I love the Highland cows, and they are very popular, but there are not many that I have found near me.  I think it's because of the heat and the amount of hair they have, but I'm not positive.

I have received permission from a few ranch owners to do artwork from their photos, and this is one of those.

It is of a cute calf, taken by Chater Highlands.  

I took the photo, but can't seem to edit it successfully in photoshop right now, to crop the bottom edge off, so I'm just going to post it anyway:

This is approximately 8 x 10

For this piece I used my new matte pencil set, it does show some shine in the darkest areas but not as much as regular pencils do.