Brazilian artist Fernando de la Rocque smokes marijuana at his studio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Step 1: Take a good, long hit.

Brazilian artist Fernando de la Rocque blows marijuana smoke onto a stencil overlaying paper to create his art at his studio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Step 2: Blow that resin-rich smoke over your stencil.

Some pieces of art by the Brazilian artist Fernando de la Rocque are seen at his studio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Step 3: Admire your handiwork before passing out with your hand in a bag of Doritos.

Brazilian artist Fernando de la Rocque stands in front of some pieces of art at the La Cucharacha, a small alternative gallery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Step 4: Hold an exhibition in the hope that art-lovers will cough up $2,500 for your work.

Step 5: Straighten up a little.

A piece of art by the Brazilian artist Fernando de la Rocque depicting former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is exhibited at the La Cucharacha, a small alternative gallery in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday Aug. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Step 6: Be a hero to stoners (just like Arnie?).

6 steps to turn passion for smoking weed into artsy profits

8/22/2012

Brazilian artist Fernando de la Rocque is by no means the first artist to take inspiration from illicit, mind-altering substances. But he might be the first to actually use the by-product of getting high as an art material. The enterprising 32-year-old exhales marijuana smoke onto paper to create stencil prints colored by the tar-laden goodness. He stumbled upon the technique a few years ago and says it takes him a week of puffing out five jazz cigarettes a day to make a new print. The form is clearly resin-ating with art lovers, with some paying up to $2,500 to take a piece home. In Brazil, that’s enough for around 20 pounds of "art supplies, your honor, I swear." [Source]

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