Depiction of fire in children's drawings
To easily learn how to draw a fire for children, you will need a simple pencil of medium hardness, which for sketch work should not be pressed hard on the paper in order to edit the work before coloring.
On a sheet of paper, in the place where the fire is supposed to be depicted, you need to draw a large circle using a compass. Inside the circle, several flames of different shapes and heights are drawn, so that the highest of them is in the middle.
The flame is drawn with smooth lines, narrowing each fragment of fire towards the top. The drawing must have at least two colors or tones to depict its moving flashes.
At the bottom, the stripes should turn out lighter or yellow in color, and at the edges and on top they reach their greatest intensity, becoming dark red.
The contours of the finished drawing can be outlined with a black marker or felt-tip pen for greater expressiveness.
Drawing fire with a pencil
In cases where coloring is not required, but it is necessary to draw the fire with a pencil, the drawing can also turn out to be quite realistic - for this it is not necessary to light a fire, but do it in stages, using the description:
- The work should begin with a schematic and light sketch of barely noticeable lines with a hard pencil. It should have the shape of a petal with a rounded bottom and a pointed, elongated top. There can be from one to several such petals, depending on the composition of the image.
- Beautiful lines are added inside the petals, repeating the contour, but in different variations, creating the impression of moving, living flashes.
- To make the drawing three-dimensional, each top of the flame must be outlined with additional sharp lines, which can bend in places, as a real flame does when the wind blows.
- When the main outline is ready, the extra light lines are erased with an eraser, and the final version is outlined with a softer pencil, you can begin shading the drawing. It should be taken into account that even in the drawing of a night fire there are the most shaded sides, as if light were falling on it. This artistic technique is necessary to give volume to the image of any object or natural phenomenon. The lightest spot should spread from the fire towards the compositional center, for example, to illuminate the face or figure of a standing person.
- Using light strokes of a soft pencil, the central part of the flame is first shaded. In the same translucent tone, light stripes rise along the middle parts of the tongues of painted fire.
- The outline of the fire is outlined with a soft pencil, and the greatest contrast between the darkest, sharpest lines and the almost white spot of light should be placed in the foreground to create perspective. The sharp ends of the flames can be carefully extended with sparks depicted using thin strokes.
After finishing the shading and emphasizing the shadow from the fire on one side, highlighting the highlights with an eraser or a pastel white pencil, the drawing can be considered ready.
Holiday card
During drawing lessons, students are given thematic tasks dedicated to holidays associated with military exploits and the eternal memory of heroes. The most symbolic thing in this case is the image of the “eternal flame” on a wall newspaper or postcard.
The ability to draw stylized flames can be useful for novice artists, especially when creating work to participate in school competitions or congratulate veterans.
On a sheet of paper you need to draw a five-pointed star, the foreground of which will remain visible in the final drawing, and the background will be covered by fire. For greater clarity, the star should be built completely so that it looks as realistic and correct as possible.
In the foreground, the height of the ends of the five-pointed star should be the highest, compared to the sides. You need to draw a flame on top, starting with an oval, in the center of which is the gas burner chute device.
In a circle there are flames of different heights with stripes of brightness inside, which can be emphasized with felt-tip pens.
To satisfactorily depict a flame in drawings, you need to arm yourself with theoretical knowledge, since even having the opportunity to observe live fire, it is difficult to draw it from life, especially for inexperienced artists.
A particle of the fire element will turn out to be the brightest and most realistic if you correctly construct the contours of the flames, and then do not spare bright colors.
