#8. Where Can You Find Lions?

I suppose the answer to that is in AFRICA, the interwebs...

...and now also in my kitchen!

I'm totally into the whole 'making christmas gifts' mood these days,
and I've decided that I'm gonna give away at least four pictures,
given that I get the time to make them all, of course.

I actually don't really like to paint.

...or, that's not true.
I like it, I just rarely do it.

I made a small painting last year of an elephant, that I was really proud of,
but for some reason it never made its way up on any wall at our place..
(..such cruel parents I have..)

This time I've decided to paint a bit bigger.
Twice as big to be honest..

totally snatched the picture off my own facebook page...


Layers and layers of paint here and there,
but that's what it takes to paint a lions mane, I suppose.

the picture is far from done, though
and I realize just how much I feel like an idiot
for not starting with the background first..

but in my world the background totally comes in last!
(at least when photoshop's involved)

I'll figure out a way to make a nice background
without messing up mr.Lion's face too much..

Then I'll continue off to the next painting..

♥