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Tag: artwork

Paris – Spring 2016 Collection

A few paintings I did while in Paris.  It’s nice to feel productive when you’re on vacation.  I have very … More

acrylic, acrylic painting, alesia, apartment building, apartments, Art, artwork, building exterior, canvas paper, clouds, cumulus, dry moat, europe, exterior, facade, france, moat, nature, paintings, parc montsouris, paris, paris paintings, parisian apartment windows, railroad tracks, tourism, travel, trees, view from window

Suscipio (Up) 16X20 Acrylic on Canvas

Finished this week, a painting of two hands/arms holding on to each other for help.  Suscipio is Latin, and means … More

16x20, acyrlic, aid, aide, arm, arms, Art, artwork, assist, assistance, bond, brotherhood, canvas, concept, empower, grab, grabbing, hand, hands, help, helping, holding on, holding onto each other, humanity, kindnesss, latin, lift up, love, painting, positivity, receive, sisterhood, strength, suscipio, take up, togetherness, up

The ‘It’s Anthony Michael Hall!’ Project, Acrylic on Mixed Media

Here’s an acrylic painting on mixed media paper I just completed.  It’s a portrait of Anthony Michael Hall.  This was … More

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Please Objectify Me

This drawing is based on an NPR story that was published in August of 2015: People Love Art Museums — … More

Art, art concept, artwork, concept, drawing, hand, hands, metadata, object, objectification of art, pencil, pencil drawing, tags

Close-up of a Woman’s Face, Acrylic, 18 January 2016

The one thing that comes in handy with being a photographer, is that I get to pull from my library … More

acrylic, acrylic painting, alan rickman, Art, artwork, barbra streisand, black canvas, canvas panels, close-up, closeup, face, faces, lips, portrait, re-creation, recreation, red lipstick, woman, woman portrait

The LOVE Project in Sign Language, 15 November 2015

So I’ve been practicing drawing the hands and decided to do a project on spelling the word Love.  The L, … More

alphabet, Art, artwork, concept, drawing, E, graphite, hand, L, letters, love, O, pencil, pencil drawing, sign language, V

ROYGBIV – Roy Orbison in Acrylic, 9 Nov 2015

A visual pun created with a portrait of Roy Orbison.  ROYGBIV.  I was thinking of putting his name above his … More

acrylic, acrylic painting, Art, artwork, celebrities, celebrity, drawing, face, faces, hand, humor, humour, pencil drawing, roy orbison, roygbiv, sign language, visual pun

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 … More

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‘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 … More

acrylic, acrylic painting, Art, artwork, da vinci, mixed media paper, mona lisa, recreated, recreation

Portraits in Acrylic

A couple of new portraits from September.  All in acrylic. 2015 © Tear-n Tan.  All Rights Reserved. Acrylic on Mixed … More

acrylic, acrylic painting, Art, artwork, canvas paper, collar bone, face, mixed media paper, portrait, woman

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 … More

2015, 5, Art, arts, artwork, france, invader street art, landmarks, Musee National Picasso-Paris, musee picasso, pablo picasso, picasso museum, picasso museum paris, picasso portrait, rue de Thorigny, sightseeing, sites, space invader, tourism, travel

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.  … More

acrylic, acrylic painting, Art, artwork, eye, eyebrows, eyelashes, eyes, faces, iris, mixed media paper, paintings

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 … More

acrylic, Art, artwork, bridge & ducts, bridge and ducts, infacestructure, nose bridge, painting, tear ducts

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 … More

acrylic, acrylic painting, Art, artwork, canvas paper, drawing, eye, eyelashes, eyes, faces, man ray, man ray studies, nose, pencil, pencil drawing, people, portraits

Ellie Goulding Inverted Experiment

This was a fun project for me.  I took a photograph of Ellie Goulding I photographed in 2011 at Saks … More

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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 … More

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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 … More

antm, Art, artwork, Chantelle Brown-Young, charcoal, close-up, drawing, face, model, modfather, paul weller, pencil drawing, vitiligo, water color paper, watercolorpaper, Winnie Harlow

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 … More

Art, artwork, biting lip, charcoal, charcoal drawing, charcoal paper, charcoal pencil, drawing, lips, lipstick, mouth

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 … More

Art, artwork, big grin, big smile, charcoal drawing, drawing, grin, grinning, lips, mouth, mouth open, pencil drawing, smile, smiling, teeth, tooth

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 … More

Art, artwork, charcoal, drawing, elvis presley, lips, lips curled, mouth, watercolorpaper

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