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Jun 2, 2012, 4:59:27 PM
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My (unfortunately belated) birthday's gift for my mother – a portrait of her doggie Čikalan when she was about one year old :) She was a lil' dog with a brave heart, always keeping close eye on us. This drawing is a tribute to her as well, my way of saying: "Thank you for every single day you were with us." :aww:

Drawing Čikalan's portrait tormented me a lot. Even though I spent quite lots of time on the drawing, I wasn't able to capture Čikalan's appearance well so I gave it up and decided to start again from the beginning but using a different reference picture. This time I succeeded in capturing the appearance but another hard nut to crack was a background... My intention was to draw plants in the background blurred but it looked so horrible that I had to re-draw this part precisely. I'm not still very happy with the grass but my mother loved the drawing a lot. All is well what ends well :aww:

:pencil: :liquisoft: Water soluble colored pencils on watercolor paper

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~skytabula Jun 17, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
It's always nice to draw something for a friend or family member (especially moms) This is so lovely :D
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:iconankaai3:
Thank you! I agree, it was a pleasure to make this drawing and see how my mother was happy :aww:
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:iconcurly0193:
beutiful drawing and sad story
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:iconankaai3:
Thanks for your comment and :+fav:! Well, it was a great loss for us when Čikina passed away :tears: I don't want to make it sound like a cliché but our lives were enriched by many amazing moments with Čikina and she is still with us in our memories :)
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:iconcurly0193:
im sure they were theyer apart of the famaily,alway heartbraking to loose a dog or any pet
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:iconczajka:
Beautiful drawing. Love the color of fur. You are working very good with watercolor pencils. And it is so nice, that you decided to draw background. :thumbsup:
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:iconankaai3:
Thanks! :hug: I wanted to make the drawing special because it was a present for my mother so I decided to include background as well. But like I mentioned in a description, drawing the background was driving me crazy and it was the reason why I didn't finish it in time. Fortunately, my mum was very happy when she saw the portrait and didn't mind at all it was a belated gift :aww:
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*SILENTJUSTICE Jun 11, 2012  Student General Artist
So lovely! :D
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:iconankaai3:
Thanks a lot! :hug:
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*SILENTJUSTICE Jul 15, 2012  Student General Artist
No problem!:iconhugsareniceplz:
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