15 Gorgeous White Rabbit Drawings to Try

This is the core white-rabbit lesson — a bunny drawn entirely with shadow. The paper stays white for the fur while grey shadows reveal the form. Master this and every other white rabbit follows.

Step 1 lightly outline the rabbit. Step 2 place soft grey shadows under the chin, belly, and ears. Step 3 leave the lit fur as bare paper and soften every shadow edge.

Squint at a reference to see only the shadow shapes, then draw just those.

Don’t outline the whole rabbit in dark line; let shadow define the edges.

Step 1 draw the rabbit and a snowy ground. Step 2 shade the rabbit’s underside and cast shadow slightly darker than the snow’s dips. Step 3 keep the rabbit’s lit fur brightest of all.

A white rabbit in snow is the ultimate white-on-white challenge. Only subtle shadow separates the fur from the snow. It teaches delicate value control.

AvoidDon’t shade the snow as dark as the rabbit; the rabbit stays brightest.

Pro tipMake the rabbit’s shadows a hair darker than the snow’s so it separates.

Shading a white rabbit with cool blue-grey shadows makes the fur read as truly white in daylight. The cool tone is more convincing than flat grey. It looks fresh and luminous.

Step 1 draw the rabbit. Step 2 shade the recesses with a light cool blue-grey. Step 3 add a faint warm hint where light bounces up from below.

Use a cool blue-grey for the shadows and a warm touch for reflected light.

Don’t use a flat warm grey; cool shadows read as clean white fur.

A white Angora is a cloud of long fluffy fur with a tiny face. The billowing white coat is all soft shadow and texture. It reads as pure softness.

Step 1 draw a big round body with a bumpy fluffy outline. Step 2 shade gentle grey between the fur clumps. Step 3 leave the tops of the clumps bright white.

Shade only the valleys between fur clumps and leave the tops paper-white.

Don’t shade evenly; the light tops and shadowed valleys create the fluff.

A white Easter bunny beside a colorful egg is cheerful and seasonal. The bright egg sets off the soft white fur. It is a lovely spring drawing.

Step 1 draw a soft white bunny in gentle grey shadow. Step 2 add a decorated egg beside it. Step 3 let the egg carry the color while the bunny stays white.

Keep the bunny white and let the egg hold all the bright color.

Don’t color the bunny; the contrast with the egg keeps it clearly white.

A white rabbit curled asleep is peaceful and soft. The rounded body needs only gentle shadow beneath the curl. It reads as a cozy nap.

Step 1 draw a curled sleeping shape. Step 2 shade under the curl and where the head tucks in. Step 3 leave the top of the body bright and soften all edges.

Place the deepest shadow where the body curls over itself.

Don’t shade the top of the curl; the light hits there and stays white.

A watercolor white rabbit is painted by reserving the white paper. You paint the shadows and background, never the fur. It teaches negative-space painting.

Step 1 sketch the rabbit lightly. Step 2 paint soft grey shadows and a wash background around it. Step 3 leave the fur as untouched white paper throughout.

Plan your whites before you paint, since watercolor white is bare paper.

Don’t paint over the fur; once you lose the white paper you can’t get it back.

A white rabbit in a green meadow closes the list with color contrast. The soft green sets off the bright white fur beautifully. It reads as a sunny, natural scene.

Step 1 draw a white rabbit in gentle grey shadow. Step 2 add soft green grass around and behind it. Step 3 let a faint green reflect into the shadowed belly.

Bounce a hint of the green grass up into the rabbit’s belly shadow.

Don’t outline the rabbit hard against the grass; soft fur edges look natural.