I have not worked on the lion this week till tonight, but that’s good because it allows the clay to “set” a little and firm up slightly.
I added more clay tonight, for a total of 475#, what looks like a muzzle is approximately the lower jaw’s location, the head still needs to be built up and that “muzzle” is about half of the jaw, but now I will be adding clay more slowly to the top and allowing the clay to firm up a bit more.
The back of the head needs to be built up a few more inches as well.