The graffiti and storefront walls are in the same plane in this watercolor variation of the original theme of this series. The anthropomorphic windows were inspired by one of Jacques Tati’s movies (I don’t remember which one, but if you get a chance check out his filmography). There is a connection between the two realms […]
After a conversation with my brother Dave, I was inspired to take my variations on a theme to the next level. First, I replaced the face on the mural and made the eye direct the viewers’ attention. The arrow from the parking sign is an obvious directional symbol, acting in concert with the eye. There […]
The focal point of this sketch is the mural and parking arrow. The washed pen and ink sketchy part of the scene is another dimension. The mural on the side of the building is becoming more of a face and less of a part of the building, peering out, at the very center of the […]
This sketch has an amorphous quality. I focused on the parking lot sign and building, enlarging my photo to see as much detail as possible. The partial views of the car and the truck in the foreground does not differ from the mural and graffiti in the background. Only the green leaves of the tree […]
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 […]
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 […]
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In this final variation on the Storefront, Graffiti and Neon Sign theme, I used the free graffiti (from the sketch 7/8 together with the freed lines of the ridges on the corrugated roll-up security doors to compose a sense of musical notation overlaid on the glow of the neon sign. Please visit my Etsy shop […]
In this meditation, I set the graffiti free. 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
I used a different palette for most of the colors in this version of the storefront. I restored the graffiti, and made the space in front a no parking zone (I wanted to fill in the white space between the street and the sidewalk with red). The glow of the neon sign is supposed to […]
