drawing and inking animal anatomy: Rabbit face, mouth and ear

Over the weekend I have decided to move into chapter 5. Chapter 5 is all about rodents, rabbits and ferrets. out of the many options given to me I have decided to draw Rabbits.

FACE/HEAD:

When I first started reading this chapter I didn't realize how complex a simple bunny head could be. "Some rabbit breeds have rather long faces and others have very short, round heads" (Amberlyn 126). When drawing the rabbit head I had to decide weather I wanted to have a rabbit with a long face or a short chubby one.

rabbit face/head

MOUTH/NOSE:

When people think about a rabbit they think of the cute little nose that wiggles when it sniffs, that's why it is crucial to get the nose right. "Rabbits usually have a wrinkling, V-shaped nose" (Amberlyn 128).  This is kept in mint when drawing a front face view not a side view because the mouth is not visible and only half of the nose is visible from the side view.

rabbit nose 

EAR:

Their is a piece of cartilage at the base of the rabbits ear which makes it hard and not flexible, but as you go up the ear it gets softer and more flexible (Amberlyn 129). I made sure ti keep this in mind when drawing the rabbits ears because the rabbit will then have wears that stand straight up.

rabbit ear 

mine

I like how this one came out. their was a lot of information in this chapter about rabbits which made it easy to draw. I do know that their is still a lot of improvement.

What do you think I could improve on for next time?

Will you use these tips next time you draw a rabbit?