Meditation Series: (6/8) Smoke Shop, NYC (1988)

This detail of the original theme includes the bright aura that happens inside the head shop. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

Meditation Series: (4/8) Smoke Shop, NYC (1988)

In this sketch, I began by inking in the smoke shop and surroundings. I then introduced a gradient: from yellow at the center, to red at the periphery. I used the VW bug as a symbol of the 1960s, when head shops were common and metallic watercolors and oil-based pens, to make paint areas that […]

Meditation Series: (3/8) Smoke Shop, NYC (1988)

What goes on behind the facade of a smoke shop bodega that is also a head shop? Today’s sketch is a meditation on that theme. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

Meditation Series: (2/8) Smoke Shop, NYC (1988)

I guessed at the colors (except for the cab) for this watercolor sketch of my 1988 black and white photo of the Head Shop in the East Village. Please visit my Etsy shop for my artwork for sale inspired by my autistic brother Mike at:  https://autisminspiredart.etsy.com My other artwork for sale is at:  https://otherartbyjack.etsy.com

Meditation Series: (1/8) Smoke Shop, NYC (1988)

There were (and perhaps still are) a number of bodegas in the NYC’s East Village. I took the photo from which this sketch was made thinking it was one of those quaint little grocery stores. Closer inspection reveals that this is a head shop, for your smoking enjoyment. Please visit my Etsy shop for my […]

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