Water Nymph

"Water Nymph"

One of my favorite shots from my Elemental series. It is hard to choose a favorite, I am very pleased with all of the shots! And as you can guess from the name of the series, the elements Air, Earth and Fire are also pictured. I did this for my photography final, we needed 20 "awesome" images. I chose to shoot figures representing the elements or even representing the god/goddess of that element. To see the entire body of work check out my deviantart -> http://jbeanss.deviantart.com/

Simon Goinard

We are starting an "implied movement" assignment for my figure drawing class. I stumbled across this piece by artist Simon Goinard. It is so beautiful, I am hoping I can capture something like this for my piece. Here is his website to see more of his work: http://simongoinard.carbonmade.com/

Photography IV Project 1

My favorite shot from my first project in my Photography IV class. We had to photograph white objects on a white background and then black objects on a black background using different types of lighting techniques. This shot is using diffused lighting, it makes it really soft and pleasant. To see more go to my Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbeanss/

40 Minute Gesture

Finally had a male model today in figure drawing class, hooray! Also luckily I was in the drawing zone today and created this gesture drawing when we did the 40 minute study at the very end of class (after we are nice and warmed up) Pretty pleased with it and I am totally in love with the conte pencil now, I had never used it before.

Katherine Murray

May we just take a moment to bask in the glory of my younger sister, Katherine's sheer awesomeness at art? Okay. Now just another moment more.... Ah! She is so good! I love her, I love her work and I love that she keeps me on my toes! See more of her awesomeness (work) here: http://kuthinks.deviantart.com/

If Fire Were Water: Artist Unknown

Elena Kalis

Elena Kalis was the very first underwater photographer I found and is the one initially responsible for my current fascination with it. Please go and frolic amongst her works of art! http://www.elenakalisphoto.com/#home

Felice Fawn

New photographer discoverty! Felice Fawn, photographer/retoucher: http://www.felicefawn.com/photographer/

Audrey Kawasaki

Japanese artist, Audrey Kawasaki is one of my favorite contemporary artists. She works mainly on wood with thin washes of oil paint to produce delicately beautiful works of art. I love the incredibly fine line work she uses throughout her works and the transparent layers of paint just adds to the elegance of each piece she does. Definitely someone I recommend checking out, here is her website: http://www.audrey-kawasaki.com/index.php

Also, I like her so much I tried my hand at her style. I like it alright, I definitely want to try again. The hair came out a little too thick because I was using wood stain mixed with oils. I think next time I won't use the wood stain at all.

"Woodland Spirit"

From Mars

My boyfriend, Dylan is currently working on getting his first CD out for his one-man band, From Mars. Over this last weekend I worked on some art for the CD. So far I have finished the CD cover and part of the inside art and the art that goes on the actual CD (which I haven't gotten a picture of yet.) We hope to finish the CD soon, so keep your eyes open and possibly buy one (:

Here is the link to From Mars's myspace music page: http://www.myspace.com/frommarsyoyo