How Do You Create Candle Flame Art?
Finding a unique way to tap into your own creativity and imagination is not always easy. Every artist gets a bit bored with their usual routine, no matter how skilled they are, and breaking from the usual art making can help end “artist’s block.” Abstract art was “born” in the very early 1900s and reached popularity in the 1950s with the paintings of Rothko and Pollack. Painting with a candle flame can be defined as a bit abstract and unusual to be sure, but its random shape and color can inspire many other types of creativity. I first used this candle-smoking technique with geriatric clients to help break them out of routine thinking and help foster abstract thought. By using a candle flame to lightly singe paper you can create ghostly and smoky images that can be further explored in many different ways with paints, pens or pencils. Light a candle. Tapered or pillar candles work the best as opposed to a candle in a glass container, as you want to be able to bring the paper closely ove
