How to Draw Flames Better by Studying Them

Believe it or not, learning how to draw flames is one of the easiest things a new artist can learn to do. But, for something that is so simple to do, the results can be pretty cool. So, if you want to learn how to draw flames, just keep these tips in mind.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. 
   Draw the outline

   Your first step is to study some flames and really get a feel for how they are shaped, how they flow. So light a match or start a fire in the fireplace. Now look at the flames for a while. Study the colors. After all, fire isn’t just orange. It can be yellow and even blue, too. And don’t limit yourself to real flames. Take a look at how other artists draw fire. You can get some inspiration from their techniques.

2. 
   Add more detail

   Now take a piece of paper and a pen or pencil and just start drawing. The great thing about flames is that there’s really no right or wrong way to draw them. You can draw them in thousands of different ways, and anyone looking at what you drew will get that it’s a drawing of fire. So don’t worry too much about doing it right. Just let it flow, letting your pencil wander across the paper. Before you know it, flames will start to take shape on the page.

3. 
   Add color

   Your next step in learning how to draw flames is to add color. The outside of a flame is usually the most vibrant. Then, as you move towards the center and down, bright orange fades to light yellow, almost white in some cases. Then, at the bottom of the flame and towards the center, you will find the color blue. What you use to do this will depend on the effect you are going for. If you want vibrant, almost cartoonish flames, you can use bright, vibrant markers. If you want more realistic looking flames, you can use something like colored pencils, which allow you to shade and blend until you get the desired effect.

[Elizabethknows]

on 5/18/2009 seems pretty neat flames are a great thing to draw. 5*