Earlier this week I volunteered at the SDWS to manage a three day workshop. The visiting artist was Pat Moseuk, an abstract painter who uses credit cards along with other tools to achieve a particular look with her paintings. I especially like the geometric look and the color variations she achieves.
Being a workshop volunteer means watching a room full of artists experiment with new techniques while your own hands and mind grow increasingly eager to try the new methods yourself. So, yesterday, when I joined the Thursday Painters at Balboa Park, I was ready to scrape, drag, and experiment with my go-to gouache on black paper.
I used the contour of the place where we were, the landscape leading toward the Balboa Park Botanical Building, and got to work. As I pushed paint around with the credit card, I found myself simplifying the rhythm of the place—the sweep of the path, the layered greens, the bright pools of water. In the end, I like the angular energy of the landscape, but I see I need much more experience before I will be pleased with the paint texture and edges.
Deliberate Sketching 
Hi Sarah. I love what you created. It sounds like such an inspiring experience.
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Thank you, it was! Isn’t it great how seeing something new can spark your curiosity?
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I’ve used this technique with acrylics and I love the way it leads you to work. It combines well with brushed paint and scribbly marks too, I think, which I like because the more the merrier. And I still see your hand in this work. Even if it’s new to you. I look forward to seeing more of this method from you.
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Thank you, Claudia. It’s so much fun trying something new!
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It makes your head wake up, doesn’t it?
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Interesting post, Sarah. I like that geometric appearance you’ve captured using a credit card. I’m inspired!
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Interesting. That would be a bit like painting with “knives”. (Not sure what the English word is. Never done but I do have two paintings with that technique.)
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