Art Journaling Tribal Elephant Face

Hi Everyone,

Here is an Art Journaling double page spread I created. Its a piece I experimented with as I had this idea in my head for several days.

I really wanted to use an elephant in my art as I used to collect them when I was younger.

I really love how it turned out!!

Although I had this idea in my head for quite a few days, It took me a few tries to get it the way I imagined it. I wanted to create a page with an elephant head on it. I wanted the elephant to look tribal as if it was painted by natives to the land. I also didn’t want to use the full two page spread in my art book, so I cut off parts of the page in a curved shape. I haven’t created the pages on the back or front of this spread so the background is just white.

I used Brushos to paint the head of the elephant. I sprinkled them on the head and then sprayed water.  Then I sprinkled coarse sea salt and kosher salt on the wet areas to create a textured background for the elephant’s skin. This is a salt technique and you can see a video on how to do it right HERE on another art journal tutorial.

I added metal adornments in certain areas to make it look even more tribal. I had to cut some of the pieces in half to make them fit in the middle of my book.

Other texture was done with Finnabair’s Rust paste and Tim Holtz distress inks.

Products

Ranger Dyan Reavley’s art journal

Prima Finnabair clear Gesso

Prima Finnabair soft matte gel

Prima Finnabair rust paste

Prima Finnabair metallic paints gold rush and patina

Brushos

Sharpie white acrylic marker

Painters black marker

The Crafters Workshop stencil

Metals: unknown

Coarse sea salt and Kosher salt

Prima Oil pastels

Tim Holtz distress inks: walnut stain and spiced marmalade

Viva decor gold pearl pen

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