Outlines and Silhouettes 



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paper and carefully trace the outline of the fish onto it using 

 a pencil with soft lead (Fig. 117). When making a tracing 

 around a fish, it is difficult to obtain a clean, smooth, detailed 

 outline; and no matter how well the fish is wiped some slime 

 will always remain on the paper. Therefore, the outline has to 

 be transferred to another piece of paper in order to remedy the 

 flaws. For this step I suggest a better grade of white paper 

 which will lie flat. The original outline can be cut out and used 



Fig. 116. Silhouettes cut out of wood and glued to a rustic backboard are 



always attractive. 



as a stencil for tracing the fish onto the white paper; carbon 

 paper can be used. If no carbon is handy, one can accomplish 

 similar results by covering the approximate area of the outline 

 on the back side of the brown paper with a pencil with a soft 

 grade of lead. Place the brown-paper outline over the white 

 paper and trace the drawing. Apply a bit of pressure with the 

 pencil, and the outline will be reproduced on the white paper. 

 The drawing on the white paper is still rough, so proceed to 

 smooth out irregular lines, erase here, add there, and in general 

 finish the outline. Perhaps you can improve the outline of your 



