i tried plein air painting for the first time…

i tried plein air painting... which basically is just painting a landscape outdoors in real time! i paint a lot, but never landscapes so this was a real challenge for me. please if you have any painting tips for plein air LEAVE THEM BELOW !!! i want to try some more!!

[ThereIsNoHorseInTheAtlas]

babyyyy i feel like the artschool made you so unsure in yourself, i feel that so much! but it also just makes us aware that there is so much more to learn and try and it's scary. but i watch youк videos and i see my insecurities and they suddenly feel so silly, like, just have fun, it's not that important! i even thought to film myself like you to see myself like that. you really inspire myself not to beat myself down, because we are just insecure, it's not real

[ifephone]

i understood the title and realised that the french lessons in school actually did something..

[valterssluka]

As an art student who has had to practise plein air art quite a lot, i will leave you some tips that really helped me.
1. Prepare multiple cardboard canvases in different sizes and do a wash of colour on most of them. That way when u go outside you dont feel restricted by your canvas and finding scenery becomes easier.
2. Use big brushes. Using big wide brushes increases your painting speed and takes away a bit of the control you have over every little detail, in turn giving your paintings fluidity. When painting nature you really shouldn’t add too many small details with tiny brushes, cause it makes the nature look stiff and frozen in time.
3. Experiment and paint spontaneously. Plein air painting can get quite messy and frustrating at times, so you shouldn’t approach it the same way you do studio paintings. Try out stuff, make mistakes, and dont spend too much time trying to fix your mistakes.
4. Spend enough time finding a spot that actually interests you. When i go outside to paint i more often than not choose to paint places that have interesting shadows or colour relfections.
5. Do many little 5 min paintings to warm yourself up before you start something in a big size.
6. Most importantly Prepare yourself for any accident and bring some snacks. Even tho it’s undeniably frustrating, Plein air can be a really fun and rewarding experience.
Have fun, and good luck<3

[sallyiwamasa]

Plein air painter here! One thing I do is that you can start with a two value sketch to get in the shadows before they disappear or shift! Definitely helps with keeping things consistent :) you think you know painting until you plein air and all that shit just yeets itself out the window BUT YOU DID AWESOME FOR YOUR FIRST TIME! keep it up

[Rana-xdyr]

I’ve been watching you for a while now, and you’re always either crying, about to cry, just cried, or pretending to cry 😂 good luck with your college life. I hope you get through it with good mental health 🫰🏼

[SeaIiest]

I BE GIGGLING AND KICKING MY FEET WHENEVER I SEE A NEW CAMILA POST !!!

[jeannes]

Plein air is fun and absolutely helpful to level up, but not painting in a familiar environment makes it feel like you're starting all over from square one. One thing that I think helps with plein air is painting smaller and knowing what you want to study before you open any tubes of paint. Do you want to study foliage shapes? Shadow shapes? Accurate colors? The light at a certain time of the day? Think of plein air painting as a playful, relaxing, outdoorsy way to study.

[honeykosu]

ohhhh okay so this is actually a life or death battle with nature

[SmilingLargeWaterfall-yvro]

The phone turning off PLEASE ur the funniest person I know😭

[Tay-wjet]

I don't want to give you unsolicited advice or anything, but I just wanted to say what I wish someone had said to me when I was a young artist: self-deprecation feels great, helps with impostor syndrome, makes you feel less embarrassed about putting yourself and your art out there, but the more you do it, the more you believe it. The more you say you suck, the more you'll feel you do. I'm not saying give up on the jokes or trying to read more into it than there is, but just know what helped for me was going in the opposite direction. Suddenly I was the greatest artist in the world. Every canvas was luckier just for being touched by me and every piece I didn't finish failed *me, * not the other way around. Obviously this is all light-hearted and not what I actually believe, but it really did help me feel less hopeless about my art and my improvement. Sorry if all of this was unhelpful, I know you didn't ask for it! I love your art. I hope you can keep having fun with it <3

[lewisroadstudio]

Great work for a 1st time in the hot and sweaty plein air. Landscapes work well over a Burnt Sienna under painting. That gives you hints of orange and warmth.Starting at the horizon, the sky is often a paler Manganese Blue, then deepens as it rises to a light Ultramarine Blue with white and a hint of Alizaron Crimson to tone it down. Clouds are blends of pastel pinks, orchids and warm yellows. Always use complements to tone them down.

[Doge_Bros]

YAY YOU POSTED!!! It’s amazing how you can make these pieces so realistic, and awesome that you document your art journey! KEEP UP THE GREAT ❤

[mariyam]

omg you painted it sooo well, after braving the harsh heat, allergies, the highway, and the elements! 🌞

[Dara-qkmd]

I like plein air painting with soft pastels a lot i recommend:3

[Kauczuk]

It turned out really well! You did a great job capturing the light reflecting from the sun. I hope we'll get to see more of these in the future! 👏

[tooncatara]

as a landscape painter, i like to approach trees, bushes, and objects as having characters of their own. maybe a tree in front of you have distinct twisty branches, or the bush has interesting colors in the lighting. usually, when i lean towards those things that interest me and it turns out better. also, i think for a lot plein air, painters like to treat things as abstract shapes b4 adding details- it's like drawing what you see and not identifying what you think it is (if u haven't yet, try squinting! it helps sometimes). for example, maybe you see a tree and think it's green but really, it's orange or brown. using "unexpected" colors can make things look a lot cooler imo. anyways good luck with your plein air jouney :)))

[EmMetamorphosis]

IT LOOKS SO GOOD!!! Also I love listening to you talk about anything tbh

[mielregino]

I love it! I was actually super happy when you put the gazebo in, I think it's a great textural element. Nice work! :)

[conehead.skz.]

Hey Camila!!
I haven't been able to draw for about 5 months ever since I've been put on medication (in which has caused me to loose ALL of my motivation (which is supposed to do the opposite), BUTT your videos are able to make me push through and keep drawing even if I have no motivation!

Right now I'm trying to learn anatomy 😭 so if you have any tips on that kind of stuff please leave some :)

[selmag]

you did great! and if the painting only taught you that you should have left the gazebo out of the up until then wonderful painting than you have learned the biggest lesson about plein air painting: you decide what's in the picture! you - are - free! (your values were great, too, worth all the sweating, the people stareing, the critters trying to eat away at you <3)