Shiny bunnies
2023 is the Chinese Year of the Rabbit so I've made another art journal page following on from my 'Year of the Tiger' page last year.[br][br]
I love doing art journal pages of the Chinese zodiac as it is animal based and there is lots of colour and nature symbolism. The rabbit is 4th of 12 animal signs and the story of creation tells how he would have been first if he hadn�t gone to have a nap while the first 3 arrived.[br][br]
Year of the Rabbit Symbolism
The element associated with the year of the rabbit in 2023 is water and rabbits are always associated with Yin (yin/yang). Looking into the colours associated with the rabbit the lucky colours are pink, red, purple and blue. Unlucky colours for rabbits being dark yellow, dark brown and white. The rabbit is also said to symbolise the moon.[br][br]
Year of the Rabbit Graphical Rendering
The colour symbolism of the rabbit zodiac sign gave me an idea for my page as these colours can work as hot/cold colours for suggesting form if working graphically. Red and pink would be hot colours while purple and blue would