Beatrix Potter before making her books had to do a lot of first hand observing. She would go out into the country painting, drawing and sketching the nature around her.
She would fill sketch books with detailed studies of insects, birds, flowers, ect.
Her most used medium was watercolour, some of her watercolour studies are shown below.
She loved to draw her pet rabbit Peter, she used him to study proportions and to get a better understanding of how rabbits move, act and behave. Her Rabbit gave Beatrix everything she needed to make her children's tales of Peter Rabbit so effective.
Here are some of her studies of her rabbit.
So for my character I have decided to do first hand sketches of my own pet, Marie, a small moggy cat.
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