Lesson 7
I want to talk about how to draw such a beautiful light source as a candle. Such an old household item can become the main character of paintings on the theme of mysticism.
I take again Derwent drawing pencils natural range.
It is very convenient to draw candles with pastels - plain or wax. It is good when the material is covering, that is, it covers the surface of the paper well. It will be colored, this is the darkness in which the candle will burn. I provide a table of colors used so that you can navigate and choose similar ones.
come up with overall composition: the shape of the candle, in which candlestick it will stand, what will lie next to it. I came up with a plot on the topic of divination: a candle in front of a mirror and cards.
The candle is a cylinder. When it burns for a long time, its top is often melted, uneven. Draw a pale outline with a simple pencil, then the wick, then the flame. Light a candle or find a photo on the net: the flame can stand straight or sway, be thin, elongated or small. I have chosen some middle option.
We draw with color. At the base, the flame is darker, scarlet, purple or blue. Towards the tip, it brightens - almost white. It is better to start with a white pencil, adding beige (wheat, cream) yellow, pink, then red and blue closer to the bottom of the flame. Sets of pencils, and most importantly, vision, can be different, so you can’t say exactly what to mix in what proportions, be guided by your feelings.
Let the strokes be light at first, then intensify the colors, drive the pencil into the paper. A little secret: when applying light tones over dark ones, the surface is smoothed out, it becomes pasty, the colors smoothly flow into each other. This is especially noticeable when drawing wax crayons or pencils.
Light diverges in all directions and forms a halo. Try to make the strokes to the edge farthest from the candle as light as possible, to dissolve in the dark. Start with beige and/or pink tones, then intensify the effect with white closer to the flame.
We draw the wick in black and gray and continue from dark to light to draw a wax candle. Despite its cylindrical shape, it does not have the shadows typical of, say, a glass. The light falls from above, there the lightest area will be located, while the candle is darker, warmer shades downwards. In this picture, yellow and brown ocher, light sienna, white, wheat, orange are used.
The shadow of the candle itself falls on the candlestick, so the glare of light is barely noticeable, apply them to indicate volume.
The candlestick is dark. Start with chocolate, brown ocher, add orange, gray, ocher on top. For a dense surface, you need a considerable number of layers.
In turn, the shadow of the candlestick falls on the table. There are cards on the table, and it is better to first draw them first, and then a shadow blurred from the fluctuations of the flame with a simple pencil with shading.
An interesting effect is given by the light of a candle on a mirror: it seems to be covered with golden dust. Let's depict this with light strokes of beige and ocher. Light meets darkness: with a graphite pencil we create space in the mirror. Remember that the candle illuminates from below those objects that are above it, it is this kind of lighting that gives the picture a mystery and mystical shade.
I combine graphite pencil with colored ones, it is shaded and it is easier for them to create unsteady outlines of shadows. In general, you can mix any technique, the main thing is that the result justifies it.
Black, chocolate, gray and yellow ocher are used for the frame. Ocher gave a golden hue, conveying warm light candles. Note that the frame under the "nimbus" is almost invisible.
I create a tablecloth with light touches of wheat and white.
So, the scene with the candle is ready. A good subject for a Christmas card.
The idea of drawing a candle will be very interesting. beautiful picture can be done in just a few minutes. Step by step instructions will help to master the technique of drawing for both an adult and a child. This lesson will give new artistic skills and good mood.
What do you need to draw a candle?
Before you learn how to draw a candle, prepare all the necessary art supplies. So you don’t have to be distracted during training, the process of depicting a figure will bring only positive emotions, and the result will definitely please.
For the drawing lesson you need:
- Paper. A regular landscape sheet will do. You can purchase special medium-grain paper.
- Pencils. They must be well sharpened. It is recommended to take pencils with different degrees of hardness.
- Eraser.
- Ruler.
- Pieces of paper for rubbing hatching.
A candle can first be drawn with a simple pencil, and then painted with any colors. A magnificent still life will turn out if you use regular or wax pastels.
Detailed pencil drawing lesson
Candle drawing belongs to the category of lungs. It can be done with a pencil geometric shapes. The basis of any candle is a cylinder.
Create outline light strokes, barely touching the paper with a pencil. Then it will be easier to correct the drawing with an eraser.
Let's take a closer look at how to draw a candle in stages. For this you need:
- Draw two parallel lines. Make their length and distance between lines arbitrary.
- Draw a flattened oval on top.
- Add a semi-oval at the bottom.
- Draw the wick in the form of a slightly curved short line.
- At the very end, we depict the shape of fire.
If desired, add melting candle wax and hardened drops to the composition. These details will give the still life more natural look. Surely, you understood how to draw a candle, because everyone once watched how wax melts and hardens.
Light a real candle to make drawing easier and more interesting. Observe fire safety!
Finishing touches
You can draw a candle with a pencil with many additional details. For example, on an elegant stand. Find such an accessory or illustration on the Internet at home. Try to draw a candlestick with all the details and shadows. You can complicate the task. For those who want to practice and draw a few candles, there is great idea. Find an image of a candelabra and try to repeat it.
For a themed Christmas still life, add holly leaves and berries to the candle. You can add a bow to the composition, christmas toys, bright tinsel. Many small candles will look great on the Christmas tree.
Make a birthday card. Several candles can be drawn on a large birthday cake. They should be small and with multi-colored stripes. Make your own original postcard with balloons, holiday flags and gifts. More advanced artists will be able to draw a candle in the shape of a number.
How to color a finished sketch?
At the final stage of the lesson, you need to know how to draw a candle in color. You can color it with pencils. Also suitable oil paints, gouache, watercolor. You will need three primary colors: yellow, orange and black. But the more shades there are, the more realistic your burning candle will turn out.
- Wax in classic version beige or light yellow. Modern candles can be of any color: red, green, purple.
- The wick is drawn with a black pencil.
- The fire itself is more difficult to paint. Pay attention to the candle burning in front of you: the light is bright in the middle, and the light is scattered around the edges. Gradations are easy to obtain when combining blue, orange and yellow flowers. Closer to the wick, the flame is bluish, in the middle it is red-orange, and in the upper part it is pale yellow.
How to draw a candle with the maximum effect of realism? There is a little secret. The light from the fire comes from above, so there will be glare on the candle. The image is brightest near the flame, and further away from it there is a gradual darkening. Study drawing lessons and let inspiration allow you to make many new beautiful works.
Elena Samonkina
Master class "Drawings - scratches with a candle (wax)"
“I'll tell you about grattage.
He is of interest.
You're like a magician with a scratch
drawing the whole world miracles."
I will talk about interesting technique drawing "graffito" or GRATTAGE! This technique is interesting and accessible to both children and adults of any age.
Grattage - unusual technique drawing, translated from French means to scrape, scratch - this is the execution of a drawing with a sharp instrument, scratching paper or cardboard, filled with ink on wax. Therefore, scratching is affectionately called "Tsap-scratches"!
Material for work: a sheet of paper or cardboard, a brush (sponge, candle, oil pencils, ink (gouache), a jar of water, soap (soap solution, sharp objects for scratching, a napkin, a newspaper.
Classic scratching (black and white): rub a sheet of paper with wax (candle). Then, with a brush or sponge, apply mascara (gouache) to the surface.
Ink (gouache) sticks to oily surfaces with difficulty. To prevent the ink from collecting in drops on the wax surface, there is one trick - it is mixed with soap (soap solution).
When the ink dries, with a sharp object - a stick, a toothpick - we scratch the drawing, forming thin white strokes on a black background. The table must be covered, otherwise everything around will be strewn with black ink-wax crumbs. The work uses sharp tools to remove black paint from the surface of the cardboard, resulting in a white layer. The result is a spectacular black and white image.
You can paint over the landscape sheet not with a candle, but with egg yolk (base). The picture will turn out very bright.
Colored scratching - it can be drawn with wax or oil pencils, and then a candle is not needed.
Stage 1: paint over a sheet of paper (cardboard) oil pencils, wax crayons. (can be used colored paper or cover the sheet with watercolor, but then the drawing must be rubbed on top with a candle).
Stage 2: add to black ink (gouache) liquid soap or shampoo and with this mixture we cover the painted sheet with a brush, let it dry. It is necessary to paint over with paint so that the pencil does not shine through. You can let the paint dry and paint again.
Stage 3: the most interesting - when the black color dries, you can draw the contours - with a pencil or transfer through carbon paper. Then we take a toothpick (stick, stack, knitting needle, fork) and scratch the drawing on the ink. On a black background, a pattern is formed from thin colored strokes.
Drawing unusual materials(in this case, a candle) brings a lot of joy and develops Creative skills children.
Children drawings:
I'm sure you will succeed. If you try, you won't stop at one drawing.
I wish you and your children pleasant moments of creativity!
Did you know that paraffin wax can be used in fine art? No? So, now let's talk about it in more detail. unusual way drawing, which is accessible even to small children.
Moreover, regardless of age young artist the picture will turn out to be very effective due to the contrast with black.
This method of drawing is called "waxography", because instead of paraffin wax, or scratching, can be used, which in French means "scrape, scratch". This is the peculiarity of the technique - to create an image by scratching.
As a “scratching” tool, any improvised tool with a pointed end is suitable: a nail, a toothpick, a compass, a knitting needle. For safety reasons, it is better for small children to offer the usual ballpoint pen with a rod that has run out of paste.
In order for the “scratches” to be obtained without much difficulty, the surface of the cardboard must be carefully rubbed with a candle, trying to cover it with paraffin all the way to a millimeter. Otherwise, where there is no paraffin layer, the line will break, and all efforts will end with a hole in the cardboard.
You can rub white cardboard with a candle, or you can color it in advance watercolor paints depending on the theme of the drawing. Let's say you want to depict a winter landscape with Christmas trees covered in snow. In this case, you do not need to make a colored background. And if autumn trees Against the background of the sunset sky, apply blurry horizontal stripes of all the colors of the rainbow on the cardboard. Be sure to let the paint dry and only then rub the sheet with paraffin. By the way, someone uses white clay, soap or egg yolk instead.
The most hard part work - apply black paint on top: due to the high fat content of paraffin, it does not fit well and gathers in puddles. But if you show patience and apply layer after layer, everything will work out. Usually they take black ink, which, unlike gouache, does not stain hands so much and is more durable.
When preparatory work finished, the fun begins - scraping black paint, through which palaces and jungles appear, space distance and the underwater kingdom, butterflies and unprecedented birds. It is especially exciting to draw on a colorful background, because you never know exactly what color will appear in place of the “scratch”.
This, as you understand, symbol, because in scratching, as in any other form visual arts, has its own techniques performed by "scrapers" different shapes and thickness: straight and wavy lines, dots and feathers, toning and cross hatching. Merged together, they form amazing pictures, looking at which no one will say that a novice amateur artist, and not a professional, worked on them.
A romantic dinner by candlelight - after reading these words, an image of a couple in love immediately arises, sitting in a mysterious twilight, at a beautifully set table, on which there are lit candles, illuminating their sparkling eyes with their trembling light. Especially romantic is the combination of candles with a magical atmosphere of anticipation of the coming of the New Year, when only the light of candles and Christmas tree garlands illuminates the faces of those sitting at the table with a mysterious light. festive table. A burning candle is an important and indispensable attribute of the New Year, symbolizing the transience human life. Candle burning in new year's eve on mental level reminds us of the importance of every second lived on earth. A wonderful symbol can be depicted on new year poster, or on a homemade greeting card. It's pretty simple; so - we learn how to draw a candle for the New Year 2019 correctly.
Example #1
It is necessary to draw lines that will help us in the future. Draw 2 straight lines down, the gap between them should be about 6 centimeters. This is the width of the candle. After that, you need to draw the bottom of the candle, and the melted top at the top. It should be in the shape of an oval and slightly moved to the side.
Example #2
Now let's draw melted wax that flows down. We draw with soft contours influxes similar to waves.
Example #3
Our candle is in a candlestick, so in this step we will draw it. We draw an oval from below, and a leg for it. It is necessary so that the melted wax (paraffin) does not drip onto the table. Everything flows down to him. Next, add volume with additional uneven contours.
Example #4
At the top of the melted top, you need to draw a thread - this is our wick. It protrudes from the candle in the middle of the cylinder. A fire burns on it. Fire must be drawn like a drop of water. Then on it, a candlestick and melted wax, we will draw glare of the incident light. Suppose that it reflects light from another illuminated room.
Here is the festive candle. To complete the drawing, it can be painted with paints. At the beginning, we mentioned that it can be multi-colored. Blue, yellow, green, red. In general, speaking - any color that you wish. The wick can be painted in dark brown or black. Candlestick suitable yellow, gold or silver paint. We make the flame orange or red-orange.
Painting in pastel colors
The drawing will be on the topic of fortune telling - fortune telling. Here is a sketch of the picture that will be painted. We will use soft watercolor pencils for drawing.
So, let's begin. The edge of the candle becomes white and uneven when burned, so take white pencil and start coloring, starting with the flame. Color the tip white, closer to the wick add colors a shade darker beige yellow pink. You can see the color of the flame in other colors, so choose the colors to your liking. At first, you will have a weak pressure on the pencil, then when staining with a darker color, increase the pressure. To have rich colors.
It is necessary to draw the light diverging from the flame in the form of a halo. To do this, draw with a white pencil lines from the fire to the sides, while pressing hard near the fire and as weakly as possible to the edge. Imagine that the light dissolves in the air, the farther it is, the weaker it becomes. At the fire, the color scheme should be white, and then beige and pink.
Let's start coloring the wick in dark color. Also, the candle cylinder itself is painted from dark tones to light ones. Most light tone we will apply to the top of our candle, and darker down. Here we have selected colors: yellow and brown ocher, orange, white, light sienna.
Paint everything in your usual colors
Since the shadow of the candle also falls on the mirror, it needs to be painted in yellow. Let's apply its mirror with light movements. Also in the mirror it is necessary to show the reflection of the flame.
Next, you need to mix a few colored pencils with graphite and blend in order to more accurately show the shadows. For the rim, use a gray and brown pencil. In the place where our halo falls from the candle, the frame is almost invisible.
Useful video tutorial on drawing
Conclusion
Thus, it turns out beautiful drawing burning candle, which can be used for the festive decoration of the home for the New Year 2019. Our picture is ready. So we learned how to draw a candle with our own hands, I hope you succeed the first time.
