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Hoppy Easter Bunnies (and a Guinea Pig)

Baby Bunnies Chillin' & Chowin' Down, ink & watercolor, 5x8"
Baby Bunnies Chillin' & Chowin' Down, ink & watercolor, 5x8"

My local bunny rescue/pet supply storeĀ Rabbit Ears, has a bunch of bunnies available for adoption including this litter of 6 week old babies and their mom. While I sketched them, they took turns sleeping piled together, eating from their big bowl of bunny chow, grooming themselves and each other, and dropping little bunny pellets.

More bunnies (left side of spread), ink & watercolor, 5x8"
More bunnies (left side of spread), ink & watercolor, 5x8"

I left the babies and wandered around the store, drawing rabbits in different enclosures. It’s hard to figure out bunny parts with all that fur hiding everything.

Lucy the Guinea Pig
Lucy the Guinea Pig (Detail)

I think my favorite sketch is Lucy the Guinea Pig. I was surprised to see she had no visible pupils in her little red eyes.

Bunnies & Guinea Pig, right side of spread
Bunnies & Guinea Pig, right side of spread

The lop-eared rabbit’s name is Snickers. As soon as I started to sketch him he and his cage-partner Oreo got so busy grooming each other I couldn’t see his face to finish the drawing.

Full spread in sketchbook
Full spread in sketchbook

Happy Easter, Passover and Spring!