“Rastafarian Lion Portrait”

Part I
(12 x 12 inch acrylic on abstract resined canvas)

Im on my second animal portait and its a set of 4 abstract resined canvas, its my first time doing close up animal portrait, but not just any ordinary portrait, its actually 3d, with 3 layers of acrylic paint and 5 layers of resin on a used canvas.

For this old canvas, i used a Pearlex powdered pigment, yellow, red, green and black and made a “Rasta themed canvas. Then once that was dry i applied another layer of a clear resin, so that when i paint my first layer of acrylic it would have a depth and shadow below.

i had extra pigments and applied it in a wood bowl container, and would paint a mini me version.

For this theme, what better choice to do as a portrait than a Rastafarian Lion. Im a big fan of BoB Marley, and his songs are old, classic but still up to date, and with his songs of love and peace and freedom ripples up to this day thru young and old generations, he is one of those artist that never grows old, his perspective with life is also way beyond his years, and i this painting is inspired by him and his music.

this is one of my mini painting experiments that i did last year for a contest, it is a 2x2 inch portrait of Bob Marley

Here is part 1 video tutorial of the Rastafarian Lion Portrait

End of Part I of III, and im still working on this painting but almost done, stay tuned for more tutorial videos tomorrow. Hope you enjoyed it as much as i enjoyed handcrafting it!!!