The second Part of the art journal for me was to create the Totem Poppet animals that I wanted to include in the art journal. I decided on two animals we had seen during our trip to Florida: an alligator and dolphins!

When preparing the Totem Poppets to doodle or zentangle on I first like to gesso them so that I use less ink. (The chipboard can really absorb paint and mute your colors if you don’t use a undercoating. Of course sometimes you might want this look…) I used gray gesso: which I like a lot as it allows me to use both a white pen and a black pen in my doodling.

    Tip: To make gray gesso I just combine some white gesso and some black gesso in a mason jar. Put the lid on and shake. You could probably use black acrylic paint too.

 

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First I lay out the parts to see what direction I want then animals to face. After they are dry I zentangle away. Here are pictures of my doodling process for the dolphin…

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Here is the finished Totem Poppet Dolphin.

Next Monday we will take a look at the zentangling of the alligator and then the finished art journal page.
Hope you’ll join us!

 

Here is Part 1 of the Art Journaling Process in case you missed it.