The Joy of Plein Air Painting

What is Plein Air Painting?  Well, for me it is very similar to an On-the-Spot painting.  But the difference is there's no theme.  If you are a traveller and you are fond of seeing beautiful spots, you can start exploring the joy of doing Plein air painting.

Taking travel photos for me is easy now.  But I wanted to challenge myself by doing Plein air painting.  I would just need more time to spend doing it and more spaces on my luggage to bring my tools for it.

What are the joys of Plein Air painting?  For me, it's the challenges of capturing the light, the mood of the day, and the colors that constantly change.  When you look at the open fields, the golden colors of sunsets, light's reflection on rice paddies, and the changing hues of trees creates a romantic feeling within me.  I feel elated by just holding my brushes and dipping its hair on paints.  A dabble on the canvas erases worries and the joy is communicated through your works.

Plein Air painting does not require rules.  Sometimes, the boundaries of four-walls of our offices cause stress. But with painting on open-air, it gives you that feeling of freedom.  Your fear would slowly banish then you will realize that you can create beautiful things with your eyes and hands.

I am still learning and searching for my mark in painting.  We are lucky that the web is rich on references.  Let me share with you this free e-book I found in Amazon.  Let us study together about Plein air painting.  Click on it.  Don't worry, it's free.

The following video is from the YouTube Chanel of Create Content Connect and it features the Filipino Artist, who are expats in Saudi Arabia.  They are called the Hagod Visual Artists.

Center for Creative Arts Shaping Children & Adults Deserving Excellence (CASCADE)

I have a penchant for children and disadvantaged adults. They have a special place in my heart. When I was still very young, I worked with nuns doing community services to elderlies in public hospitals. I like doing outreach programs because it’s only through these that I feel the value of the gifts given me by our Lord.

I feel I don’t deserve everything that God has bestowed on me. I have a good job, I finished psychology, I can draw and paint, write poems and books, write songs and play guitar and I can even dance & sing a little. I know there’s a purpose why I have all these. Not to mention my friends and families’ love. The only way is that I use what they gave me by reaching out to people who have less. Maybe that’s my value, to be of service.

I value education so much. I passed all exams in Phil. Science HS and UP during my youths but was not able to study there because of my parents care and fear for me if I travel far. However, despite not being able to take advantage of those opportunities, I was then given another chance to study well as I graduated with honors from all the schools I’ve attended: T. Alonzo Elem. School, Roosevelt Homesite, and PUP. Now that I am an adult, the MOOC allowed me to finish a course online at Columbia Professional School of Business, with certificate in Human Capital Global Trends in 2017. Also, I was given a chance to study Masters in Entrepreneurship major in Social Enterprise Development, as again a scholar, in the prestigeous school of Ateneo Graduate School of Business. From here, I’ve proven and has validated my belief that education should be given to all who deserves it.

With my passion in Arts, my background as a Psychologist, and my passion for education, I thought of combining these to create a “Free” school for children and adults who are lacking in capacity to pay for it. Thus, I’ve thought of forming CASCADE. Art can also save lives.

Art Therapy can be the answer to the increasing number of depressed youths. We have to channel their despair to art as a way of expressing their thoughts and longing. Now, despite the free training, without a venue to market the finished works, I will not be able to help them fully. With these comes the thought of having a gallery for their works.

I hope many will join me in this endeavour. Everybody who have the same passion and interest may join us in our quest. This is my means of creating Art from the HeART.