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How to Draw a Candle
Draw a candle in 12 easy steps, about 9 minutes. Free, with a printable worksheet.
Each picture adds one red line. Draw that line, then scroll to the next picture. Rub out any dashed helper lines at the end. First up: the flame.
Step 1: The flame
Near the top draw a big teardrop flame, point up. Add a tiny wick under it.
Tip Make the flame big and fat.
Step 2: The candle
Under the wick draw a wide flat oval. From each end draw a long line down, stopping above the bottom.
Step 3: Big eyes
Halfway down the candle draw 2 big round eyes, a gap apart. Colour a big black dot in each.
Step 4: Smile and cheeks
Under the eyes draw an upside-down rainbow mouth, closed flat from end to end. Add a cheek under each eye.
Step 5: The cup
Draw an oval round the candle's bottom. From its ends draw lines down to a U. Add a ground line.
Tip The candle sits IN the cup: the oval crosses the candle's sides.
Step 6: Melty wax drips
Start on the left wall under the oval. Draw one bumpy line of 5 drips, ending on the right wall.
Step 7: Loop handle
Draw a big D handle on the right wall, from top down to bottom. Add a smaller D inside it.
Tip Both ends of each D run into the wall.
Step 8: The flame's heart
Inside the flame draw a smaller teardrop leaning the same way, sitting low, for the hot heart of the flame.
Step 9: Warm glow
Round the top of the flame draw 5 short rays pointing away, with a gap from the flame.
Step 10: Colour the flame
Colour the flame yellow and its heart orange.
Step 11: Pink cheeks, cream candle
Colour the cheeks and mouth pink. Colour the candle cream around them, leaving the drips, top and eyes white.
Step 12: Blue cup
Colour the cup and handle blue, and the inside of the cup sky blue. Leave the handle's hole white.
Your finished drawing
Follow the steps above and this is where you end up: a candle, drawn by you.
Every step in one picture
