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Artist Vanessa Baladad
Cumming, Georgia USA
Hey, Friend!
Watercolor
Artist Statement
This piece was based on a picture of me taken at a restaurant. I made a mask out of a napkin and put it over my face. The expression on my face made it appear like I’m saying “Hey, friend!” in a goofy voice. The phrase has since become a regular greeting used by my sisters and me.
Watercolor was used entirely to paint this piece and it really challenged my skills. I tried to recreate the dark and gritty look of the picture’s quality, which was shot with a toy camera. I further altered the picture by messing with the RGB channels on Photoshop, the result making it look like an old, glitchy still from a video.
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