Flames Fire Drawings

Copy these flames fire drawings to prove to yourself that you are capable of drawing anything you put your mind to.

When you teach yourself to draw, you have to encourage yourself to try different subjects just as though a teacher was standing beside you, telling you what to do.

Nothing happens if you haven't got the dedication to learn new things - I think that goes without saying.

Sure, the resulting image might not be very successful but the next one will be better and from there it just improves each time.

At this stage, I avoided drawing sticks or tinder because of the level of difficulty for a beginner like me and instead I chose to depict a circle of rocks.

When I created these images, my drawing experience was only into its sixth month so I carefully stayed within my capabilities, to protect myself from suffering too much disappointment.

Here is an outline of a campfire that is designed to simplify a normally complex subject.

Flame drawing would best be done in color but for the exercise of achieving a good resemblance, it does us good to practice in pencil first.

When you learn how fires are built (see below), you also learn how to draw them in a way that tells a story.

What is Fire?

According to the dictionary, fire is flame, heat and light caused by something burning.

Substances burn in different ways.

Charcoal has a faint glow and heat is emitted.

Coal, gas, oil and wood have heat plus a flame. The color of the flame depends on the type of substance burning.

Did you know, if rags soaked in oil or paint are thrown into a pile in a shed, oxygen from the air slowly unites with the oil in the rags and enough heat is accumulated to set the rags alight. That uniting process is called oxidation.

We know it as 'spontaneous combustion' and lots of fires happen this way. That's pretty scary, hey?

Before a regular fire can be made, there must be fuel or a material that will burn.

Then that fuel must be heated to a kindling temperature, and, there must be plenty of oxygen.