Curiosity

Two young inquisitive cubs look down from a dappled kopje

This image has been sketched using PASTELS on Pastel Matt Paper whilst using a reference photograph courtesy of Asilia Africa.

Below is how I created this image

Marked up the two cubs lying on a granite kopje, now giving it a dappled green background

The dappled green background done, now working on the back cub.

Working on the cub using magnifying light lenses for the finer detail

Moving onto the front cub starting on it's ears then eyes before moving onto its mouth and chin.

Gradually filling in the body of the front lion cub

Working on the smaller detail of the paw on the second cub

Adding texture and colour to the granite kopje and also softening the cubs.

The scanned and finished image