I’ve finally started painting one of the lion heads. It has took me a fair bit of time trying to pencil in the template to make sure it’s as true as I can be with the original. It’s been slow progress as I haven’t painted in quite some time so I’ve been trying to make sure my brush strokes are clean. In saying that I like to think that a lion like any living animal has its blemishes and nothing is perfect so if I haven’t got a stroke right and it isn’t 100% off, I’m happy to leave it as it adds some character to the lion. Here are some photos of the progress