Candle Painting

Series

Series Name

Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.

674

Date Released

23 Nov 1967

Date recorded

24 Oct 1967

Length of issue (in feet)

741

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Candle Painting
2. 2Water Diviner
3. 3Mouse Girl

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 3

Summary

Pathe synopsis: Primitive yet sophisticated . Simple - but complex too. Soothing, and also grotesquely frightening. Artist David Boyd has engineered these contradictions by painting with candle smoke. He calls this new style of picture painting, Sfumato, which means smokey tones, and his whispy contours are already being hailed as masterpieces.

Written sources

Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards   Used for synopsis

Credits:

Commentator

Wilfrid Thomas

Length of story (in feet)

348

Story extras:

Film clip

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