How Do You Make A Trophy Painting With A Live Fish?
Now that you’ve finally caught “the big one,” you want to show it off! But replicas are very expensive, and you can buy any size fish you want. Having a taxidermist preserve your fish is even more expensive. A digital camera photo is cheap enough, but everyone knows how to hold the fish forward so it looks bigger. But if you make an impression painting of your trophy fish, you’ll really impress your friends. No one will question its authenticity. Read on for instructions on how to make a real work of art with a live fish. Keep the fish in the water while you prepare to make your painting. Prepare your impression mold. Make a smooth, concave impression in the sand roughly the size of the fish’s body. Put an empty garbage bag over the impression. Place a piece of construction, wrapping, rice or drafting paper on top of the garbage bag. Pull the fish out of the water and shake off the excess water. Using a sponge brush, paint one side of the fish with a nontoxic, water-soluble tempera pai
