The Family

The portrait shows the bonds between a tightly knit family. There is a lion, a lioness and a cub peeking out from the shelter of its mother. All three figures in the painting have fixed their gazes on three different points outside the painting. The figures have been depicted in a very realistic as well as natural manner. The color for the figures has been made to resemble real life. Hence, they have been depicted in a shade somewhere between ochre and chrome with shades of red and white wherever required. The shading has been done expertly on some areas with black as well. With the addition of the black shades, a particular play of light and darkness has come in to the portrait. The creases on the structures and contours of the three bodies have been defined properly. This makes the picture even more realistic. The realism in the picture has been preserved with the space. For even though there is no discernible perspective in the painting, it has a well established space. The animals seem to be lying on a rock with a reddish sky behind them that may be defined as a time that is close to pre twilight.