Learn to Paint a Realistic Candle using Gouache

1. Welcome to the class : Ever wondered how to paint realistic objects, how to pick the perfect colors, determinonal values, and incorporate shadows. Hello, everyone. My name is Zanna Abel, a passionate watercolor and Cache artist, an art educator, a Skillshare top teacher, and an author. Join me on the Skillshare class as we delve into the art of painting a realistic cantle with ache in the simplest way possible. Gua is an exceptionally versatile medium, providing beginners with an easy way to create vibrant artworks compared to the other mediums. While painting realistic objects can be tricky, I have broken it down into simple steps in the skill share class, making it both understandable and achievable. We will begin with an overview of the materials you will need, followed by a quick walk through of the steps to provide better insight into the process. It's a short and simple class, but there is no doubt you will leave the class with increased confidence in using guage, and also the knowledge needed to start crafting your own artworks. So, if you have an artist spare, grab your guage paints, and join me for a fun and creative painting time. 2. Before We Begin : Hello, my lovely friends. So here's the beautiful cantle painting that we're going to try. It isn't a difficult painting. The major thing here is the body of the candle, which is quite easy. Then we have the flame and also that thread. So basically, it is three different elements connected together. Before we start, I will quickly show you the four different steps. Then we can start with our painting. The very first step is to add the sketch. You can go for a thicker candle or a thinner candle, that's totally your choice. Then onto that, we will apply the colors. We'll be using burnt umber and yellow. We only need a rough blend of these colors here. And right after that, we'll be applying black onto the entire background. At this stage, while you're applying paint onto the background, we will also define the shape of the candle. And right after that, we will paint the flame. We use ermalin, yellow and a bit of blue towards the bottom. And the final step is to add that thread, connecting the flame and the wax candle. So, yeah, those are the steps involved. I want you guys to try it without rushing. Follow the steps carefully. There is no need to rush. Take your sweet time. At any point, if you want to take a break, stop it right there and come back and finish your painting when you're ready. 3. Materials you will need: Let's start by looking at the art supplies for this class. We'll be doing one small artwork. That's the size of the artwork. It is A six in size. Now I'll show you the paper that I'm going to use. It is Canson Hitage, hot pressed aticol paper. Cancer is a big brand and they have a lot of varieties of paper. This one is from the Heritage series, and it is a hot pressed atic paper, which means it doesn't have texture, and it is also 140 B, and that means the paper is quite thick. This one is also 100% cotton. For my Gach artworks, I always prefer going with a paper, which doesn't have much texture. But it's absolutely your choice. If you want to go with a textured paper, that is totally fine. You can see the paper. It doesn't have much texture. I will show you a closer look of this artwork as well. You can barely see any texture there. This one is a hot pressed watercolor paper, and that's the reason why it doesn't have any texture. The size, as I mentioned earlier, is a six, you can go the slightly bigger size or a smaller size. That's all about the paper. Now let's have a look at the colors you will need. We'll be doing this art work in three steps. First, we will paint the candle, then the background, and then the flame to paint the candle and the background, you will need plaque, white. If you don't have burnt umber, you can just make some black with burn Cena or brown, then you will also need some yellow. To paint the body of the cantle, you will need burn timber, some kind of yellow and white, and then to paint the background, you will need plaque. Now let's take a look at the flame. Obviously, you will need some orange and yellow. I will be using ermalin and the same yellow I use for the cantle. Then along with that, I will also need some blue. We'll need to apply this towards the bottom. Okay. These are the three colors you will need for the flame. The rest we have there already. These are the colors you will need for this painting. You can go with any blue and yellow. It doesn't matter. In short, you will need burn scena or burn temper, then some black, white, vermalin, any kind of yellow, and kind of blue. The next thing you will need is a mixing palette to mix your colors. This is the one I'll be using. Now, coming to the brushes. I'll be using four different brushes for this painting. The first burn is a size number eight flat brush. I'll be using this to apply paint onto the background. Then we have three more brushes here, three round brushes. The bigger one is size number six, then I have size number two and size number zero. Now, please don't worry, if you don't have the exact same size of brushes, that doesn't matter at all. You can go the brush size that is nearly similar or just use any brush size that works for you. We basically need a medium size brush. It could be round brush or floodruh, and a smaller one for the minute detailing. Okay. Now the next thing you will need is a jarra water. Whenever it is getting dirty, you can replace the water. So just one jars enough. Now the next material you will need is a masking tape or a washi tape or an arter tape. I always get questions about this masking tape. So it's actually a clear tape from the brand three M. But it doesn't need to be a clear tape. You can go with any kind of tape that works on your paper. Now, the next thing you will need is a pencil and an s. There isn't a lot of sketching involved. We just need to add the sketch of the candle and the flame. For that, you will need a pencil and an eraser. Last but not the least, you will also need a paper towel to dap off the ex amount of paint or water from your brush. That summarize all the materials you will need for this beautiful artwork. Keep them ready, and let's give it a try. 4. Part 1 - Painting the Candle: All right so let's start painting our gorgeous candle. Here's the paper that I'm going to use. It is Canson Heritage hot pressed watercolor paper. You can go with any paper that you normally use. I've always prefer using 100% cotton paper. This one is a very good brand, and the one I'm using here is hot pressed watercolor paper, which means it doesn't have a lot of texture. This paper is 140 LB thick. That says the paper is quite thick. It doesn't buckle, even if you apply multiple layers of paint. Okay. You can see the texture here. It is very lightly textured. When I'm applying the paint, the paper won't be bumpy, it wouldn't have any texture. I can blend the colors quite easily. I already have a piece of paper here. Now I'm going to start by fixing that onto my table. The size is a six, you can go with any size that you prefer and here's the tape I'm going to use to fix my paper. It's an EC tear clear tape from the brand three M. You can go with any normal masking tape or washi tape. This one is EC tear. I can just tear it off with my hand itself. I don't need a sister. Now, I'm applying that along the border. Unlike what a cola doesn't float and flow on the paper. If you don't want to apply masking tape or washi tape, that is totally fine. You can go for an irregular border with a very rustic and classy finish. The masking tape or washi tape or any tape is not really necessary. Or if you want to go for a clean border, you can apply it. I have fixed my paper directly onto my table. The next step is to add the sketch. I'm starting by adding two lines first line here. Now, another one here. That's the thickness of the canton. You can make it more thicker thinner, that's totally your choice. Also if you want to make it a bit more taller, even that is fine. Now, over here, I'm going to add an irregular shape. See that. So just an irregular shape. Now we need to add another line right behind that. Again, an irregular line. That's a basic shape of the cantle. Now from here, I'm going to add another irregular sheape to make it look like the wax is dripping. Okay. That's a basic shape. You can modify it however you want. Maybe you can make it more shorter or taller, or you can add any modifications. That's totally fine. Now the next thing I'm going to add is the flame. Over here, I'm adding a short line. And I'm adding a thickness, and on the top, I'm adding an irregular shape to give it a more natural look. Now over here, I'm adding the flame a long flame. That's a sketch. Now, in case if you want to modify anything, you can do that as you paint. For now, we just need a basic shape. Next, I'm going to prepare the colors. The first color I'm going to squeeze out is burnt umber. If you don't have burnt umber, you can just add a bit of black with burn scena. Into burn Cena, add a tiny bit of black and create a color which is similar like burnt umber. Burnt umber is nothing but a darker brown, more of an earthy brown. That is burnt umber. The next color I want is a yellow. I'm going to go for mid yellow. You can also use yellow ocher or any sort of yellow, not lemon yellow, any warm yellow. Now let me squeeze out a bit of that. We have burnt umber and a yellow here. The next color I need is a white. Go to squeeze out some next to brown, as well as yellow. We have all the colors ready. These are the colors we're going to use for the body of the candle. And the pressure I'm using a size number eight flatrush, go with any of your medium size flatrush, to apply paint. Now, I'm starting by mixing some burned number with white. See that. Just mix them together. We need a lighter brown. This is the color I'm going to use on the right side of the candle. That's where I'm going to show most of the shadow. Then as I come towards the left, I will switch to yellow. On this side, I'm going to apply this color. It can be a bit more lighter or darker according to your preference. Now, don't worry about the shape. We're going to fix it later as we apply the paint in the background. We're going to apply black color. At that time, we can fix the shape. It is totally okay if the paint is going out of that outline. That is burnt umber. You can just apply that in irregular way and just leave it there. Now we're going to switch to our second color, which is yellow. Let's clean our brush and go with yellow. Again, I'm going to mix some white with yellow. I don't want a very bright yellow, I want a soft and a subtle yellow. Color of yellow, mix that with white. Okay. Now, I'm going to apply that color onto the remaining area. Then I will blend that with the brown I have applied earlier. See that. Keep running your brush up and down and blend it. I'm going to apply this on the top asple doesn't need to be a clean, perfect blend. Just apply the paint however you can. Also, forget about the outline. D won't worry about that. Just add the paint and blend it however you can for now. So that's a right side. Now we have some more area left on the top, and over there asple I'm going to apply the same color. It's a mix of white and yellow. You can see I'm totally ignoring the outline and I'm just adding the paint. Now onto this side, I'm adding a bit more white to make it a bit more lighter. Okay. So that's a colors. Now, I'm going to clean my brush, and with a slightly damp brush, I'm just blending it. So I'm just running my brush up and down. That's it. You can see my outline is totally go, especially on the top part. It is not at all visible. W is totally fine, you just need to have an idea about how we're going to apply the paint. The sketch is more like a reference for us to know where we have to apply the paint. Gage is opaque. However you apply the paint, it will be covered. That's the body of the candle. Now, there is one more thing we have to do for which I'm going to go with a smaller brush. It is a size number two on rush, and I'm picking some white. I'm just going to add some highlights. On the left more side over here, I'm adding a bit of white. To create a light and shadow. We added more darker tones on the right, which means all the shadows are over there, and the light source is falling onto the side. To create that impression, we need to add in some lighter tones here. Now, I'm adding a bit on the top along that irregular line we added. Just a little. Go the paint which is not too opaque. We just need a subtle line here. See that. It is barely visible. Go in a similar way. Don't pick up a lot of paint. Once you've applied that, make your brush damp and just smudge it. Go very light handed, don't apply a lot of pressure. Smudge the paint in a very gentle way. That part is done. Now, we need to paint that area where we have the flame. That is the next task. I know at this point our candle is a total mess. It doesn't look like a candle. But stay with me in a couple of minutes. You're going to see how beautiful it is going to turn out. This is just part of the process. The process can be messy, but the end cell is going to be really gorgeous. Okay. There is a little paint missing on the right side on this top part. So I'm just adding that back in. Okay. So that's the body of the cantle. Now we're going to be the top part of the cantle. Okay. And for that as well, I'm starting with the same color we created earlier. O which is a mix of burnt umber and white. For this tip, it is good to use a smaller brush as we're going to define that shape. The brush I'm using here is size number two. It has got a pointed tip. So go any of your smaller brush for a better result. Okay. Now, with that pointed tip, I'm going to add the shape first. That looks a bit dark. Okay. So that's a color I'm using. I added a tiny bit of yellow to it. The color was pretty dark. Okay. So carefully define the shape of your candle. Go with an irregular shape to make it look more natural and realistic. Now onto the top, I'm going to add that lighter yellow, and I'm going to fill up that entire shape. So towards the bottom, we are trying to show all the shadows and the deeper tones, and along the top, we're going to make it more lighter. Pick up that color which you created earlier. It can be mix of burnt umber and white, or you can just mix your own burnt umber by adding some black with burn Cena, then add some white into it, and add that color along the top. While you're applying, define the shape of the cantle. Next, clean your brush and go with that yellow, that light or yellow, which is again a mix of white and yellow, and apply that on the top. Use a smaller brush so that you have a better grip. I have applied the paint and you can see the shape is complete now. This is the first and the major step in painting this candle. I know it is still looking quite messy, but trust me, with the next step, when we add plaque around that shape, it is going to look a lot more beautiful. 5. Part 2 - Painting the Background: Have finished painting the candle. The next step is to paint the background. For that, I'm going to squeeze out some black. You will need quite a bit of black. We're going to cover that entire background. So squeeze out enough of paint. So I have taken out some black ash and to apply paint onto the background. I'm using my flat brush. To apply paint onto the background, you can either use a flat brush or a round brush. It doesn't matter. Now I'm going to apply black paint on to the entire background. We you're applying paint along that top shape of the cantle. Obviously, you'll have to switch to a smaller brush. But for now a flat brush or any brush will work. First, I'm going to add a line here. A straight line. This is going to define the shape of the candle. Be very careful and apply a line. If you prefer using a round brush, that's totally fine, maybe you can define that shape using a smaller brush, then apply paint onto remaining area. This line is really important. That is what defines the shape of the cantle. Be very careful when you're applying paint around the cantle. The remaining area, you can just apply the paint however you want with any brush. But over here while you're adding the paint, you're also defining the shape of the cantle. The line is not straight. I'm just going to apply paint again. I'm carefully running my brush from the top to bottom. I'll have to do it one more time. I'm just running my bridge from top to bottom in a straight line. That looks fine. Now I'm going to apply paint onto the remaining area we have on the right side. I can just simply fill that out. Then gradually we'll have to go around the cantle and fix the remaining shape. Honestly, the only area you have to worry is around the cantle. Onto the remaining area, you can simply fill up some black paint or you can go for a darker brown instead of black if that is what you prefer. I'm just going to add paint onto all the remaining area, and I'm going to leave out the area closer to the cantle so that I can come back and fill up those areas with a smaller brush. For now, I'm just going to go with my flat brush and I'm just applying paint onto the anterior area. On the side asple you have to be really careful. We need to create that profile of the wax dripping down. So be very careful when you're adding paint over here. Towards the bottomst area, you can add a straight line just like we did on the other side. But on to the top, we need to create that profile of the wax. Oh, All right, so I have applied paint onto the entire area. Now we only have that crucial part left. And for that, I will need to switch to a smaller brush. So I'm just going to keep this brush aside. And I'm going to go with my smaller brush. I think by now you can already see the difference that messy shape is gone. We have defined the candle. Now with the next step, it is going to look at better. I'm picking some black with my smaller brush, and I'm going to carefully define the shape here. On this side, we are trying to create that waxes melting down. Just add an irregular line. The sketch we added earlier might not be visible right now. In that case, if you want to start with the pencil sketch, you could do that. Take out your pencil and add a line of that profile you want to follow. Then just follow that line using your brush and fill it up. Just follow the way that you're more comfortable with. You can either go with your pen or with your pencil first. Okay. Now, there is a little more I have to fix. So with the tip of my bridge, I'm fixing this corner and towards the bottom as well, the shape is not that proper. Okay. Now I'm changing the profile here a little to make it look more natural. I want to create that feel of the wax dripping down, that melted wax. On the right side, it was just a straight line. But over here, we need to follow a irregular line to make it look more natural. You can see the shape I have gone in with. You can modify it as you like. Next, I'm going to add the paint on the top. This area is also very important. Go with the smaller brush. We have to add an irregular line, and that's how we're going to define the shape. It is nothing complicated, just like how you define the shape of the melting wax, add an irregular line with any of your smaller brush. For the casple, if you want to start with a pentel sketch, that's totally fine. Maybe add a sketch, then follow with your brush. Now I'm going to fill up the remaining area. That's a shape I'm gone in with. For now, it looks okay. Maybe we can fix it later if there is a need. Now I'm going to quickly fill up the remaining area as well so that we can start with a flame. As I mentioned earlier, be really careful when you're defining the shape over here. That top left also needs a little fix. I'm picking more paint. And I'm defying this part. I want to make it look like this area is a bit higher. What I'm going to do is I'm just going to fill this tiny part. See that. This is giving us an impression that there's a little bump on the left, where we have that wax melting down. That part is also done. Now I'm going to fill up the area around the flame. Now there's one thing you have to be careful about when you are filling up the area around the flame. Don't follow the outline. You need to leave a cap. That's where we're going to add some orange. Take your black. Then add it around the flame while leaving some cap. Don't follow the outline. Leave a little offset like a four MM or a five MM. See that? I'm not following the outline here. In a similar way, I'm going to add paint on the other side asp. Use any of your smaller brush so that you can get a clean shape. With this step, you're actually done painting the background and also the candle, the body of the cantle. We will add some minute details at the end once we're done with the flame. At this date, this is what we have to do. 6. Part 3 - Painting the Flame: We have the canton and the background ready. The next step is to paint the flame. I have some leftover yellow on my palette. Along with that, I will also need some vermin. It can be a scarlet or vermelin, or any kind of red. Take out a little. Now, clean your brush. An brish that you're going to use. I'm using size number six ton brush. It can be a smaller brush or a medium size brush. Now pick up some paint on your brush, and add that along the outline. Right where you have stopped black. You can apply your vermelion or scarlet. For now, just apply the paint, and towards the bottom, don't apply any paint that's something you have to be careful about. Only along the top, add your paint, leave some cap at the bottom. Now, gradually smudge the paint into the background. Ermalin scarlet, yellow those colors are very transparent. Maybe we can add a tiny bit of white to make it opaque. That's not necessary only if you want to and adding your paint again. This will help you in smudging the paint. I have applied some more vermin. Maybe we can add a bit more. You can see I haven't applied any paint towards the bottom. Almost like a U shape. I have left that part as it is. Next, what I'm going to do is, I'm going to clean my brush. I'm going to wash out the paint. With the tam brush, I'm going to smudge it. Okay. It is just dam. It is not watery. Now with that slightly wet brush, I'm just mudging the paint. Okay. So you have black, smut the paint. Over here, I think there isn't enough orange. I'm just going to add some more paint. Then I will smudge it with a wet brush. When I say wet, it is just amp. Don't go the watery brush, just like you do with water c. Clean your brush, dab it on a paper towel. Just to be sure it is not too watery. If it's too watery, you will start pitching the paint, and your painting will look transparent. With a tam brush, smudge the paint gently. See that. That's the first part of painting the flame. We have applied paint around the shape. Now we need to paint the inner part of the flame. But before that, if you want to smudge the paint, if you want to introduce some more vermin or scarlet, you could do that right now. But don't add any paint over here. Towards the bottomst area, we'll be adding some blue. Okay, so go ahead and add some scarlet or vermin onto your flame, if you want to add a bit more. Once you have applied the paint, go with a damrush and smudge it and give it a softer look. Also, one more thing when you're smudging the paint, go very light handed. Don't put a lot of pressure. B as gentle as possible. That's a first step. Now we're going to paint the inside part of the flame, for which I'm using some yellow. The same yellow I used earlier, mid yellow, and I'm adding some white with it. That's a color I'm going with. It's an opaque yellow. Now I'm going to add that towards the inner side of the flame. Go any of your smaller brush or a brush with a pointed tip, minus size number six, but it has got a good pointed tip. I don't need to go for a smaller brush. Now apply that along the inner side of the flame. You can go for a nice shape, a long flame. Now, while I'm adding the paint, I'm not adding any paint at the center. It's more like an inverted U of a shape, or maybe like a hat. See that. With the center. I'm deliberately leaving some cap. Over there, I'm going to introduce a much more lighter tone, which I will do in a couple of minutes. Right now, go with that paqueo and add that in a similar way. The next task we have here is to make that outer shape blurry. Clean your brush. And dab it on a paper towel to make sure it is not too watery. We just need a damp brush. Now, just the same way how we did earlier. We need to make this area blurry. We don't need a clean, sharp line. Go with your damp brush and smudge it a bit. Again, go light handed. Don't put a lot of pressure. If needed, you can introduce a bit more orange. In case if you fail, there isn't enough. Now, slowly and gently smudge the paint. It is not a difficult task. You have to go with a damp brush, and run your brush along that sheep very gently. Only use the tip of your brush, don't scrub hands, scratch, and make a mess. Go in a very gentle and slow pace. I will smudge it a bit more. Then I'm going to go with a lighter tone, and I will fill up the remaining area we have at the center. Be very gentle when you're doing this. Otherwise, you will end up disturbing the background layer. All right. So that's the second step. We started off with vermin. We applied that around the shape. We made it glory. Now I'm adding yellow. It's a mix of yellow and a bit of white. And that's the second step. Now we're going to go with the third step, for which we'll have to make some white and yellow again. But this time the yellow has to be much more lighter. Looks like that paint is a bit muddy. Let me try that on the paper. Or else, I need to squeeze out some new white paint. Yes, it is a bit muddy. I think it is better to go with some new white paint. This one is ending up muddy. I think I will take out some clean white paint. All right, so have the color ready on my palette. Now, I will apply white first, then I think I will gradually introduce some yellow, that is going to be petal. First, I'm adding some white here. You can fill up that tie your remaining shape at the bottom. Atom white. Then gradually we can smuch that with a yellow with a dam brush. Along the outer shape, we have some vermin. Then we have some yellow, and then at the center, we have some white. Now I'm picking some yellow, and I'm smuging it. Go with a damp brush. If needed, we can pick some yellow and just smug it. When you're creating a flame or when you're painting a fire, it is very important to have different tonal values of orange and yellow. That is when you get that warm feel of a flame. Otherwise, it will end up looking quite flat and lifeless. To make it look like a flame, it is very important to play with different tonal values. Also the outline has to be blurry. That is another important thing. That's how it has turned out. For the next step, I'm going to take out some blue. This one is cobalt blue. You can use any blue. It doesn't need to be cobalt blue, and we only need a tiny bit. Take a tiny bit of blue onto your palette. Now, I'm going to apply that at the bottomost area of the flame, mix that with a bit of white, and go with any of your ram rush. Now add that in a in a shape over here. You can see we haven't applied any orange towards this part. We only have some white in the background. Now, clean your brush and go with a damp brush. Make sure it is not too watery. Now, gently smudge the paint. This is the same way how we did earlier. The only difference here is the color. The technique is exactly the same. Apply blue paint, then make it damp and smudge it. Maybe we can add some more paint. Smudgy is really important. Whenever you're smudging the paint, you have to go light handed. You should not put a lot of pressure. If you put a lot of pressure, all the paint will start coming off. It won't have a clean look. It will have a rough and patchy look. Okay. So gently smudge the paint using the tip of your brush. Don't scrub and scratch. So only towards the bottom, we have that bluish color and towards the top, I'm smudging it. So where we have that thread, where we put on the fire. I don't know what is it called. It's a read right. Yeah. It's a thread. Yeah. Over there, I'm smudging the paint. I'm doing that very gently and every time I'm cleaning the brush, I'm dabbing that on a paper towel. I don't want to go with a wet brush. I only need a damp brush. I'm adding some more blue then I'm smudging again. I feel the blue wasn't that prominent. That's why I introduce a bit more. Now I need to smudge it. I'm very generally smudging it. Maybe it is a good idea to pick some white. Okay? As we have used white in the background, it won't turn into a green. Otherwise, you all know when you mix blue and yellow together, you will end up getting a green. The blue we have used here is really light, and the background we have white or a very light yellow. Okay. That's how it has turned out. I'm pretty happy with it. Now, in case if you want to smutch the paint again, you can do that right now. We're not going to come back. Go the damp brush and smutch the paint gently. If you feel there is a need. Otherwise, you can just leave it acts. Only if you want to, you can smutch the paint again before we go with the final details. We're going to add that thread at the center. With that step, we'll be done with the flame. Then we'll need to add some minute touches on the candle, the body of the candle. Okay. That's how it has turned out. I cannot tell you how much happy I am with a flame. You can get the real warmth and feel of your candle, if you take a step back from your seat and have a look at your painting from a distance. Anyway, right now, we have one missing element, which is that thread. We need to connect the candle and the flame. First I'm starting with a mix of yellow and white. I'm creating a lighter yellow. Using that, I'm going to add a line right over here, connecting the cantle and the flame. Right now, the flame is just floating in the air. We need to connect that into the cantle. So first add a short line like this. Next, I'm going to go with brown. I don't have any brown here. I have no plans to squeeze out any paint. I'm just going to mix some vermalin with black. First, I'm going to clean my brush, and I'm going to take a bit of vermalin, and a tiny bit of black aspo to create a brown color. You can use brown or burn sa actus, or you can just make some vermalin worth black. I'm guessing you have some leftover paint on your palette. Just mix that and add that, right about that yellowish color. Go with any of your smaller brush or a brush with the pointed tip. Now add that brownish color. Above that line. You can make it a bit more longer. Take that into the flame. I'm picking some more paint, and I'm making it slightly longer. We have that yellowish color and brown. Next towards the top, I'm going to introduce some black. With the same brush, I'm picking some black, and I'm going to add the remaining shape. Be sure to go with a smaller brush. We don't want this to be too thick. Now I'm going to turn that a little. I'm going to go with the curvy sheep, and I'm adding black on the top. See that? Go the similar sheep. These tiny details and tiny modifications can add a lot of realistic value to your painting. We have black on the top, then some brown and a lighter value towards the bottom. Now, with a dam brush, I'm going to smug the paint, especially towards the area where we have brown and that yellowish color. Gently smug that a bit. That's how it has turned out. Maybe we can add a bit more brown. I'm adding that in. Now with a clean brush, I'm smudging it. You can see the difference that thread made, now the candle and the flame is connected, and it looks a lot better than earlier. Next, with the same brush, I'm just smudging the paint onto either side in a curvy way. See that. Just push and pull that paint into the candle. Maybe you can pick a little more brown. Not a lot, just a tiny bit of paint, and then push that into the candle in a curvy way. More like a tree. Okay? And smudge it very gently. You can see it is very soft and subtle. When you're adding these details, try to go with the paint that is watery. Don't go with an opaque paint. That part is also done. Now we need to add few final touches onto the candle. The first task is to define that melting wax by adding a shadow. We have added a shape on the left side over here, but we haven't added any details onto that. The color I'm going with is burned tumber, I'm adding some drops of water. It's a watery paint. See that. It is just a little pigment and a lot of water. So that's the kind of color I'm going with. And with that, I'm adding a very gentle line in a broken manner. Once you have added the line, you can dab it on a paper towel and smudge it dip it. We don't want that line to be too prominent. That's the reason why we went in with a paint, which is very watery. If it's an opaque paint, it will stand out, it will be a lot more prominent. This way, it will have a very soft and a subtle effect, and that is exactly what we need. That's a candle. If you want to add a bit more, you could do that. But not a lot. You have to be really careful about the tonal value. Now we have one final task remaining for which I'm going with some white, some clean white paint. So I'm using the same rushio. Go with any of your smaller brush and pick some clean white paint, and opaque paint. Now, with that, I'm going to add some highlights along the top line. I have taken some paint. See that. Now on the top, along that irregular line, I'm going to add a white line, a broken line. It doesn't need to be a continuous line. We're just trying to add some highlights to show that glazing on the candle. This line has to be super thin. You can see the way how I'm adding it. Add that in a broken manner. Don't add a continuous line. Now in a similar way, I'm going to add a line on the top asphalt on the other side. Again in a broken manner. I'm picking more paint, and I'm adding a few tiny lines here and there. One right there, leaving a gap, adding another one and one more there. It's just some highlights here and there. It doesn't need to be too prominent. Go with a very thin line and add that as a broken line. Don't go for a thick continuous line. That's how it has turned out. We are actually done with our candle painting. But just in case if you want to modify the flame, if you want to add some more paint or if you want to make it a bit more soft, you could do that. I'm just showing you how you can fix it. You can add more yellow or orange or vermin. If you feel like there is any color missing, and if you want to modify it, you could do that. Also you can make the outer shape blurry. If you're not really happy with the result. If you're happy with the result, you don't even need to touch it. But this is something that is very unique with gage. You can always go back and fix your painting. You can just go the damp brush and smut the paint to give it a softer look. These kind of modifications can be done even after you're done with your painting. But be very gentle. Don't put a lot of pressure when you're smuging the paint. Now there's one last thing that I want to do for which I'm picking some white, and I'm adding a long line at the center. A very subtle line. I'm adding that only at the center, this will enhance our flame a little more, and that's it. That's a realistic cantle painting. 7. Final thoughts + Thank you :): I wanted to explain each and every step. I went in with a very slow pace. But you can do this quite quickly. Maybe in less than 15 minutes, you can paint it. There's only few places where you have to be really careful about. One is when you're adding the flame, when you're adding those colors and smuhing it, obviously that you have to be careful. Then the next thing is adding black paint around the candle while you're defining the shape. That is another important thing. Then the rest is quite easy. Try it out if you have to try it. Maybe you can try a group of two candles or three. You can even change the color. Maybe you can paint a red candle. A red candle against a black background will be really beautiful. Anyways, that's a painting. Here's a closer look of the flam and the entire candle. I really like the way it turned out, especially that black background is enhancing the entire cantle a lot more. It looks like a photograph. All right, so thank you so much for joining. Give it a try, fair to try it and let me know if you liked it. And also, don't forget to aplod your gorgeous artworks into the class ridge gallery. And if you enjoyed this class, consider leaving a well. Okay, so thanks again for joining and happy painting.