Meditation Series: (3/8) Watching the Parking Lot in LA (2021)

I was able to get more of the scene into this sketch. I like the mural in the context of the implied normal workday. The figure has to keep her eye open with her thumb and forefinger. Just like the daily grind. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my […]

Meditation Series: (2/8) Watching the Parking Lot in LA 2021

This is a tough one. There was a lot going on visually in the original photo of this Los Angeles street scene. There is the building facade, composed of windows and awnings and a facade of a person on the blank faced of the building facing the parking lot. That face is obscured by a […]

Meditation Series: (1/8) Watching the Parking Lot in LA (2021)

There are a lot of murals on the buildings in LA. This one overlooks a small parking lot somewhere in downtown. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: etsy.com/shop/AutismInspiredArt. My other artwork for sale is at: Etsy.com/shop/OtherArtbyJack

Meditation Series: Behind the Chirping Chicken, NYC (1991) Sketches 1-8

The space behind Chirping Chicken, in context. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: etsy.com/shop/AutismInspiredArt. My other artwork for sale is at: Etsy.com/shop/OtherArtbyJack

Meditation Series: (8/8) Behind the Chirping Chicken, NYC (1991)

I played with colors in this final variation on the space behind the Chirping Chicken luncheon place. The yellow in this sketch represents the shadows and its compliment, purple, the lighted areas. I had no real plan for the other colors, except I wanted the brick color to be the compliment of its natural red. […]

Meditation Series: (7/8) Behind the Chirping Chicken, NYC (1991)

In contrast to the first pen and ink of this series, I loosened up on this one, sketching it very quickly. I used water soluble ink from standard ink pens and washed certain areas with water. I like the way the water spreads the ink around. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for […]

Meditation Series: (6/8) Behind the Chirping Chicken, NYC (1991)

I cropped my image in this variation to show more of the fire escape as well as detailing the bright lighting in the exhaust duct. I like the illusion of three dimensions. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: etsy.com/shop/AutismInspiredArt. My other artwork for sale […]

Meditation Series: (5/8) Behind the Chirping Chicken, NYC (1991)

After meticulous sketching, i like doing a quick sketch. Using water soluble ink pens adds an element of unpredictability, when I dowse water in those areas. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: etsy.com/shop/AutismInspiredArt. My other artwork for sale is at: Etsy.com/shop/OtherArtbyJack

Meditation Series: (4/8) Behind the Chirping Chicken, NYC (1991)

This is a hybrid sketch: The exhaust duct and its shadow were rendered in black with a fine-tipped ink pen. The background is colored with watercolor paint. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: etsy.com/shop/AutismInspiredArt. My other artwork for sale is at: Etsy.com/shop/OtherArtbyJack

Meditation Series: (3/8) Behind the Chirping Chicken, NYC (1991)

Shadows are the focus of this, the third iteration of the original theme. I made them physical entities, forgetting to conform the shadow of the ducting to the contour of the wall and doorway behind it. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at: etsy.com/shop/AutismInspiredArt. My […]