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Belted Galloway Cows In Love

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Belted Galloway cows can be seen wandering the countryside of Devon, particularly on Dartmoor. They are an almost unbelievable site on first viewing with their designer white stripe around their midriffs and are living liquorice allsorts standing against the lush greens of the English countryside. I've painted these animals a few times over the years but decided to do a cartoon version recently, perhaps inspired by the imminence of Valentine's Day.

'Belted Galloways In Love!' is a cute cartoon of a bull and cow nuzzling up to each other (see below).

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This is drawn on bristol board which I love for its incredibly smooth surface. I started with some loose pencil lines and then blocked in colour with a blue highlighter pen. A mid grey copic marker was used to add the darker tones while a blue coloured pencil added a lighter layer. I then defined the lines with a black ball point pen and my favourite part of this picture is where I've followed the shape of the marker lines with the biro (see the chest and side of the cow on the right). You've probably already noticed the white stripe on the central pink heart to echo the white stripes on the cows. Less obvious are the little blue heart shapes on the edge of the white stripe on the right, just a little touch to echo the pink hearts elsewhere in the design.