how to draw fire

Get 3 color shades for the fire colors and start coloring in the light part of the fire for the base. Then going on to the next shade and coloring outside of it then a darker shade after it. Take it like coloring layer next to another layer and it should blend next to each other. For sparks use the 2nd shade out of the 3 colors you use and just doodle out dots and mini slashes for the effect.