During one of the preconference sessions of the Vita Plus Dairy Summit held recently in Baraboo, Wisconsin, 12 women gathered to try their hand at painting a cow.
Artful Escapes provided the canvas, paint, brushes and instructions. The company specializes in opening up everyone’s artistic abilities by hosting public and private painting parties.
After painting a basic background, the two instructors took everyone though the steps to paint either an abstract or more detailed painting of a cow.
Some people were painting from a picture of one of their favorite cows, while others took a more generic route. In the end, everyone seemed to have a good time and walked away with a piece of her own original art.
“It was fun and different. I liked it once I figured it out,” said Lisa Hanson, a dairy producer from Decorah, Iowa. PD
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