The Lion painting - Work in progress.
By Sharon Elton
@sharonelton (29296)
Lichfield, England
February 8, 2024 7:47pm CST
This is the work in progress of the lion.
I haven't really done much to the lion so far.
First thing I did was to paint the whole picture with a dilute yellow ochre. Then I left that to dry while I was painting the villa
When the villa painting was finished I went back to the lion painting which was dry by now, and started painting in the background. I used a mix of raw sienna and white for the lighter marks and burnt umber for the darker parts. I tried to put some of the burnt umber in while the rest was still wet so that they would partially blend together. I then added what looks like twigs or branches to areas at the top.
I've left that to dry overnight now. Ofcause it won't need that long, infact it's probably dry already!
What have you lot been getting up to today?
I hope you are all well.
Have a great night. 
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@sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
9 Feb
Thank you very much, I'm glad you think so.
Sounds like you're very busy.
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@sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
10 Feb
@kareng I hope you got everything done that you needed to do.
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@just4him (317249)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
9 Feb
@sharonelton I'm sure it will turn out nice.
You're welcome.
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Thank you. @sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
9 Feb
Thank you very much, I'm glad you think so. 
I hope so, but I'm a bit daunted about doing all that fur. I'm going to watch another YouTube video.....
I hope so, but I'm a bit daunted about doing all that fur. I'm going to watch another YouTube video.....2 people like this
@AmbiePam (93796)
• United States
9 Feb
It looks great! I wish I could get you and my niece, Amyra together to talk art. She’s getting ready to enter another contest for her age group at our church association, and she loves to get people’s opinion on what they would draw. I think I’m going to post a picture of the entry she is working on.
I’m just going to get some cleaning done today, as well as send out some cards. I like to send out Galentine’s Day cards to my friends for every February 14th, and then Valentine’s Day cards to my nieces and nephew.
Looking forward to see what you do next!
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@sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
9 Feb
Thank you very much, I'm glad you think so.
I hope your niece does well in the art competition.
I hope you can get your cleaning done. I'm hoping to do some sorting again this afternoon.
I hope you can get your cards posted.
I'm looking forward to showing you.
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@sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
9 Feb
Thank you very much, I'm glad you think so. Yes, that was partly the idea.
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@sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
9 Feb
Well, I haven't painted the lion yet! That's just the underpainting!
I hope you enjoyed cleaning the church. Me and my Mum used to clean our church years ago when my brother was little! Did you get everything you wanted from the store?
I hope you are well.
Have a nice day. 
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@Dena91 (16692)
• United States
9 Feb
@sharonelton Yes, there were some buy one get one free items I wanted to stock up on and thankfully the shelves were full of the items I wanted. That isn't always the case.
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@sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
10 Feb
@Dena91 That's good. It's always nice to get buy one get one free. And I know what it's like when you can't get what you want, so I'm glad you could get everything.
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@LindaOHio (181346)
• United States
9 Feb
I like the background. Nothing planned for today. Have a good one.
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@sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
10 Feb
Thank you very much. I like it too. But I hope I can make the lion contrast well with the background because I don't want him to merge into it!
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@sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
9 Feb
Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it.
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@everwonderwhy (7365)
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11 Feb
Wow! It looks so promising already. I'd love to see the finished painting when completed.
Today is Sunday, 11thFeb 24. Picked all the ripe apples from my 1year-old royal gala apple tree. I had netted them, so the birds spared them this long.
Now in bed resting this sciatic (right leg) pain to heal.
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@everwonderwhy (7365)
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11 Feb
@sharonelton Thank you for the blessing of healing.
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@sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
11 Feb
Thank you very much. I'm very nervous about doing his fur! I don't want to make a mess of it! I will definitely post a picture of it when it's finished.
Sounds lovely. We used to have an apple tree in.our garden but my step-dad had it chopped down! 
They were cooking apples though I think and we never picked them in time. We left them till they fell off the tree and by then the maggots had usually got to them. (Yeuk 
)
I hope your leg heels soon.
Have a nice day.
They were cooking apples though I think and we never picked them in time. We left them till they fell off the tree and by then the maggots had usually got to them. (Yeuk )
I hope your leg heels soon.
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@lazydaizee (6735)
• United Kingdom
9 Feb
Nice painting, where will you hang it when it is finished?
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@sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
9 Feb
Thank you very much, I'm glad you like it.
It will go in my display folder for a while.
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@sharonelton (29296)
• Lichfield, England
9 Feb
Thank you very much, I'm glad you think so.
I hope you enjoy yourself at the office.
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