Cut Out + Keep

Betta Fish Art

A Pet Picture

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/betta-fish-art • Posted by PixieFey

I wanted to make something featuring my pet siamese fighter fish, Scaramanga. Not being an artist and hopeless with paints I thought a silhouette style picture would be possible for even me.

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

2 h 30

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

I wanted to make something featuring my pet siamese fighter fish, Scaramanga. Not being an artist and hopeless with paints I thought a silhouette style picture would be possible for even me.

Instructions

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    Starting with a photograph of my fish, I traced around it for the outline.

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    I traced around the photo, coloured it in on the PC then printed out a copy

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    I removed the glass from a picture frame (mine was about £3 from Matalan), placed it over the image and traced the outline using a permanent ink pen.

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    Using acrylic paints I began to fill in the drawing. This photo is of the first coat of paint. It took three coats to cover properly but it didn't take long for the coats of paint to dry. I then cut some patterned card to place inside the picture frame.