Bunny Portraits!!

 

I'm a sucker for Animal Portraits of any kind! It had been a while since we'd done them at the studio, so this week we painted Bunny Portraits. I did these with my 4-6 year olds, but would work for slightly older ages as well!

 

Materials:

Bunny Sample Drawing
Practice Paper
Pencils
Bristol Paper
Black Crayon
Brown, Cream, Red, and Black Acrylic Paint
Paint Brushes
Glue
Scissors
Scrap fabric or other embellishments

Step One:

Bunny Practice Drawing!
I started out by explaining that placement is very important while drawing bunnies since it's necessary to leave room for the ears. With this in mind we drew a large U shape on our page, leaving room at the top. Next we closed in the U shape and added long ears, then the face and neck.

 

Step Two:

Time to Paint!
Once we finished our practice drawings, we redrew our Bunnies on Bristol paper and outlined with black crayon. Next we painted the outside of the ears, face, and neck with brown paint. The inside of the ears and circle with nose and mouth are painted with a cream color and background with red. *Outlining the bunny head with paint, then filling in the background is a good way to avoid having little ones paint on their bunnies!

 

Step Three:

Outline!
Lastly, we took a small brush and outlined our bunnies and their faces with black paint. Add any embellishments or fabric to finish the portraits!!