Thinking of Spring!

Here in Cornwall , there hasn't been a day without rain or a threat of some kind of damp weather for ages.

So I thought I would do an ink drawing of a couple of hares springing about in Spring, to help me to feel more positive about the winter ending soon.

 I used videos to watch hares in action, unfortunately I haven't seen them boxing myself, as they are so  fast I don't think I could sketch that quick!

 I do rough drawings on tracing paper first as the hot pressed watercolour paper I use is delicate, there is no way you can erase marks without damaging the surface.

 The plus side of tracing paper is you can move things around to help with composition, even move the subject back to front. In this picture I drew the hares on individual A4 sheets.