> 鳥の絵が得意になり、クリスマスにハトの絵を贈ってくれる **ようにもなった** 。

I cannot understand the meaning of ようにもなった in this sentence.

I know that

> 鳥の絵が得意になり、

means "I became good/strong at drawing birds and..."

> クリスマスにハトの絵を贈ってくれるようにもなった.

Could the meaming of this be "I received for Christmas a drawing of a dove"?
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Meaning/use of ように in this sentence
Without other context, I would assume the subject of the first clause can't be
the speaker; otherwise it would mean:

> I became good at drawing birds, and eventually I received a picture of a
> dove for Christmas.

So I would interpret it as:

> They (or he/she) became good at drawing birds, and eventually they gave me a
> picture of a dove for Christmas.

But if, as you say, it's a memoir about the author's own experience in an art
class, then I suppose it must be the former. I'm using "eventually" as a
translation of ようにもなる, but "even" would also be a good gloss.
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Dictionaries say するようになる means "get to do" or "come to do". You can use these
words. And this も is close to "even".

So this sentence would be translated as "He(She) became good at drawing birds,
and even he(she) got to give me a picture of a dove for Christmas."
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