With the help of beautiful candles, you can create a romantic atmosphere or simply decorate the interior. The modern market presents many options for candles of different sizes, colors and aromas. But why spend money on something that can be easily done at home? After all, almost everyone has ordinary paraffin candles.
Today we will tell you how to turn an ordinary candle into a work of art. This is a very exciting activity, and there is something magical about it. Feel free to involve children and other family members to create a colorful miracle.
Colored candles
You need
- paraffin candle
- paper cups
- glass beaker
- colored wax crayons
- wick
- a small piece of glass or metal
- favorite essential oils
Working process
Prepare the wick. Usually it is sold with a ready-made base, but if you don't want to buy, then do it yourself. Place a small piece of paraffin in a paper cup and melt in the microwave (if there is no microwave, just hold the paraffin in a water bath). Make a small hole in the piece of glass or metal and stretch the wick through it. Place the resulting structure in a glass beaker and fill it with prepared paraffin. 
Cut the crayons of the desired color into small pieces. 
Place the paraffin wax and crayons in paper cups. Melt everything in the microwave. Stir the contents of the glasses thoroughly until smooth. Add essential oil. Pour the mass of the desired color into a glass with a wick. You can tilt the container to get the shape you want. 
Wait until the first color hardens and pour in a lot of a different color. Do this with each color until you get a full sized candle. You can make each layer with a different flavor. 
If you add essential oils to the mixture, try making candles with the smell of Christmas tree and tangerine before the New Year holidays. You can also decorate a glass cup with coffee beans, shells or beads, the main thing is not plastic.
This way you can make a variety of candles. The whole process will take very little time, and the result will greatly delight you and your loved ones. 
Encaustic is painting with wax crayons melted on the surface of a hot iron. Such a simple device will help you create amazing pictures and master interesting handicrafts.
What is encaustics?
This art involves the creation of paintings using molten wax of various colors. Such works are still found on excavations. Ancient Greece... Early Christian paintings still retain their bright colors.
For work you only need:
- paper;
- iron;
- wax pencil.
Painting with wax: the necessary equipment and materials for encaustics
You can portray anything you want. If you are an aspiring artist, then abstract paintings will be within your power. If you have experience in creating canvases, then you will be able to depict clear landscapes.
The main material that is required in the work is art wax with colored pigments. It is sold in specialized art stores. If it is not possible to purchase such wax, then use drawing crayons and wax crayons. These can be purchased at a stationery store.
You will also need:
- glossy thick cardboard;
- soft cloth for polishing;
- a lining on the work table to keep it clean during work.
If this is not possible, then use a regular household iron, but it should be small, have a sole without holes and a temperature regulator.
You will need toilet paper and napkins or a cloth to clean the soleplate of the iron with these materials to change the color of the wax to a new one.
If you have a hair dryer in which you can adjust the temperature, then you can use it. Then use wax crayons as materials.
If encaustics become your constant hobby or even a source of income, then you will need to buy a special heating rod called causariya. It will help depict small details and ornate patterns.
Encaustic for beginners
For those who have just decided to master this interesting technique, it will be useful to find out what techniques can be used when working, these are:
- smoothing;
- edge work;
- imprint;
- nose job.
When the material acquires such a consistency, you will need to run the iron over the surface of the paper, but without pressing hard on it, so as not to burn it. A trace of the desired shape should remain on the sheet.
The edge work allows you to create various stripes. This technique is used to paint grass, flowers. First you need to proceed in the same way as in the case when you applied the impression using the smoothing technique. Now place the iron on this drawing with the edge to get the strip of the desired length. Remove excess wax with a soft cloth.
To use the encaustic technique to make veins in the drawing, you need to apply paint on a paper base, and then put the sole of the iron on it for a few seconds. Moreover, he should lie like a glove, they should not fidget.
To create small parts paintings, you need to dip the tip of the iron in melted wax, and then attach it to the canvas in the right place.
Encaustic - master class with photo
Now that you have learned the basics of this art, it's time to move on to a practical lesson. It will be easy for beginners.
Take:
- wax pencils;
- white sheet of thick cardboard;
- glue;
- a hair dryer in which you can adjust the temperature.
The pencils should be the same size, if any are longer, trim them back from the shank to align with the others.
Spread the top of the sheet with glue, attach the wax blanks here tightly to each other with the tip down. When the glue is dry, bring the hair dryer to the tips of the wax crayons using the highest power. In this case, the workpieces should begin to melt, and the wax will gradually flow down.
If you want strict vertical lines, then keep the piece of cardboard in its usual position. If you want to achieve interesting special effects, then turn it from side to side.
If you are satisfied with the result, then lay the work on a horizontal surface and wait for your masterpiece to solidify.
Such an art object will decorate a home or become an unusual gift on New Year or for another holiday.
The next master class will create a beautiful abstract painting.
To implement the plan you will need:
- thick paper;
- small iron without holes on the sole;
- wax pencils;
- paper that can cover the work surface.
Now bring the iron to the paper sheet and start moving it horizontally to one side and the other. At the same time, try to make sure that the colored stripes cross each other as little as possible and blend with each other.
As you understand, the principle of smoothing was applied. Now we need to use the impression method. To do this, press the iron against the surface to leave uneven prints on it. You can make a few more prints on each to achieve an interesting effect.
Wait for the encaustic painting to cool slightly and after about a minute polish its surface with a soft cloth.
Inexperienced viewers are unlikely to understand what you made of this work, beautiful and very effective. After you practice with simple samples, you can move on to more complex ones.
Encaustic - a master class for experienced
If you have all the necessary tools, then the work should not seem too complicated, even for masters with little experience. Here's what you need:
- hob;
- iron;
- paper;
- foam rubber;
- the cloth.
Use a crayon or pencil to draw a landscape of blue color and start shading it at the top of the sheet. Since the cardboard base will be hot, this will be easy to do.
Further mountains are drawn. To do this, put a brown chalk on the sole of the iron, turn the tool over, heat it.
Then apply an iron to the surface of the sheet, depict peaked peaks and a system of mountains, using some encaustic techniques.
If you need to blend paint, use a piece of cloth or a sponge for this. To surround the mountains with greenery, depict it with a crayon of this color. Draw other elements of the picture, then you can frame it in a frame.
Wax painting technique on paper
The encaustic technique allows you to get very beautiful landscapes... You will be convinced of this now. See what wonderful pictures the craftswomen create.
To work you will need:
- iron for encaustic or ordinary travel small size without holes;
- glossy cardboard, thick photographic paper for printers is suitable, on which photographs are printed;
- colored crayons;
- napkins;
- soft cloth.
When they become soft, you can use them, but without waiting for the wax to start flowing down from the surface of the iron.
Place the melted wax on the glossy cardboard, swipe from left to right. At the same time, make a small semicircle with an iron.
Carefully so as not to burn yourself, wipe off the wax from the surface of the iron with napkins and put crayons of a different color here. When they melt, place the iron on the right side of the sheet and swipe to the left, then in back side and left again.
Now you need to remove this wax from the iron with a napkin and melt the brown on it. Use the prepared solution to make the so-called sticks. In this case, you need to apply the iron to the paper and quickly lift it. This is done several times.
It remains to outline the small details. For this, the previously listed techniques are used. Run the edge and then the tip of the iron over the pattern to create a bush.
Look at the beauty. Since the painting is done with wax paints, it will shine delightfully.
The encaustic technique is also good in that you can come up with a plot for a picture right on the go. By doing a few strokes of the iron, placing the wax in random order, you may find that you have drawn something unintended earlier.
The craftswoman from the next master class portrayed the bird in this way in her masterpiece. But first things first.
First she took:
- heat-resistant glossy cardboard;
- german and Russian wax crayons;
- iron;
- towel;
- a napkin.
Now you need to put white and blue crayons on a warm iron, start drawing with them.
Turn over a piece of cardboard and wax it with an iron on the other side. Now you need to draw the clouds with the edges of the iron.
If necessary, occasionally wipe the sole of your instrument with a tissue. But if you use the same colors, then you don't have to.
Looking closer, the craftswoman saw that a bird appeared on the canvas, though a little strange. It was decided to paint her feathers with the tip of an iron.
You can make adjustments using a toothpick or a sharp-nosed wooden skewer. With the help of it, you will remove unnecessary things, paint something, clean something.
Now we need to make prints to depict the grass, bushes. To do this, put green and brown chalk on the iron, apply them to the desired part of the drawing.
The crowns of trees are depicted as follows. Apply a little brown or green wax to the tip of the iron and paint this detail with this part of the tool.
Using the impression technique, draw leaves on the trunk and branches, and apply an adjustment with a skewer.
The heroine did not like the first bird, so she drew a crown of a tree in this place. But then I decided to draw a seagull white... To do this, you need to scratch the outline of the bird with the tip of a wooden stick. Dip it in melted wax and paint in the details.
All that remains is to polish the masterpiece with a soft napkin and you can hang the picture or present it for any holiday.
How to draw with an iron - technique for beginners
The next master class will allow you to create a picture in red and yellow tones with dark splashes.
Even those who believe that they cannot draw can depict her. To do this, they only need:
- glossy cardboard A5;
- children's wax crayons;
- iron without holes on the sole with a thermostat, which is designed for dry ironing.
The temperature of the iron should be as low as possible, so set the thermostat to the position for smoothing wool or silk. Place the crayons on the sole of this tool so that yellow is at the bottom, orange is below it, red is even lower, then dark pink and burgundy go further.
Use this colored rainbow to paint a bright sky using the smoothing technique. To do this, simply move the iron over the surface of the paper as if you were ironing from right to left and vice versa.
Use a napkin to wipe off any excess wax on the warm surface of the iron and add a different color of crayon here. What, can be seen in the next photo.
You also need to iron the sheet horizontally with movements back and forth. This will create the main background.
To draw with an iron further, you need to dissolve black chalk on its tip. Use this part of the work surface of the iron by making an impression on the paper with the tip.
Next, use this technique to make prints at the bottom of the leaf and create fabulous vegetation.
To paint further with wax, use the sides of the iron. Place it on its edge on the printed background to create vertical lines, such as grass.
After you have taken the impression with black wax, you will have a certain pattern on the tip of the iron. Do not wipe off this coating, make prints further, you will get an effective result.
Such encaustics are also suitable for beginners, as they do not require special skills.
Now draw with the tip of the iron, for this you need to pick up a little wax with the tip of the iron and drive it in the drawing, creating black flowers and leaves here.
See how to paint with wax birds. To do this, put a point on the desired part of the picture with the tip of the iron. Then draw two wings for each bird with the edges.
The final chord is polishing the image with a soft cloth. It will turn out to be radiant and shiny.
When you practice on such works, you will be able to create masterpieces with smaller features in this technique.
To reproduce such a blooming apricot or sakura branch, take:
- black cardboard;
- white marker;
- wax crayons;
- iron;
- a soft cloth.
Hold the iron in your right hand and take the green chalk in your left. Place the tip against the iron to melt the wax slightly.
If you are better at using your left hand, then hold the instrument and crayon in the way that suits you.
Start filling one half of the sheet first, moving the iron up and down. Leave it on the cardboard to create a continuous layer. Now fill in the other half of the sheet in the same way.
Take the pink crayon, melt it on the tip of your iron, and start recreating the pink petal.
Complete all the elements of the flower in the same way. Those petals that are closer to the viewer need to be filled with the last ones to create volume.
Apply brown paint to the tip of the iron and make a sprig. Form the stamens from the yellow and brown.
To make the flower look more realistic, you need to lightly scratch with a special tool from the core to the beginning of the petals. You can use a sharpened wooden stick for this.
With the same tool, you can scratch off the wax where it is not needed to make the contours of the petals and flowers more even.
If the elements of the picture are already frozen, you can put the canvas on a heating surface so that the wax softens slightly and remove excess or draw veins on the sheets. After the final sanding of the painting with a soft cloth, you can proudly admire the result of the work.
Yes, if you try, then the iron will become a tool of a talented artist.
The presented works are more within the power of adults, and young children should not be given even warm irons for work. Therefore, check out the variety of this technique that kids are happy to do.
Encaustic technique for children
Invite the children to do pointillism encaustics. The next master class will help you master this handicraft yourself and teach it to children.
On a piece of paper you need to draw simple pencil outlines of the future masterpiece. For example, this is a cockerel.
So that you can depict it, we suggest attaching a sheet of paper to the presented template and simply redrawing it.
Since encaustics still involves heating the wax, so be with your child during class. Place the candle in a convenient container and light it. Have the child hold the crayon over the candle flame until a drop forms. After that, it must be quickly transferred to a certain area of \u200b\u200bthe drawing.
The work requires patience, accuracy, but the result will be amazing. Such a three-dimensional picture will become a source of pride for parents for their child.
If the children are very young, then there is no need to show them the technique of creating a picture with a burning candle, but it is better to teach them how to create masterpieces using the pointillism technique, using a cold method that is safe for them.
Winter drawings will come in handy now. To make them, give the children:
- sheets of black cardboard;
- cotton buds;
- paints.
Adults or older children can use white wax crayons, heating them to create works, thereby mastering the art of encaustics.
To reinforce what you have learned, watch the video to help beginners and older children become even better at drawing with hot wax.
If you have already practiced enough, then try to create a picturesque landscape with the author of the following video.
Since the invention cousins Edwin Binney and Harold Smith in 1903, colored pencils have become almost an integral part of children's life. Remember your childhood and your children's albums, dotted with multi-colored scribbles of inept lines and strokes. Drawing with colored pencils, perhaps, has not bypassed a single person on Earth, because drawing lessons begin with kindergarten and continues in the elementary school with pencils, along with watercolors.
No other commercial product can match the versatility of a pencil. Most importantly, wax crayons are completely non-toxic, made from natural materials, environmentally friendly and available in over 120 colors. In fact, with their help, you can get many more colors and shades by mixing them directly on paper during the drawing process.
Pencils and crayons undoubtedly play an important role in developing a child's craving for creativity. As for the market for these products, here we see several different types of pencils: ordinary classic, glow in the dark (luminescent), with flavors, glitter and water soluble. But despite the variety, they all have the same basic ingredients: paraffin wax and pigments that determine their specific color.
Manufacturing methods
First, we need to make paper tubes. They will serve not only as a form for our homemade drawing supplies, but also protect hands from soiled dyes later.
The ducts are very simple to make. You just need to wind several layers of any paper on a round blank of a suitable diameter, gluing the layers with PVA glue so that they are dense enough. How many layers will have to be wound depends on the density of the paper itself. As a result, you should get approximately the same tubes as in the illustration.
There are only two methods of making homemade drawing supplies themselves.
Method one, similar to the industrial method, but available for DIY replication at home.
First, melt the paraffin or stearin from the candle stubs (beeswax will work too). Add ordinary food colors and about one tablespoon of boiling water to the molten paraffin. All this must be thoroughly mixed until the color of the mixture is uniform and poured into molds, that is, into the very paper tubes.
In industrial conditions, special hardeners and pressing are used to give pencils the necessary hardness, but we can do without this.
Method two, an equally affordable way of making crayons for drawing with your own hands is to use ordinary soap instead of paraffin.
You will need half a glass of soap flakes, again food coloring and boiling water. The soap flakes must first be dissolved in hot water. There should not be a lot of water, but just enough so that the mixture has the consistency of a paste. If you pour the water and the mixture is not thick enough, you will have to evaporate it.
After dissolving the soap flakes completely to a uniform paste composition, add food coloring to it, and mix all this until the color is uniform. Make sure that there are no air bubbles in the paste, otherwise the crayons will be brittle. Finally, fill your paper tubes and leave them to dry overnight.
It is also easy to make new wax crayons from broken or written ones. Just melt them and pour them into molds.
If later you wrap the pencils in colored paper or an original wrapper, then they may well become the most original handmade gift.
By the way, one of the most interesting facts about colored pencils: On average, a child writes about 700 pencils, from their first attempts to draw, right up to their tenth birthday.
All children love wax crayons. Do you remember how convenient and interesting it was to paint everything with them? I still love this indescribable feeling of contact between wax pencil and paper ...
But you can not only draw with wax crayons - the range of their use is quite wide. For example, an unusual color is prepared on the basis of crayons. It's amazing how much you can think of if you free your imagination from the usual framework! These colored candles - the fruits of a vivid imagination ... Just admire!
Crayon candle
- First, take a box of crayons.
- Choose your favorite colors that blend harmoniously.
- You can use a glass beaker as a candlestick. A wick is a must for a candle!
- Glue the wick to the glass, preferably in the middle.
- Place the remaining wax from old candles in a plastic cup. Heat the wax in the microwave.
- Cut the wax crayons into pieces and add them to the melted wax.
- Place the candlestick at an angle for easy pouring of melted wax.
- Melt the crayons and wax thoroughly in the microwave, pour the liquid mass into the candlestick. Let it freeze for 20 minutes.
- Now turn the glass to the other side and pour another colored layer of wax into the candlestick. Also let it freeze.
- Carefully pour the last layer on top, let the candle dry well.
- Brilliant result!
In this video you can see all the subtleties of making colored candles from wax crayons.
By adding a few drops of essential oil to liquid wax, you can make your candle scented! Make candles from crayons you can with your child, because it is so easy. Most importantly, you can achieve flawless favorite colors by mixing melted crayons of different shades. Make a unique candle to match yours
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Hello everyone. I was always amazed at spoiled teenagers who scandal with their parents over an iPhone of that color, but this story happened to me: This year my husband and I had a lot of spending: buying a house, furniture, renovating a kitchen, having a child ... in general, on new year gift I did not expect, although I stuttered several times that I wanted a new iPhone 11 pro. Well, yes, yesterday I found the same phone under the Christmas tree, but ... in gold, and I really wanted Midnight Green, which is fashionable this season. In theory, it can be changed to green, but I'm afraid of offending my husband and seem ungrateful. What should I do?
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I decided to write here, because it is very annoying, but I don't know what to do and how to react. Thanks a lot in advance for the advice.
I have a daughter of 11 years old, and my colleague has a daughter of 13 years old. For a very long time she could not get pregnant from her husband, divorced and gave birth from a random man who sometimes helps them. I gave birth in marriage, then my husband left for another.
A colleague all the time talks about her daughter in a superlative degree. That she knows English perfectly and speaks with a British accent, even the English teacher is amazed at her innate abilities. She has been dancing since she was five and dance club they always put on the first part or solo to dance. She swims like a little mermaid, holding her breath for six minutes. Rides like a real rider. All the boys in the class run after her in herds, the girls line up to sit with her at the same desk. And, well, what a beauty is by itself. The photo does not show that we, the envious aunts, do not jinx her.
And so my sister transferred her son to the class where this girl is studying. After a while, we accidentally talked about her, and it turned out that this girl is very timid, stutters with excitement when teachers or classmates speak to her. She is tall and plump, she has very thick legs and a long, slightly horse-like face with a heavy lower jaw, she is terribly awkward, she walks waddle. She doesn't go to the pool with the class at all, she is allergic to bleach. She studies so-so, because of shyness, she often does not answer, even if she knows the topic, and those teachers who do not regret it, often give three. In general, she studies between 3 and 4. No one of the boys runs after her, but, on the contrary, teases and laughs at her. And the girls do not want to take her into their company, they snort. She sits alone, she never participates in any class activities, the very last one always resorts to physical education.
And now, when at work my colleague begins to tell stories about her daughter, I always want to react somehow, but I don’t know how. If she just talked, otherwise she always speaks as if against the rest. Someone says, "I completely got out of my hands, does not do my homework, walks, does not drag home," she immediately: "and my clever girl does all her homework as soon as she comes home, then she studies English on Skype for two hours, then cook my the arrival of the soup, vacuums, embroider with satin stitch, then at leisure sews aprons, potholders and hemming curtains. " they put six in her diary with delight. And so always. I would like to somehow let her understand that I know how things really are with her daughter, but I don’t want it to look like I’m out of envy I do it.
What would you do?
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