Fire

Today, after supper while I was babysitting my grandson, he brought out his and my drawings of Fire that we had started during the summer (see post on 02 August 2019).

I was very surprised to see that he had kept them and wanted to finish them.

We worked on putting in the flames with red, yellow, orange, blue, green and purple until the area of the fire was completed.

Together, we decided that it would be better if we did not try to put a dark background behind the flames.

He asked me if he could keep my drawing and I was happy to give it to him.

Fire - A Work in Progress

Today I was babysitting my grandson, Aaron and after supper he wanted to draw and colour.

So, I had him get washed and into pajamas so he would be ready for bed when his dad came home on his break to put him to bed.

While he was getting ready I got out coloured pencils and paper. When he was ready, I asked him what he would like to draw and he said "A campfire."

So, we sat together and I had him follow along with me.

First, I made a curved line near the bottom of the paper and using brown I ran lines out from the curved line to make the logs.

Next, we ran dark lines outward on each log to give the illusion of bark, followed by colouring them in.

Now it was time to put in the flames, using yellow, green, red, blue and orange.

Before we could finish the drawing his dad came home and it was time for him to go to bed.

Hurricane Lantern 1

Today the theme for the Still Life class at the Kawartha Artists" Gallery and Studio was Lamps and Clocks. But with the temperature setting record breaking low temperatures (in the morning 1F (-17C) with the wind chill at -9F (-23C) and with the wind dying down in the afternoon it warmed up to 16F (-9C)) for the season, not many people came out for the class.

We had a large section of lanterns and not one clock, so to make the display interesting we added a number of art books and placed a pair of reading glasses on an open book.

We placed a wooden chair beside the table, added a pillow and draped a fringed shawl over the back of the chair. The finishing touch was a tea cup on the table by the chair.

For my first drawing I chose a tall antique copper hurricane lantern that I found interesting with the outer glass chimney held in place with five vertical copper slats and two rounded thick copper wires welded into place on one of the slats.

The cap at the top of the outer part of the lantern had the same copper wire that was used in the banding around the outer glass for a handle.

The lid at the top of the cap opens to allow the egress of air but would also protect the flame from high winds and also allows the candle to be lit.

The interesting thing about this lantern is that it is also has a dead-flame lamp inside and the base at the bottom of the lantern opens to allow the dead-flame lamp to be removed.

Dead-flame lamps have a (fuel tank) can be filled with either oil or kerosene that attaches to wick holding lamp burner which holds the glass chimney with four prongs. The airflow to the wick is controlled through the burner vents and the open chimney.

I will post the other lamp I started at a later date.

Flickering Flames - A Work in Progress

I started this painting along with Water Lily Reflections (see posting on 06 September 10) and Yellow Water Lilies (see posting on 07 September 10).

I added darker colour to the left side of the fire near the bottom for more contrast against the red and yellow.

Using new gamboge and aureolin I brightened up some of the flames.

I have to decide where I am going to indicate some of the wood beneath the fire as well as how much detail I want to have in the flames.

I will post this painting again once it is completed.

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