Art Journal – Chrissy Turley Artist

Day 29 and 30 – 30 Days of Art

Well I’ve finally finished, nearly 30 days of non stop drawing or painting! The final piece in my this Challenge is a portrait of my family. My world. My life. The reason I am who I am.

When I started 30+ days ago, the extent of my drawing abilities was not great.

A drawing I did a few weeks prior to starting this challenge. I am so utterly proud of how far my graphite drawings have come. I’m so happy with what I’ve achieved. Before this art journal challenge I would never have called myself an Artist. Now I do. I know I have a skill and talent that I can improve on, and how far I’ve come in just 30 short days is just amazing.

It should prove to all of you, that if you put your mind to it, you can do anything!

If you would like to view my current work for sale, please go to my Etsy store. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ChrissyTurleyArtist

I have 2 competitions running on my Facebook and Instagram pages so go check those out as well!

Cheers and thank you for watching me grow over the last 30 days!

Chrissy xxx

Day 27 and 28 – 30 Days of Art.

Here is my painting of the Monmouthshire/Brecon canal near cwmbran, Wales. This is the first step of my painting process. I’ve sketched out roughly where everything is going to be and I started with the background first. It’s much easier to work from the background to the foreground when painting. You can create a lot of depth and distance by getting this technique right.

Next is a small video of me doing some of the trees. If you watch closely, I’m using a very light pressure on the paint brush and just adding a few dark leaves to form the shape of he tree.

And here is more of the water done before the last push to completing this Acrylic painting on stretched canvas.

Prints of this painting are available in my etsy store https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ChrissyTurleyArtist.

I am currently running 2 competitions on my Instagram and Facebook pages so go check those out and you could your choice of free prints! I hope you are enjoying my painting and sketches develop. If you would like me to attempt anything new, please message or comment! I’ll try my best with anything.

Cheers

Chrissy xxx

Day 26 – 30 Days of Art

We have more lip practice today. I’m really proud of how far I’ve come. No matter how far I still have to go. I am really loving Graphite. It gets a little messy but I love it. For the next 4 days of my 30 Day Art Challenge I will be producing 2 pieces. One Acrylic Landscape of Stretched Canvas and one Family Graphite Portrait. I’m really excited to see how they come out.

If you would like to see all of my the pieces that I have created, go to my etsy shop – https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ChrissyTurleyArtist

I have 2 competitions running in my Facebook and Instagram pages. Go and check them out for your chance to win a free print!

https://www.facebook.com/chrissyturleyartist

https://www.instagram.com/chrissyturley30

Cheers,

Chrissy

Day 25 – 30 Days of Art

Another graphite sketch today. This time of my little man. He’s just adorable. We were walking along the sugar loaf mountain when we took this photo. I really love the way the graphite blends and becomes smooth. It takes a little practice, and a lot of time but it’s totally worth it. Here is some more of my work.

If you would like a custom portrait done please visit my etsy store where I am currently taking a few commissions on. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ChrissyTurleyArtist

For the two competitions I’m running to win Prints visit my Facebook and Instagram pages!

https://www.facebook.com/chrissyturleyartist and https://www.instagram.com/chrissyturley30

Cheers

Chrissy xxx

Day 24 – 30 Days of Art

A graphite portrait of my girl. This child of mine is just so unbelievably perfect. I’ve started doing full faces and really getting stuck in to the graphite at the moment. I’m happy with my progress with my portraits and am offering a deal on my etsy shop if you would like one! Just pop over to my store to check it out! https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ChrissyTurleyArtist

I have 2 completions running at the moment, one on instagram and one on Facebook. You’ll win free prints if your drawn as the winner! Pop over and check them out!

https://www.facebook.com/chrissyturleyartist

https://www.instagram.com/chrissyturley30

How I rekindled my love of Art after many years of not drawing a thing. I love dragons and fairies, and anything fantasy really!

Cheers

Chrissy xx

Day 23 – 30 Days of Art

Lips, lips and more lips. It’s all fine and dandy to be able to draw things straight on. If I want to be really good, I need to be able to draw things on angles too!

If you’d like to see my paintings and some graphite sketches please go to my etsy store https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ChrissyTurleyArtist

To keep up to date with all my Art Works like me on https://www.facebook.com/chrissyturleyartist and follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrissyturley30. There will be extra sneak peaks at what I’m doing. There is also a competition running at the moment on my Facebook page to win a free print. Be sure to enter!

Cheers

Chrissy xxx

Day 22 – 30 Days of Art

More hair today! Here is a little video of me in action. I was waiting for my son to finish play group. Luckily I bought my iPad and journal with me! I’m loving hair, it takes time and concentration but it’s very rewarding when you have the finished product! Ignore the sound, kids were playing, cars were coming in and out and women were yapping!

To check out the paintings and sketches I have for sale go to my etsy store https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ChrissyTurleyArtist

To join in on the competition to win a free print, go to my Facebook page and view the pinned post! https://www.facebook.com/chrissyturleyartist. To get sneak peeks on what I’m up to follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrissyturley30

Cheers

Chrissy xxx

Day 21 – 30 Days of Art

HAIR! I’ve started learning about how to draw hair! It’s much harder than it looks and with limited supplies it is even harder to try and get the realism effect. However, I think for me first try it was a great attempt. My favourite is probably the bun. I know her ear is too small but I’m chuffed how my practice went. Again I didn’t have a regency photo to go by. I watched a you tube video and then off I went.

The you tube video I watched was by Emmy Kalia here is the link to her video. https://youtu.be/QRJ5phXy3xo

If you’d like to see my paintings and some graphite sketches please go to my etsy store https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ChrissyTurleyArtist

Cheers

Chrissy xxx

Day 20 – 30 Days of Art

I love this graphite sketch. It’s one of my favourites so far. I didn’t have a reference photo for this one so I kinda had to wing it. The drawing itself gives the impression of movement so I’ve called this piece ‘Girl Dancing’. She is now available as a print in my etsy store. https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ChrissyTurleyArtist

I love to watch the birds in our garden. One of many visitors to our little but beautiful part of paradise.

To keep up to date with all my acrylic paintings and graphite drawings like me on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/chrissyturleyartist or follow me on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/chrissyturley30
Cheers

Chrissy xxx

Day 19 – 30 Days of Art

I get so much inspiration from my lovely kids. They are such a joy to be around. This is my little princess. Again I have lots to work on but I’m getting there! I think I have the proportions right, I just need to refine my skills using graphite. It’s a little clumsy.

The below painting is an autumn tree that I painted a little while ago. I love autumn, it’s my favourite season.

This painting and many more are available in my Etsy Store.

My Etsy store: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/ChrissyTurleyArtist

Facebook: www.facebook.com/chrissyturleyartist

Instagram: www.instagram.com/chrissyturley30

Cheers

Chrissy xxx