Friday 14 December 2012

When we were young...



I used to love drawing cute little bunnies...

Just found these tucked away in an old art folder. They date back a few years (about 28 to be precise!). I think I was about 13 or 14 when I created these characters. They lived in a smart town house in Mayfair during the season but preferred their country estate - much more suited to rabbits. I'm not sure why his Lordship is dressed in hunting gear though... I would have thought he was a vegetarian!

I guess they were a sort of Downtown Abbey for bunnies. That's the Dowager Countess in the bottom picture - the one with the top hat with a feather who looks like she's about to go out riding (though I do wonder how she's going to get on the back of a horse!). What a 'game' old gal she was... always had a twinkle in her eye when telling a story.

Maybe it's about time I told it for her... what do you think?





Sharing a spot of nostalgia with my friends at Paint Party Friday.

I'm so happy I found them again. What a lovely blast from the past. I can still remember creating them!

27 comments:

  1. Your bunnies are beautiful. It looks like you created bunny world. Have a very, very Happy PPf!!!

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  2. These are so cute! My fave to draw was an elephant. Lol! Don't know why. :)

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  3. Oh I just love your bunnies and seeing them in their bunny world. Happy PPF!

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  4. Adorable - and well done - little upper class bunnies! :) I guess with stories of animals one runs into all sorts of problems, like when a mouse has a dog as a pet, but also as a best friend... :)

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  5. Adorable bunnies! It's fun to find old drawings and remember past artistic endeavors. My old drawings are all fashion-model images (!) I guess I fancied myself a fashion designer.

    I think you should create stories for these sweet bunnies. We all want to know what they're up to now!

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  6. Such fun bunnies! Very well drawn and colored-esp. for a young lady of 13! Happy PPF!

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  7. Looks like a future book to me- I loved all the Peter Rabbit stories as a child, but I like your stories better.....could you be the next Beatrix Potter?
    Hugs,
    Stephanie

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  8. That nice pictures! worthy of a beautiful story. Saludos

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  9. It's a waste of such sweet characters to leave them in Bunny Downton. I truly believe there is a great children's book there. New Year resolution time soon. You are so talented in so many directions, and this is one path you really follow.

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  10. Missed out a word. Really should follow

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  11. Beautiful your bunnies Lisa. I am back in my childhood, fantastic.
    lovely greet and nice weekend
    Marja
    (marjascreativity)

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  12. oh what a super amazing blast from the past Lisa!!! these are adorable!!!!

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  13. I love your adorable bunny art!! Just adorable. Happy PPF!

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  14. What precious paintings!
    So adorable!
    ♥♥♥
    Happy PPF!!
    Mary
    Mixed-Media Map Art

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  15. Loving your adorable bunnies, am sure they have many tales to tell. Happy PPF, Annette x

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  16. Those are the cutest bunnies I've seen! Love your painting style! Happy PPF!

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  17. Oh Lisa...you must have Beatrix P. in your bloodline perhaps? These are SOOOO sweet. Glad you found them too.

    I used to love to draw Snoopy.

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  18. What a treat to have found these AND that you had kept them. You certainly showed great imagination when creating these, they are so sweet.

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  19. How precious - and doubly precious that you saved them. You showed early talent. Happy PPF

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  20. These are adorable - I loved the whole story that went with the paintings too. x

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  21. What charming characters and what a great imagineation you had. These would make great illustrations for a childrens book (hint, hint!)

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  22. These are so sweet and I'm so glad you shared them! Happy belated Paint Party Friday!

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  23. These are fantastic. Great illustrations and a story too.

    It's wonderful to dig out memories like this. My sister recently had a dig out at my parents and found a couple of my old exercise books full of drawings of cars & aircraft.

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  24. What a fantastic trip down memory lane! Your bunnies are so finely outfitted :)
    What fun!

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  25. They are so cute! How wonderful that you kept them and now that you found them again.

    Karenx

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  26. So sweet and yes childhood memories evoked !

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  27. What a lovely find Lisa, your bunnies are adorable. Beatrix Potter meets Dowtown Abbey meets Brambly Hedge! x

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