Rabbit

Just a break from the portraits. I have been redoing some of the portraits hoping to get a better likeness. I need to stand back once in a while.

8" x 8"

Startled

I painted this from a photo-shopped reference. The rabbits came from different scenes that throws off the lighting. 

10" x 8" oil on canvas

Rabbits in the Garden

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I took several rabbit photos and rearranged them to create this composition. This is the final for now. I created this 11" x 14" as a study for a 16" x 20" but that will have to wait. 

I gray scaled it to better see where it is weak. The background contrasts are too strong compared to the front where you want to pull the viewer into the composition. This is the top painting gray scaled after I made a few adjustments. 

This was the rough in. Notice the one rabbit on the left was deleted. After I stepped back I noticed the five on the top looked like a polka dot pattern, uniform and boring. I felt that taking him out also made the rabbit on the lower left stand out more. This was pushing myself to try something more complicated.

This was the Photoshopped image I was working from. The problem was right before my eyes but I did not see it til I was farther into the painting process. This seemed a little weak but I thought I could work it out in the painting,.. bad idea. I had a customer remark about my rabbit running paintings that she liked to see that in her garden, which is what prompted me to try this.

Still playing with this. I edited the current painting in Photoshop... will need a day or two to think about this. 

Running for Cover

This one was painted on a dull yellow background. This young rabbit is the second generation this year. They don't seen to be as quick to run. Spotted this one from the bathroom window as the mother was nudging it on. It would have been nice to catch that.

8" x 6" oil on canvas

A Little Behind

Another view of the neighbor's rabbit.

6" x 12" oil on canvas click to bid

Young Rabbit

This seems to be the young rabbit I first saw running around with its mother earlier this spring. They sure do grow fast. 

12" x 9" oil on Raymar panel.

White Tail

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Most of the shots of the rabbit look like this. It would be nice to get one where she is staring at me.

6" x 6" oil on canvas

Dutch Rabbit

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This was my son's rabbit from a long time ago. We would let it run loose in the back yard occasionally. I don' think we every knew what sex it was, it was just rabbit.

6" x 6" oil on canvas 

Harey Challenge

I liked the daily paintworks challenge so well I tried it again. This time I got it the first time. Loved this challenge. I think I will try to work more in this style.

6x6 inch oil on gessoed clayboard