Pencil drawing, New Competition (No.65) The King Of The Jungle | 100% Graphite

Hello steemians and my fellow artist/creative minds in @worldofxpilar how is the weather over there? Happy new year. I'm back with something new.

Okay let me get down to the business of the day. I'm here to present my most recent realistic graphite pencil portrait of my recent personal piece I did for myself.
The drawing is one of my best portrait of wildlife.
I took my time and sat down to draw the king of the jungle.
There's this interesting fact I just found out about lions. They live together in a family unit known as a lion pride. The pride consists of one or more male lions, multiple related female lions and their cubs. Each member of the pride has a role, with females rearing the cubs and doing most of the hunting. The male lions defend and protect the pride from potential predators and rival males. This makes them different from other wild beast.

I have other drawings of wildlife that are waiting. I will share them here this month. Just stay tuned. Enjoy the progress shots and never fail to leave a comment telling me how it looks. Thanks for going through.

Materials

Paper	Alabaster paper
Size	10 X 12 inches
Pencils	Graphite pencil
Eraser	Tombo mono zero and nataraj vinyl eraser
Camera	Infinix Smart HD 2021
Duration	Approximately 4 hrs
Location	Home

Here are the steps on how I did the portrait. I made my sketch then started shading it gradually. Starting from the eyes, hair down to her face and to the whole work which includes the legs, body and tail.
I made sure I did a very good detailing for a clean finishing.

Progress shot 1

Progress shot 2

Progress shot 3

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Progress shot 5

Finishing

Thank you so much. I appreciate you for checking my blog and artwork as well. I wish you a blissful festive season at hand. Stay blessed. Stay safe. Stay tuned. More works coming
Happy steeming 💙