Last year was the year of doing art for friends I guess because this is another drawing that I did for a friend. I really struggle with the white dogs, but I think this is one of my better ones. I used some purples, blues, and peaches in his fur and I wanted to use similar colors in the background, so that’s how I picked the blue/pink colors. Normally I wouldn’t have used such pastel colors for a little boy, but since he has a unique look somehow I felt like I would be okay with using those colors. It turns out that the friend I did the drawing for said that those two colors were just picked about a day later to be the colors of the year by some organization/event that normally only picks one color. I thought it was pretty cool. 🙂
I want to say that his ears did have some darker areas on them, they weren’t just purely white ears. I may have exaggerated the color variations a bit just to add some interest to the drawing. The orange on his face is the stain all the white, hairy dogs tend to get from their food. I would have left it out, but it added some color and frankly, if they always have those stains anyway, I feel like they should be included. I was told while working on this drawing they actually had to put him down. It was unexpected. Rest in peace, little Bailey!
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