Wax that has been running for hours: it spills over the rim, down the sides and out into a wide pool at the base, which is the shape that makes the candle look old rather than new. The flame is the excuse for yellow and orange, the bat beside it the one dark note. Four-year-olds finish this easy Halloween drawing in a sitting. The bare tree takes a whole evening instead.
A Halloween candle with wax pooling and a bat flying past.
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Halloween Candle: how to draw it step by step
Here is halloween candle in 7 steps.
Mark the two sides of the candle as a pair of vertical lines.
Cap it with a shallow oval and close the base flat.
Add the wick, then the flame as a pointed teardrop above it.
Run the wax over the rim, each drip stopping at a different height.
Spread the pool of melted wax out along the base.
Draw the small bat flying beside the flame, wings spread.
Finish with the two little ears on the bat.
What you need
Paper, a pencil and an eraser.