A visual pun created with a portrait of Roy Orbison. ROYGBIV. I was thinking of putting his name above his…
Woman in Blue and Orange – Two Tone Portrait in Acrylic
My latest project of using two colors and white to paint a portrait. This time I used complementary colors blue…
‘Mona Lisa’ Project – Acrylic
My attempt at Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Mona Lisa’ project. Just the face though. This is acrylic on mixed media. 2015…
Portraits in Acrylic
A couple of new portraits from September. All in acrylic. 2015 © Tear-n Tan. All Rights Reserved. Acrylic on Mixed…
Musee Picasso and Space Invader Street Art of Picasso, 6 September 2015, Paris
Musee National Picasso-Paris at 5, rue de Thorigny is free on Sundays but worth the 13 euros if you go…
FACE STUDY – EYES – ACRYLIC PAINT
Here I go again, one eye after another. Studying the eyes right now. Enjoy painting the tear ducts the most. …
Yuck and U.S. Girls at RiverRocks Concert, 6 August 2015, NYC
UK’s Yuck and US’s U.S. Girls performed at the final Hudson RiverRocks show of the summer at Pier 84 in…
Infacestructure – Bridge and Ducts – Acrylic
I have this fascination with the inner corners of the eyes. I don’t know why, but I love shading that…
May Ray ‘Glass Tears’ Project
So my studies on one of my favorite artists continues. One of my favorite Man Ray photographs is this 1932…
Seinfeld Apartment Pop Up Exhibit at Milk Studios, 26 June 2015, NYC
The pop up exhibit at Milk Studios on 14th Street and 10th Ave in the Meatpacking District is up til…
Ellie Goulding Inverted Experiment
This was a fun project for me. I took a photograph of Ellie Goulding I photographed in 2011 at Saks…
Getting Into Hairy Situations
I’ve dreaded drawing hair, but decided to just do it. So here are a few drawings. I’m excited because the…
Photos: Ride and Ash Performing at Terminal 5 AND Ride After Party Shots, 4 June 2015, New York City
Ride return to NYC for their second show just after another show in Toronto. These guys sure are busy and…
Ride Performed at Music Hall of Williamsburg, 1 June 2015, Brooklyn, NY
Oxford’s Ride took Brooklyn for a wild trip last night. The band went from Going Blank Again and ended with…
The Modfather and the Model, Paul Weller and Winnie Harlowe
The title just happened! Here’s a drawing of Paul Weller, Modfather, music hero to many. This was done with charcoal…
May Ray Study With Charcoal
One of my favorite photographers is May Ray. His portraits included a technique of solarized images where a line traced…
More Lips with Volume
I wanted to draw some big, voluminous lips. Here are a few. Sometimes you’ll make a weird face and the…
Smile BIG…I’m Teething!
I’m starting to draw teeth. I’ve avoided it for the longest time, but am now doing it and actually enjoying…
The King Curls Up in Queens – Elvis Is In the House
A charcoal on watercolor that I did last night in Queens, New York of Elvis Presley and his curled up…
Lips and Eye
I was practicing drawing a pair of lips from a low angle and could not get it. After two versions,…
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