This unit was inspired by the 2025 movie; Mufasa, The Lion King! Below you'll find the African Lion sketching workshop replay as well as a video of African lions and reference photos to practice sketching from.

Watch the slow-motion video below and practice 'field sketching' on a virtual safari!

DOWNLOAD YOUR 7-PAGE HANDOUT OF LION REFERENCE PHOTOS BELOW

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CAT FAMILY

If you'd like to review the characteristics of the cat family, I recommend you watch my videos from my ​Jaguar Workshop​, in which I cover this subject and also lead you through sketching the body and face of this species, which has similar anatomy to African lions.

Watch WildEarth on YouTube for more lions to practice sketching!!

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzR4cr6qeQY&list=PLg-ZmYeeKdTsHpvlNXcO4Ph7e3y7F8-YB&index=41

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkGsPELFXIs&list=PLg-ZmYeeKdTsHpvlNXcO4Ph7e3y7F8-YB&index=56

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XJyiKRViWI&list=PLg-ZmYeeKdTsHpvlNXcO4Ph7e3y7F8-YB&index=32

•https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRfzbjfZHI0&list=PLg-ZmYeeKdTsHpvlNXcO4Ph7e3y7F8-YB&index=43