An artist shares their experience painting \"en plein air\" at a convent in the Desierto de los Leones. The video covers the challenges of transporting a heavy art kit, dealing with social anxiety when strangers watch them work, the struggle of filming the process, and the physical toll of hiking with asthma.
I went to the Desert of the Lions to paint the convent over there, and I came across a very beautiful little place.
The truth is that this convent strikes me as quite
magical and
dark, the truth
But I really like going there.
And I've never painted there; I've just gone with friends to visit, to take a walk around, to stroll.
but I had never gone to paint, and in this somewhat remote area there was a hermitage, and I said
This looks beautiful. When we arrived, the light was shining on it so beautifully, and I said, "This is the moment," but that day
It was cold, meaning the sun was out but it was one of those days that
You blinked for two seconds and everything blurred over
It was a bit complicated.
Because, well, when one goes painting outdoors, everything changes, you know? And something I wanted to share with you is that I bring along
All my supplies for painting outdoors, I bought this wooden base, which I also customized because it comes with some magnets, but I added more.
Magnetic holders so I can place my brushes; the truth is, I'm not really a fan of putting my gouache down.
directly like those little basins it has for
So put the paint on, then I'll leave that part as it is, okay?
free and I put on a metal cap where I do my
I mix them because I feel the portion I have is very small.
At first, when I bought it, I thought, "Okay, I'm going to use all of this," but the reality is that I'm not using anything.
more than the part where you put the little cup with water and already
Besides, I bought or some clamps to hold my sketchbook and it's a show, friends, it's a show, I mean, at first
I said, "My God, I'm doing a lot of nonsense, but at the same time I'm enjoying it—it's like a love-hate thing, I don't know how to explain it."
but I enjoy it, I enjoy it
but if I carry a lot, it's a bit complicated because when I go out
Well, the backpack weighs more because I'm carrying the tripod, I'm carrying this wooden thing, which honestly does weigh something.
I carry the tweezers, the water, my brushes
All I need now is the literal parrot, and also, I have a small part down here that's like a little leather patch to put there
My wash, and where do I start cleaning my brushes?
then
Yes, it is a show, but I like it.
Another thing I haven't gotten used to when painting outdoors is when people sometimes stare at me, and this time
Some people had arrived.
Two little people stood behind me, and a gentleman was standing there like that
Oh, look, he's coming out with this and that and I don't know what, and me
I was frozen, I didn't know whether to talk to him and say thank you, sir, or just...
I don't know how to stay silent
It still costs me a lot to do because I don't know how to react—I'm used to being alone.
Painting in my studio, and when I go out, well, I end up having to, otherwise people approach me another time.
I went out with my little gray friend and my little friend Cris, and a lady joined us
He came over to us and said, "What are you guys doing, and what are you painting me with?" It was like
And the truth is, we're all kind of, I don't know, maybe introverted or
we froze up when someone spoke to us, so it was like
If we are painting with gouache
then
if you ever see someone painting and they don't react, maybe it's not because they're unfriendly—it's just that
Maybe our brains freeze up just like theirs do
those are some of the things about
well, I still haven't
I got into all this because I started watching videos of people going out to paint, and most of the ones I've come across
臼 obviously in English or other languages, then it was like, I haven't found almost anyone who
Well, no, no, that they don't exist, because of course there must be many artists.
Hispanic-speaking Mexican who goes out to draw, but I haven't come across those videos then
The majority that I have consumed are by an artist named James Gurney, and he is very famous.
Obviously, it even has a video showing how to assemble its wooden kit, so you can do it yourself too.
Obviously I don't know how to do it that way, so I decided to just buy it.
but yes, I mean, he is my reference, and another artist I think
What's it called, but it's still English-speaking and it's like that—so to speak, all its arsenal, so if you know of any artist
Mexican or Spanish-speaking
Let me do plein air or go sketching at coffee shops or something—put me down here in the comments below
So how is it called, so I can watch more videos from other artists and not just the same ones I always see?
But look, that's more or less what it looked like
Where was I sitting, and my whole show was here, it was very cold, and honestly, here the little table or
Where I was, it was really cold, and even though I put on my sweatshirt, it didn't help me much.
No way, because my nuts already hurt really bad
I thought it was something to log in, and it's not the page.
Look here, I'll show you a bit more closely what it's like where I keep my brushes, which is attached to a magnet.
My little folding boat, this really comes in handy, honestly, because since it's for travel, I don't have a way to...
A little bar getting in the way, but hey, friends, it's quite the show anyway.
Let's see, or rather, it's not just a show carrying all these things, recording, I mean, friends, recording is like painting.
It's a show
So, I already told you that everything's a show, but this time I brought something like a necklace.
Well, if it's something you put around your neck and place your phone there so you can record what you're seeing
but no, I mean in the first half of the video I used it, and I couldn't even focus properly, and that's despite
It was stuck to my chest, meaning that afterward, in these shots, they had to help me.
I'm grabbing it because really, I mean, I don't know how that kind of person does it, I suppose they have a separate trip or something.
to put the phone, its camera, or whatever it may be
Grabarse and that's it, because I couldn't do it
I asked for help, they recorded it there more or less like this, and only like this was it possible to bring you this video.
What is my first official video "quote" quote where literally I take you through everything so that you can see
I don't know if you'd like me to make another video for you
detailed list of everything I'm taking with me
just in case any of you would also like to take your little trip
and paint it, well, something that might be useful to them from what I'm taking, and well, already
That said, my backpack is really heavy. I don't know if you all know, but
Some here know that I'm asthmatic, so it's quite a real, real show.
take everything with me, apart from my backpack, which is incredibly heavy and me
walking through the forest and all I hear is how
I think that's why I can't take them on aesthetic walks in the forest, because all they'd hear from me would be
Due to my asthma, but anyway, I'm bringing you what I can with what I have.
with which I can, returning to the point, recording is a real challenge I've tried to see how
Devils, I can record because I thought that with that
The collar I told you about, I could already have it
I've resolved this part of not worrying so much about how you might see what I'm painting, but I didn't manage it.
The majority of the recordings I have from that angle are just my palette, and I said this isn't useful
So it could work for some shots, but not for the entire dog video. I've been looking into how I can solve that without
I was asking people to record me because, well, obviously sometimes I go
Accompanied, but well, my little friend Ale or whoever I'm with is also doing her own things, so it's not like she's at my mercy.
My, then it is indeed something complicated, and well, let's see how I manage to make friends, I mean
I'm already more or less accustomed to all the things I bring for painting, so now it's just a matter of figuring out how to record them.
to you, and so that you may see
The part of the recording, well, yes, I have to figure that out
So that you can see it, but anyway, I hope you liked this video
I hope you liked how the hermitage turned out.
And the truth is, it ended up starting to rain, and I said I had to gather everything up.
Obviously I couldn't finish it the way I would have liked, and I finished it at home, which I feel is a bit of a drawback.
trap because I feel you should finish it right away, but well
That day we got a bit caught in the rain because it had just started sprinkling lightly, and I said, "No, I'm going to gather up all my things."
Let's go already, I just did one take at the end anyway
the set where the hermitage could be seen and what I had painted, and at the end, this shot had really pleased me
I wish I had been the one to paint it, but at first there were some people there.
Taking pictures, and anyway I wasn't going to put myself there, right?
So in the end we finally went down to a little place that's quite charming, and there, sort of
A little water and I said, "If I were in good shape, I'd go to that place next time I visit to paint."
although, as I mentioned to you
if it's heavy because
You left the descent, the ascent was me leaving there the lung and everything I was carrying but
I feel this is a great spot to paint, and in the end, this is how it turned out. Many thanks if you've made it this far.
At the end of the video, I'll see you in the next one, and you know how much your help means to me.
Sharing and giving likes, and leaving your lovely comments, I'm off now. See you in the next one, bye!