Painting By Candle Smoke Aka Candle Smoke (1967)

Islington, London. M/S of a little mouse crawling through some straw; M/S of a girl holding a twig, using it as a diviner. Several shots show artist David Boyd at work on a picture; he lights several candles in a candelabra and stands beneath a suspended canvas, moving the candles around so their smoke leaves marks. Using different candles he slowly builds up a picture of a female face. He then uses a candle to burn into the paint base of the canvas, which sends hundreds of golden bubbles out across the surface. We see several finished paintings by David; most are smoke and oil mixed. He called this style Sfumato, which means smoky tones. Note: on file is a magazine cutting about David. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical co