Once upon a time, there were four little Rabbits, and their names were — Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter. They lived with their Mother in a sand-bank, underneath the root of a very big tree.
Oh Ms. Beatrix Potter. So talented, yet she was quoted as saying, “I must draw, however poor the result….I will do something sooner or later.” Can you believe she would say those words?
There is something so tender, comforting and appealing about Ms Beatrix’s art…
I attempted to draw little Peter Rabbit on a dictionary page. I say ‘attempted’ as Ms. Beatrix Potter’s art cannot be duplicated….
But I wanted to try draw him for a dear friend who loves books and little Peter Rabbit has a special place in her heart…
So I will be sending her this little gift just in time for Easter, and I hope she likes it….
My mother-in-law gave Bella the entire set of Beatrix Potter books. She had come across them one day at a garage sale and all of the books were there except the Tale of Peter Rabbit. 🙁 (I don’t blame them for keeping it.)
Do you know the story of Peter Rabbit? It’s here if would like to read it.
Do you have a favourite childhood story? My favourite is Hansel and Gretel. I remember my brother and I asking our dad to read us that story over and over again, but instead of Hansel and Gretel, he would replace their names with ours. I was always so happy to be able to save my brother from the wicked old lady. How precious to have those memories in my heart and be able to reminisce about my childhood.
Thank you so much for sharing a little bit of time with me. I never get tired of having you here.
Sending you warm hugs,
Lucy
ps – the ranunculus tutorial is ready and I will be posting it before the end of the weekend 🙂
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Beautiful!
Your gift is truly wonderful and I am sure it will be loved by the lucky recipient! As much as I love the Beatrix Potter books, I would have to say that Heidi was my favorite book. I often imagined myself up in the mountains with her! Silly but fun.
awww….Quet! Love this post…so much! I love to think of you and Carlos as children, how sweet and tender your love was (and is still), it makes me so happy to hear of your memories. I think it’s because I have so many similiar ones with my own brother.
Lovely post, sister. Love you lots!
Your artwork is beautiful. I’m sure your friend will love it!
~Tricia
You did a great job with this cute rabbit! I know your friend will LOVE it! My favorite childhood story/movie was Mary Poppins. I didn’t appreciate Beatrix until I was older and loved the movie about her life!
Super ideja!!!
Ovo mi se baš sviđa, onaj kome je namjenjen ovaj dar sigurno će biti presretan…
Your Peter Rabbit is really beautiful…your friend will certainly love it!!!
Emanuela
this is adorable what a lucky friend
How lovely…
I’m here from WhipperBerry…I adore your blog & I’m your newest follower…;)
Lucy!!!! Absolutely gorgeous!!! Peter Rabbit, book pages, love, oh my goodness…you really need to have an etsy store!! I was just reading Peter Rabbit to my little boy yesterday…Love you bunches! We SO need to meet.
Que c’est BEAU, so beautiful, no doubt your friend will be thrilled. What a nice attention
bizzz
So beautiful. The eyes! Fabulous ~ you captured the glassy glint perfectly.
This is precious!!! Thanks so much for sharing!
Whipperberry sent me over here, and I’m so glad! Thanks for all you great inspirations
Potter’s illustrations are lovely. I saw her orignals on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London and read that quote you mentioned in the exhibition. Your version is very impressive too.
Katie
Happy I discovered your happy blog!! Just thought you might like to know!!aha…happy
this painting is beautiful!
That is just a fabulous rendition of Peter Rabbit- I love it! IWhat a clever way to do it and you did a marvelous job! I have always loved Peter Rabbit too-it was one of my favorites when I was a child. I loved the story of Rose Red as much as Peter Rabbit. I read all of those stories to my kids when they were little.
I read Hansel and Gretel to SweetCheeks a while back and I thought she was going to have a heart attack…she started crying. Guess that will not be on our “go to bed” list! xxoo Diana
I love this! Did you use watercolor for it?
This is just wonderfully sweet!
~Pam
pamspaintparlor.typepad.com
You did a fantastic job of drawing Peter Rabbit! And I love the idea of putting him on a dictionary page.
What a beautiful job, Lucy. It’s so touching. I have cherished the stories since my oldest (almost 20 now, eek!) was young. We have the books. Have you seen the stories on VHS/DVD through the BBC? My 17 year old girls STILL love them. xox
LOVE this! so impressive!!!
Lucy, you are one talented and creative lady! I just spent a good amount of time reading your blog and I’m blown away by your creativity and your passion for life….It all shows in your work. Wonderful work and photography.
I’m a new follower and can’t wait to see more from you:)
hugs
Manni
I too love Peter Rabbit, and if a friend made that for me it would immediately be hung in my master bedroom.
I love this! My little boy’s nursery has Peter Rabbit details in it and this would be perfect!
jen
Scissors & Spatulas
Adorable, Beautiful and Charming… The ABC’s of a wonderful post xo Thanks for sharing…
😀 Lynda
This is just beautiful, Lucy. Your friend will treasure it for sure.
I love this-it’s absolutely darling! Really sweet! Thanks for sharing at FNF! 🙂
I. LOVE. THIS.
I will be attempting to re-create it very soon! I usually paint with acrylics but I just have to try the watercolor and have my very own Peter Rabbit artwork! Recently I stumbled upon the movie Miss Potter, if you haven’t seen it and you love Beatrix Potter’s books and artwork, PLEASE watch it! It is absolutely darling!
That’s adorable. I love Beatrix Potter. I think you did a great job. 🙂
You painted that? It’s incredible. I was reading to find out what you printed it from…guess I don’t have to worry about duplicating that! (unless she did a book about stick figures that I don’t know….) Well done!
wow that is amazing, to redo this I will need to do an image transfer.
don’t forget to add it to our linking party this week
http://www.passionatelyartistic.com/2011/04/happy-easter-2011-and-linking-party.html
Maggie
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I found this late but I so love Beatrix Potter books. I have such fond memories of sitting in our elementary library right in front of her section and reading the little books. Ah!
This is so beautiful! I can totally see a kid’s room with a set of prints like these! Thanks for the inspiration.