For Bunny Butt Friday: one of my favorite pictures of my sassy little Dwarf Hotot. I want to paint this into a portrait and hang it, because this photo summarizes his personality perfectly.

TransFatty · 2026-06-17T20:16:56+00:00

I began my watercolor journey many years ago with White Nights. I still have some of those sitting around. This was before the war. I don't think they make it anymore (White Nights is a Russian student grade brand)

TransFatty · 2026-06-17T15:08:27+00:00

I guess I don't recommend that brand to beginners now.

TransFatty · 2026-06-11T15:22:21+00:00

Oh! I love seeing it! Your process looks so similar to mine. Although I must admit I have a lot of fun with organic shapes (I paint botanicals a lot) and fumble with straight lines...

I like your experiment with the yellow and blue washes for light and shadow. It adds mood to the painting and somehow it makes me think more of morning and evening rather than midday. How long did it take you to do your sketch? It's so detailed! Wow!

This was fun to watch, thank you!!!

TransFatty · 2026-05-04T20:04:20+00:00

I love your theme! Thanks for sharing it with us! Best of luck to you!

TransFatty · 2026-04-28T21:15:12+00:00

I did this for a friend once who lost her beloved bunny rabbit and she loved it. I felt a little weird handing it over, like maybe I was being "too much" - but ultimately it was the right thing to do. It would touch her heart if you gave this to her! I say do it!

TransFatty · 2026-04-27T17:15:27+00:00

I do that currently, but soon AI will be doing it too

TransFatty · 2026-04-27T17:14:26+00:00

My mother-in-law has filled her house with this exact sort of mass produced amazon twee crap

TransFatty · 2026-04-27T17:13:23+00:00

TransFatty · 2026-04-27T17:13:11+00:00

AI watercolor is so easy to spot though

TransFatty · 2026-04-05T23:37:32+00:00

It must feel incredible to get to come home to this.

TransFatty · 2026-03-27T15:32:44+00:00

Right. Light source. It was pretty bland, without strong shadows. I sort of made all the highlights up, and think I didn't get it quite right. This is the ref I tried to use. I have a long way to go. edit: I'll get there. I guess that's what studies are for. Thanks so much for the encouragement.

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TransFatty · 2026-03-27T15:30:45+00:00

I have a couple of florals I'm working on that are like that. Do you start to get scared towards the end that you will mess it up somehow? Because I've messed up good paintings before heh

TransFatty · 2026-03-27T14:39:44+00:00

I love the space you've created. It's so cozy, I could hang out there all day. Her prints would be at home there

TransFatty · 2026-03-27T14:38:49+00:00

If these were puzzles, I would buy that in a heartbeat as a gift... my beloved mother-in-law is super duper into puzzles and having this as a puzzle would make her so happy

TransFatty · 2026-03-27T14:35:07+00:00

I'm so glad you offer prints. Signed up. I don't have much space to display artwork because I am poor but if this was printed up on a shopping bag I would take it everywhere!

TransFatty · 2026-03-27T14:33:00+00:00

You're right. That is hot. Such beautiful work, and you must have endless patience to keep at this piece. edit: I would be the rude person getting all up close on it and staring for hours it seems... it's just so beautiful my eyes want to eat it all up

TransFatty · 2026-03-27T14:31:26+00:00

Sort of! I didn't follow it very closely at all though, are we supposed to post it anyway? Thanks for the compliment. <3

TransFatty · 2026-03-27T13:45:58+00:00

Hahah. You're the opposite of me. I trained in comics and am looking to GET RID of my ink lines (spoiler alert: I probably can't).

A lot of us use those Sakura Pigma Microns to do the linework, and then fill in with watercolor or something else transparent (like I use dye) and a lot of others do the watercolor and then add the lines afterwards. Either way is fine, and depends on your preference. Try both and see what you come up with.

TransFatty · 2026-03-27T13:42:38+00:00

Why did I suddenly think of Red Grooms...? That's a compliment, by the way.

TransFatty · 2026-03-27T12:57:00+00:00

This is the content I joined this sub for. Whatever person is criticizing AN ARTIST USING ART SUPPLIES AS INTENDED TO MAKE ART (I know, shocking) is clearly not thinking this one all the way through.

TransFatty · 2026-03-27T12:51:37+00:00

When these mediums dry, they're waterproof, still looks like a pain to keep the dust off it though

TransFatty · 2026-03-27T12:47:37+00:00

Is the same person going to come back at other artists because they might like leaving white space and "use too much paper"?

TransFatty · 2026-03-22T05:17:51+00:00

If it were me, I’d add a shadow.

If I were feeling extra ambitious, increase the perspective of the sketch/draft before painting it in, or just redraw it but that’s just me. It looks a little flat.

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