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Totem PopPet Example: Totem Owl
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Session 1.
First I painted the background with black gesso.
Then I started adding some collage.I added rounded edge rectangles cut in half to the upper edge.Bits of pattern from a previous project went down the edge. I added in the Totem Owl write-up right from the packaging and added three trees from my watercolor paintings to sort of hold it in place. Kind of like book ends.
Finally, I painted this horribly basic tree in the center. lol. And I created the green texture using an old piece of orange plastic I saved from a Clementine box as a stencil.
I also added the moon chipboard embellishment that comes with the Owl Totem PopPet. I drew lots and lots of different sized circles all over it with my Singno white pen. Each circle just barely touches the others.
Session 2.
In this next session I added more collage. I added a tree branch and some acorns from my children's' book watercolors. And some kaleidoscope images from a photography of a red bud trees I made with SeamLess Maker. I also added a light wash of white acrylic paint to see what fog might look like.
Session 3.
Now I turned to the Totem Poppet Owl. I gessoed each of the owls pieces gray and let them dry. Then I assembled the Totem Owl using 1/16 inch eyelets. I used the Fiskar Eyelet setters to do this. (For a short video tutorial on how to do this Check out this tutorial.) I started with the eyes and adding pattern around the eyelets. Here's a close up of the finished Totem Owl.
Session 4.
Here's where I'm testing the placement of the Totem Owl and add in some text. I pulled a quote for one of my favorite essays by Emerson. I thouight the whole things was bit to bright for our night loving friend the Owl so I put a blue wash over most all of the piece. I raised and lowered his wings a couple of times to make sure the pattern when all the way underneath. And to test out his pose-ability. When I added the wash of blue over the entire page to make it feel more like twilight; but, it also smudged some of the text so I had to go back in and redo some areas. Here's the finished page. I've added vines using a green paint pen. And I outlined the text using a dark blue marker to make it pop out a bit more. I also went back over the moon circles with the white pen again.
I started with the eyes and adding pattern around the eyelets. 
Here's a close up of the finished Totem Owl. 
I pulled a quote for one of my favorite essays by Emerson. 
I thouight the whole things was bit to bright for our night loving friend the Owl so I put a blue wash over most all of the piece. 
I raised and lowered his wings a couple of times to make sure the pattern when all the way underneath. And to test out his pose-ability. 
When I added the wash of blue over the entire page to make it feel more like twilight; but, it also smudged some of the text so I had to go back in and redo some areas. 
Here's the finished page. I've added vines using a green paint pen. And I outlined the text using a dark blue marker to make it pop out a bit more. I also went back over the moon circles with the white pen again. 