This cow was painted for an event - a museum asked people to paint a specific cow paint-by-number for an exhibit they were creating. Their only rules were: it needs to look like a cow & no using meat or glitter. So I added a couple things inspired by a favorite video game series (Nancy Drew games). 
This is the first paint-by-number I’ve finished & it’s not perfect, but I had fun making it!
Some in-progress pictures:
I love the spaceship! 
I think you achieved all three goals 
I’m a little disturbed that they felt the need to specify no using meat 
What an interesting concept for an exhibit. Love your personal touches. It definitely looks like a real cow!
Very cool! What a neat idea!
Your interpretation is very cool. I’d love to see this exhibit- I bet it would be a hoot!
That looks amazing! Is there some way we can see all the paintings? So cool.
That sounds like fun, and now I want to see the rest of the exhibit!
What a fun image! Love your additions. You did an amazing job painting it!
This is great and I love your added special touches! I love the glow in the dark effect for the spaceship. It’s all about those details, isn’t it!?!?
Ah-MAY-zing! Your cow painting is one of this week’s featured projects!
lol hilarious.
great job!
Thank you!! 
Thank you all!
For anyone interested, you should be able to see all the cows here on June 2: COW, Your Paint-by-Number Art Exhibit
They posted a few on their facebook page here: sneak peak
This is so neat. Love the spaceship. Its cool and doesn’t overpower the cow.
It looks like it totally belongs there! At first glance it looked a bit like an insect, and as anyone who’s ever been near a cow will know, they’re always surrounded by flies.
I love the little touches you added to make this your own!
How fun, it looks really cool! Your additions are great!
For anyone interested, the cow exhibit is up!
An article about it:
