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Nicolas Silaski | “Submerged”

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A watercolor painting depicting an underwater trail. The foreground contains a couple of rocks tinted in yellow, red, and blue colors, a signpost, and a tree. The background contains several blurred trees. A gravel path winds from the foreground to the background, and continuing down the path quickly leads to a foggy background. Small debris surrounds the scene. Near the top of the painting, refracted color and wave lines can be seen.

Nicolas Silaski, "Submerged," 2021, watercolor and graphite on paper, 11" x 15"

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For the final project of my water media class, I was tasked with creating a scene with a foreground and background, all while using a range of colors. For this painting, I wanted to focus on tinting objects with different colors, mostly to bring a sense of surrealism to the scene. I based this painting off of the Green Lake in Austria, for its trails flood seasonally.

Slightly florescent avocados everywhere, and there's a lady dressed in a victorian style dress in the middle of all those avocados.

Katy Steen | “When The Avocados Rose”

A watercolor painting depicting a gravel path with two benches to the left and right. The path extends between the benches and curves to the left. Trees covered in moss can be seen in the middle-ground, while the background contains dense woods. Patches of green grass can be seen to the side of the path.

Nicolas Silaski | “Gravel Path”