But over the course of making various versions of them I came to realise that actually they aren’t neccesary, so that’s why they aren’t included in your template. In early versions, which you can see here, I include the eyes up until the modroc stage as I felt that it was important that even though you couldn’t see them behind the hair/fur that they still were there. I start by drawing the highland cow design directly onto the piece of cardboard, you have the design already drawn for you by me in the form of the template, so all you need to do is cut it out and use that, following my instructions. It’s also one of my favourites that I like to show at artist demonstrations and workshops as I think it shows the technique off nicely, especially how I use modroc to create texture. In this case I’m showing you a few versions as it’s one of my oldest designs, and best sellers. You can enjoy making it up for yourself but just in case you’d like some guidance here’s how I made the original 3D acrylic painting that the kits are based on. However, as the kits don’t contain paints I don’t go into any detail as to how you might like to paint it. Your kit contains step-by-step instructions to talk you through the cardboard and modroc stages of making your highland cow 3D picture. The technique shown here is the one that is used by Purple Faye to make the original 3D acrylic paintings that the craft kits are based on. In this blog post I’m going to show you how to make your own highland cow 3D picture using a ‘Make Your Own Highland Cow 3D Picture’ craft kit by purple loving Yorkshire artist Purple Faye.

Picture of a woolly rhino