A while ago it occurred to me that I've never attempted a serious drawing of an animal using pen and ink. I searched Pixabay (my favourite site for royalty free images) and found a stunning photo of a lion with a sunset background. It made a perfect reference picture.
The drawing was produced entirely with a very fine (0.05) UniPin Fineliner. I wanted to use the thinnest nib so that I had more control over the tonal values. It made for an awful lot of mark making in the darkest areas but working the darks in slowly was always the plan. When working with ink we can't add texture marks without adding dark marks, and getting that balance right was paramount. I thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Beautiful and delightful to see. I never have that kind of patience.
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