September 25, 1981 Lion

Thought it might be fun to see another one of my pieces from way back when!  This is a lion I painted in 1981, from a Walt Foster book about drawing big cats- this one HERE!  It's still in print!  I loved drawing and painting from it- learned a lot about animal anatomy! So I would've been 13-14. 8th grade...
Interesting to think I've been really interested in drawing and painting creatures for that long!

9x12 watercolor and ink on paper