Our little lurcher Poppy, likes nothing more than a good workout chasing a hare when she accidently puts one up on our walks but fortunately so far she has always been outwitted by their twists and turns. I'm amazed how they manage to survive winter without the shelter of an underground burrow, let alone how the young leverets [the name for hares less than a year old] can reach adulthood without some sort of protection. It obviously helps being born with eyes and ears open and a covering of fur but there are still a lot of predators out there just waiting for an easy meal.
Some preparatory pencil sketches for a watercolour
I wanted to get some movement into the picture so worked on an image of a hare jumping as if being surprised by a potential predator only to realise it's a butterfly
I was fairly happy with the feeling of movement and decided to go with this image
Watercolour on tinted paper 38cm x 28cm
Unfinished as yet but the feeling of movement is there so I'll keep working on it and share the completed piece with you soon.......
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