My apologies for the quality of the images on this page, they are simply photographs taken with a digital camera as the work progresses.

The basic layout is drawn out and some work is done on the male lions face to give it some definition. There is no foreground or background detail drawn in at this stage, I like to add this once the drawing has taken a bit more shape.

A bit more work done on the male lions head. Once I am happy with the values on this main focal point of the drawing I will use this as a tonal guide for the rest of the drawing.

21st June 2006

18th July 2006

 

Now most of the structure of the male lions head and mane are roughly in place, I can now crack on with the his body. I'll leave the head as it is for now until the rest of the drawing is in place, finishing off and balancing the final dark tones when the rest of the drawing is done to this stage. 19th July 2006.

 

More work done on the mane, softening the pencilwork and playing about with the darker tones. Have to leave this drawing for a few days due to another project - be back to it soon though. 24th July 2006.

 

Back to the lions! Started working on the cubs. 24th August 2006.

 

Bit more work done this evening on the first cub. 26th August 2006.

 

Started work on the second cub today. 31st August 2006.

 

Second cub is now pretty much drawn in - still some finishing to do on him yet though. Then I will finish off the adult lion and balance up the shadow. It's simply the foreground and background to do then - and it's done! Have to leave this for a week or so now - but will be back on it soon. 3rd September 2006.

* Well, here we have the classic mistake of looking at something for so long that you can't see the obvious before your eyes! I knew there was something not right about the second cub here but could not see what it was - now having left it for a day or so it suddenly seems so obvious. In my attempt to make the difference in the ages of the two cubs obvious I tried to emphasise the fluffier appearance of the younger (second) cub. In doing so I lost track of the basic shape and proportions of the face and ended up with something looking more like the Cowardly Lion off of 'The Wizard of Oz' than a lion cub! Had to try and sort it out. 5th September 2006.

Okay, having reworked quite a bit on the second cub it now looks a little better. I had made the head too tall, the right ear too small and the right side of the face was not drawn in properly - added to that the highlight and shading on the nose was wrong too. All in all loads of mistakes - but mostly it is looking better now. Sometimes you have to leave work alone to be able to see where you are going wrong - it's still not just as I want it yet - but it's getting better. 5th September 2006.

 

An overall image of the work so far. Still got a lot of work to do on the adult male lion and much of the main shadow work still to do after that, but this will go in when all the lions are complete. Then the foreground and background detail will go in to balance the whole drawing up. 8th September 2006.

 

Most of the lions are now drawn in. The first real shadow tones are put in to try and tie the three lions together into one 'believeable' complete image. The next step is to draw in the fore and background - this will give the figures something to rest on instead of floating in mid air and the background should throw the figures forward and give the whole drawing some depth.

*Due to other projects, work on 'Watching You' has been temporarily put on hold until a later date.

 

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