Bunny Rabbits Vegetable Garden Watercolor Painting Illustration
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Bunnies In The Garden

Written by Charlie O'Shields

For our optional World Watercolor Month of “Organic,” I immediately thought of vegetables and then I ended up with a fast and loose little doodlewash of a vegetable garden being raided by rabbits. Which, as I look at it now, seems more appropriate for spring, but I figure a tiny touch of spring in the middle of summer is a lovely thing indeed. Also, I just have rabbits on the brain because, this year at least, there have been so many hopping around where I live. Thankfully, we don’t have a garden for them to pillage, so Philippe and I can simply enjoy their cuteness. As is rather obvious by this point in the story, I adore animals. While I know one doesn’t want a rabbit chomping its way through a row of carrots, I just find them so adorable. And I’ve always adored The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter. I don’t have her mad skills and insane genius when it comes to my own sketches, but she’s an inspiration, nonetheless. And I’m inspired to sketch quickly and a bit more organically from those amazing illustrators who have come before me. I often try to nail down every detail and yet those masters remind me to simply stop, tell the story, and just create a satisfying illusion.

That’s pretty much how I approach my art. I don’t aspire to make something that will change the world, I simply hope to positively affect it. I’ll always share my whimsical little doodle for the day and hope that by its very appearance it will add just a bit of happiness and hope to the world. Our world is under a lot of challenges now, and I personally don’t know how to fix all of them. What I DO know is how to sketch a little happy. While I’m quite sure this doesn’t make me a “serious” artist, I hope that what I submit to the world is always full of hope. And, I don’t want to be serious since I think humor is the very breathe of life. It’s what my inner child wants to share. There’s lot of debates one can enter, but I’ve always chosen the absolutes. Those spaces in our world where there’s no debate at all. Bunnies are cute, and yeah, they sometimes tear up gardens. But, life is always amazing when we just adore what happens organically.

And yay, it’s time for another little bonus giveaway, because getting treats is a fabulous thing indeed! These are only for US/Canada so if you’re somewhere else, please be sure to check out this month’s International Giveaways by clicking here (three new giveaways launched today)! If you are in US/Canada and would like to try a Winsor & Newton fineliner (assorted colors) and have NOT been told you’ve won any free sample yet this month, then this one is for you!  I have 10 to give away. Yeah, I’m always trying to make sure more people get some fun free stuff! So, if this sounds like you, just add the phrase, “I want a fineliner!” to your comment below. The first ten people (in US/Canada) who add the phrase and have never yet won this month, will get one! My sincere hope is that everyone feels pure joy during World Watercolor Month! And in life in general. Each day is a chance to play and enjoy the beauty of our often inexplicable world, like bunnies in the garden.

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About the Doodlewash

Da Vinci Paint Co.: Hansa Yellow Medium, Vermilion, Quinacridone Red, Opus (Vivid Pink), Cobalt Turquoise, Ultramarine (Green Shade), Terra Cotta, and Indigo. Lamy Al-Star Safari Fountain Pen with black ink  in an A5 Hahnemühle Watercolour Book. Want to purchase a print of this doodlewash? Send me a note with a link to this post, and I’ll add it to my shop!
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Charlie O'Shields

Creator of Doodlewash, founder of World Watercolor Month (July), World Watercolor Group, and host of the Sketching Stuff Podcast. Sharing watercolor illustrations and stories while proudly featuring talented artists from all over the world!

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  4. We have rabbits! Today I went out to water and found about half my parsley plants had been nipped off! Rabbits! I watered everything and am happy to report that I have two tomatoes getting ripe! Can’t wait.

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  5. Love bunnies…but the local hares would eat my entire garden in one night if I didn’t fence them out! I want a fineliner. Thank you for your beautiful and inspirational paintings.

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  6. Hi Charlie, I want a fineliner! I love your sketches! I like to work fast too and I am fine in my sketches but when it comes to painting those on a painting page, oops. Take care and stay well! PS: you forgot to mention sweets.

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  7. Fantastic bunnies Charlie! I’ve been seeing a new one in our yard lately. Generally they are cotton tails which are mostly gray but this little guy/gal is mostly a lighter brown. I’m always happy to see them as foxes live around us too. The deer have been brave this year and are eating all the hostas even next to the front of our house. Likely they have been looking in the windows and watching TV with my husband in the middle of the night.😉

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  10. Beautiful bunnies! Charlie, I think you underestimate how your art can touch the world. What’s that saying about not being everything to the world, but you may be the world to someone. I am sure that there are people who are touched by your art. It may bring them hope needed to make it through the day or serve as a reminder that things will get better; that we DO have a future when this pandemic is over. There are people locked away at home, who feel like they are on a deserted island. The joy that you feel in your sketches and paintings come from the calling that the Lord has placed on you to bring hope and inspiration to a dark and hurting world. He gave you that talent and calling to bring hope to a hurting people. Don’t underestimate how He can use you and your talent.

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    1. Hello Marisela,

      Just wanted to say how MUCH I agree with every word you have written to Charlie! Thank you for putting it so wonderfully. 🙂

      Love,
      Mugdha

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    1. Yeah, I have two ways to send email and they both keep going over-quota this month and pausing at times. Finally found an affordable fix, but it’s super complex to integrate, so I haven’t yet. But no worries! I’m drawing from all names! 😉

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  13. P.S. Thank you for hugging Phineas for me. I felt it all the way over here. 😊 Monster used to get very offended and growl if you asked him if he had fleas or if he had stinky “patas ” (feet). 🐕🐕🐕

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  15. Charlie, I want a fine liner! But more than that I hope you see my comment from Instagram on the bunnies. Hilariously I hadn’t read your post yet! I have yet to believe rabbits don’t wear clothes when I’m not paying attention!

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  17. Great doodle Charlie. I love the Beatrix Potter stories. Back in the early 70’s they made a movie which was a ballet version of the stories. My brother and I went to see it. I was 12, my brother 9.Neither of us enjoyed it.

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  20. Hello Charlie,

    I agree completely with Marisela Delgado. You have no idea of the joy and hope you bring to so many of us. For me, you’re a much better & bigger artist than all those “serious” artists who chose to paint images and worlds that reflected sadness and grief. Yes, portraying grief is definitely an art but you create things that not only make people feel instantly happy but that trigger some of the best memories too, giving them a whole day of joy. And Im so so happy that you love Beatrix Potter too!!! Yayy!!!! And jealous that you have rabbits where you live.

    Love,
    Mugdha

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    2. Hi, Mugda! Thank you so much for your message! We are on the same wavelength! 😊😊😊 Be safe out there and have a wonderful weekend!

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  22. Funny you mentioned Beatrix P. (Miss Potter was a good movie.) That is what I thought of when I saw this wonderfully cute sketch! I might have to look up what it means when there are a lot of rabbits because I’ve heard several people hear say that there are a lot this year. I we in for a bad winter? Hmmm, maybe that is how we will get a handle on this mess we are in. I own a Winsor Newton Fineliner!! I love it! 😉

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  27. I was sketching stuff in my weekly letter to my grandkids. I’m better at copying than conceptual stuff. So your rabbit caught my eye. He’s, or my version of him is, going to be chewing on my flowers!

    Aaaaand. I want a fineliner!

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