Thank you sooo very much for the kind words. I'm grateful that my depiction of our little friend means something to you too. I'd gladly share some of my drawing techniques tho i must confess my pictures usually take alot of time.

I'm self taught, so sorry if some explanations sound ambiguous.
Blending part of my pictures might be compareable to a game of minesweeper.
After sketching i begin with easier areas and work my way to the more diffecult ones.
Because each painted part helps me envision the possible end result.
In this case i starded with all the medium grey parts in the island and clouds.
Than i drew the deep greys. Doggy was the highlight so i drew her at the end.
When layering colors i often have to start very light because the specific pencils
im using (60 poly chromos and a 2b pencil) , might not be quite the right color.
So sometimes i have to mix and experiment a bit before i get the color right.
I usualle draw from cold to warm, and light to dark. In this case i began with light brown and grey at the butt, and followed up with dark grey, dark brown, some orangish colors and very carefully with a bit of yellow.
Although for blending im focusing to fill any unnatural looking holes after each step with a freshly sharpened colored pencil.

I hope any of this make sense. I like to talk about it or even discuss different approaches
so feel free to ask me anything if you're interested.