Another Pet Portrait

Cabana plays with these aussies every weekend at the park. Cooper has brown eyes, and Navee has blue. Navee is younger, but he's actually Cooper's uncle--figure that one out! We've become close friends with their owners, so when we were invited to a surprise birthday party for one of them who was turning the big five-o, I asked my talented older daughter to draw a picture of their dogs as a gift. I really enjoy giving personal and handmade gifts when possible.

And this is how the drawing turned out. I matted and framed it for our friends, and they were extremely touched and pleased. In fact, they called me immediately after opening it (they didn't open presents until the following day) to say how much they loved it. I think my daughter really captured the dogs' spark and personalities. Surprisingly, she doesn't really even like dogs that much (good thing Cabana can't read), but she does a great job of drawing them anyway. Here's one she did of a golden retriever several months ago. I think she should open up little side business doing these pet portraits to help work her way through college next year!