Now that I have the main structure of his head worked in, it is time to work on the part which inspired the painting - the backlighting of his mane.
While the lion is a great subject for this piece, the lighting that morning would have drawn my attention if the animal had been a gemsbok, impala, giraffe, zebra, or any mammal. The sun had barely cleared the horizon and lent a pink glow to the landscape. Cast shadows were a striking blue.
Having a male lion walking right toward me really was the icing on the cake.
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