Blood will Flow

This lion is killing me! LOL. I did some painting yesterday but today decided I really need to get him up in the air a bit so I can paint the underneath bits and the insides of his legs without having to lie on the floor. So that meant searching around for something to prop him up on - not easy when his legs are so spaced out, and his feet so massive! Anyhow, we had some work done yonks ago which meant some original Victorian quarry tiles were taken up, and we saved them because they might come in useful one day. Today was that day! I brushed off as many as I could find that didn't have too much gunk adhering to their bases, and voila. Clarence is now about 8-9 inches higher off the floor than before.

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My living room has been rearranged and thankfully the lion fit through the doors so he's now safely ensconced in the bay window. My back is killing me from all the tidying and furniture-moving, so I've just spent the last hour or so sitting on the sofa (now in the fireplace!) contemplating his magnificent whiteness. I may start drawing out the design on him tomorrow.
Here's the room awaiting delivery this morning. The tape measure was there to reassure me that I'd cleared sufficient space for a 1.7m long lion.( Read more... )