I recently started work on a painting of a young lion relaxing in a tree.
I’ll post more updates as I work on it. Here’s some photos of progress so far.
![](https://portraitsofpets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lion01-1.jpg)
![](https://portraitsofpets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lion02-1.jpg)
![](https://portraitsofpets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lion03.jpg)
![](https://portraitsofpets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lion04.jpg)
![](https://portraitsofpets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lion05.jpg)
![](https://portraitsofpets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lion06.jpg)
![](https://portraitsofpets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lion07.jpg)
![](https://portraitsofpets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Lion08.jpg)
About the painting
- Medium: Acrylics
- Paper: Heavyweight Bockingford watercolour paper
- Size: A3, 16.5″ x 11.7″ / 420 mm x 297 mm
- Reference photo: Laura Hanton, Wildlife Reference Photos.
Update: Finished piece
Here is a photo of the finished painting and I also wrote a blog here: Young Lion Painting Finished
![Painting of a young lion in a tree](https://portraitsofpets.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/painting-young-lion-in-a-tree.jpg)
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