My Little Experiment with Sarah Muravez’s Style
So, I came across this name, Sarah Muravez, not too long ago. Saw some images of her work, I think it was painting, maybe mixed media? Honestly don’t recall exactly where I saw it, maybe scrolling online late one night. But something about it stuck with me. It wasn’t like super polished or perfect, but it had this raw energy, especially the textures she was getting.
It got under my skin a bit. I kept thinking about how she achieved that look. You know how it is, you see something cool and part of you just wants to take it apart and see how it works. I’m not a pro painter or anything, far from it, but I like to dabble, get my hands dirty now and then.
So, I decided, what the heck, let me give it a shot. See if I can figure out even a little bit of whatever she’s doing. Dug out my old art supplies from the back of the closet. Found some acrylic paints, mostly half-dried tubes, and a couple of cheap canvas boards I bought ages ago and never used.
Making a Mess
Alright, first step, I just tried to copy the colors I remembered seeing in her piece. Laid them out on the canvas. Looked terrible. Flat, boring, nothing like the vibrant, textured stuff I saw. Realized pretty quick it wasn’t just what colors, but how they were put down.
Spent the next couple of hours just messing around. Seriously, just making a mess. I tried a bunch of different things:
- Slapping paint on really thick, right out of the tube.
- Watering it down like crazy, almost like watercolor.
- Using palette knives instead of brushes, scraping and scratching.
- Mixing stuff into the paint – didn’t have sand like some artists use, so I tried some dirt from a plant pot. Yeah, don’t do that.
- Letting layers dry, then painting over them.
- Painting wet paint into wet paint.
Honestly, for a while there, it felt pretty pointless. Just pushing colored mud around. Got frustrated more than once. Nearly just wiped it all off and called it a day. It was one of those afternoons where I was feeling kind of stuck anyway, maybe that’s why I kept at it. Had nothing better to do, really.
Sort of Figuring It Out
Then, after a lot of trial and error, mostly error, something started to happen. Not like I suddenly cracked the code to Sarah Muravez’s genius or anything. But I started getting these textures that were… well, interesting. Not her textures, but they had some depth, some grit to them. It felt less like copying and more like just responding to the mess I was making.
I think the key was just letting go of trying to make it look like hers and just exploring the materials. Using the knife, layering thick over thin, scraping back down to the canvas. It was pretty physical, actually.
Ended up with this small abstract piece. It’s definitely not a masterpiece, probably wouldn’t even call it good. But it’s got some interesting bits if you look close. It’s hanging up in my garage now, kind of a reminder of that afternoon. Learned more about my own impatience than about Sarah Muravez, probably. But it proved that sometimes you just gotta dive in, make a mess, and see what happens. Better than just sitting around feeling stuck, that’s for sure.
So yeah, that was my little adventure trying to decode a bit of Sarah Muravez. Didn’t quite get there, but the process itself was the interesting part. Got my hands dirty, made something weird. Worth it.
