I was out looking for a scene to paint and stopped at a bird sanctuary. It was a gorgeous scene with a pond, geese, a meadow, trees, and a herd of cows.

Since I am traveling without an easel, I usually put my palette and sketchbook on a convenient surface, like a picnic table or bench. I was glad there was a wooden fence that enclosed the cows in their meadow, and I set up my materials on it. As I painted, the cows slowly came closer and closer, and it looked like they were eyeing my tubes of gouache, which made me wonder, do Danish cows like gouache?