The 2025 viewer art video is available. You can click on the thumbnail to watch or this link: https://youtu.be/jUdLmPhAbTI I would like to thank everyone who participated in this year's event. I always enjoy creating this video because it allows me, and others, to see the amazing creativity you have. One thing I really enjoy … Continue reading 2025 Viewer Art Video is available
Author: Brenda Wilkie
I've been doing pyrography since June of 2014 and I love this medium. My website is dedicated to exploring pyrography and sharing that knowledge.
Wood Burning: The Best Wood for Pyrography
What is the best wood for pyrography? This is a common question I get and one that I will do my best to answer in this blog. Spoiler alert, there isn’t a ‘best’ wood. Instead, I think the best wood is combination of personal preference, availability, and affordability. For example, I like American Holly because … Continue reading Wood Burning: The Best Wood for Pyrography
2025 Viewer Art Video participation info
Happy New Year and greetings my fellow pyro! This is a quick post to let you know that I'm accepting entries for the 2025 viewer art video. This marks the fifth year of this annual event This is my favorite video to work on because I not only get to see what you have done, … Continue reading 2025 Viewer Art Video participation info
Wood burning – easy Christmas Ornaments and Gifts (Winsons spray marker review)
In this blog I’m going to show you how to create some super easy Christmas ornaments and gifts. Everything is very beginner friendly and you can use any sort of burner to do the artwork. My goal with this blog is to provide you some ideas of what is possible. You can take the information … Continue reading Wood burning – easy Christmas Ornaments and Gifts (Winsons spray marker review)
Wood Burning – realistic Barn Owl
This is not a tutorial blog. Instead, this is just an easy way for me to provide the reference material, patterns, and YouTube link for the artwork. That said, I will provide some progress photos and discuss a couple of things. I apologize if you already received this post. I had a weird glitch on … Continue reading Wood Burning – realistic Barn Owl
Wood Burning – How to Create Smoke Texture (2 ways)
In this tutorial I’m going to briefly explain how to create wispy smoke. My goal with this tutorial is to help you identify the basic components of the smoke. Then show you how to replicate what you see. Once this is done, I hope that you will see how easy it is to create the … Continue reading Wood Burning – How to Create Smoke Texture (2 ways)
Website Update – July 2025
Greetings my fellow pyro! Just a quick blog updating you on my progress of fixing my website. First, a brief history for those of you not aware of the problem. I had an excess inodes error. This is something I had never heard of before, let along known there was a limit. Quite truthfully I … Continue reading Website Update – July 2025