylic on Arches 120 lb cold press

 Some in-progress shots:

more progress on canal outside Bruges - 4

the latest progress on this big fella - 30" x 40"

I finally was able to get back to Koldshoulder Working Gallery and do more work on this one.  Got to hang out with Sean Kalley there, who was hard at work, as usual.

I still have some more to go, but I think I'm getting fairly close.

meandering through one of the park areas in Malaga, Spain

4 July 2013 - park in Malaga, Spain
14" x 11", acrylic on Arches 120 lb hot press

 ... along with a couple of "in-progress" shots, beginning with the preliminary pencil sketch.  As usual, I got too caught up in painting to remember to take more pictures.