Some work in progress

I heard about how american gold diggers imported lions from Africa to fight bears. The bear would always win because the power of its hit and the fragile scull of the lion. For the heck of it I figured I'd do a couple of paintings of it to kill a bit of time over the holidays.

These are the first couple of steps for the bear painting. All work in progress...

Sketches

Charcoal on canvas 

Rough paintup