Painting and Drawing in Spain
Simple Spanish phrases for talking about drawing, art classes and sketching outdoors.
Spanish towns run cheap art workshops, talleres, at the local centro cultural, and in Madrid you'll often see people sketching in the Retiro park on a Sunday. The cards follow a beginner who bumps into a friend sketching in a café, joins a watercolour workshop and spends a Sunday drawing in the park.
- 1
¿Cuánto tiempo llevas dibujando?
How long have you been drawing?
- 2
Desde pequeño, a ratos.
Since I was a kid, on and off.
- 3
Siempre llevo un cuaderno encima.
I always carry a sketchbook with me.
- 4
Estoy haciendo un taller de acuarela.
I'm doing a watercolour workshop.
- 5
Es en el centro cultural y es barato.
It's at the community centre, and it's cheap.
- 6
¿Puedo echar un vistazo?
Can I have a look?
- 7
¡Hala, qué bonito!
Wow, it's lovely!
- 8
Las caras no se me dan muy bien.
I'm not very good at faces.
- 9
Y las manos siempre me salen mal.
And hands always come out wrong.
- 10
¿Usas lápiz o carboncillo?
Do you use pencil or charcoal?
- 11
Me falta práctica.
I need more practice.
- 12
Mezcla el azul con un poco de blanco.
Mix the blue with a bit of white.
- 13
No aprietes tanto el lápiz.
Don't press so hard with the pencil.
- 14
Es solo un hobby, lo hago para desconectar.
It's just a hobby, I do it to unwind.
- 15
¡Me lo he cargado!
I've ruined it!
- 16
No pasa nada, tiene arreglo.
Don't worry, it can be fixed.
- 17
¿Vamos a dibujar al Retiro este domingo?
Shall we go and draw in the Retiro this Sunday?
- 18
Me encantaría enmarcarlo.
I'd love to frame it.
- 19
Tienes mucho arte.
You've got real flair.
- 20
¿Me haces un retrato?
Will you draw my portrait?