Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
I just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your support. 2021 has been a great year for my YouTube channel and website. Neither one would be what they are without you. To celebrate I'd like to create a video featuring your pyrography artwork. Please send me a photo of your best … Continue reading 2021 Thank You
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the colored pencil version of the Nativity scene. Just like the watercolor version, this is a super easy project to do. The pyrography is so basic that you can use a crafter burner. Plus, you can easily customize the colors to your preferences. This fun … Continue reading Pyrography for Beginners – color pencil Nativity Christmas Postcard wood burning tutorial
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create a Nativity scene using pyrography and watercolors. This is a super easy project that can be done on wood or watercolor paper. The pyrography portion of the artwork is very basic and can be done with a crafter burner; even one without a temperature control. … Continue reading Pyrography for Beginners – Watercolor Nativity Christmas Postcard wood burning tutorial
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create The Christmas Race artwork. The artwork is based on a drawing by David Young. I loved the humorous and whimsical nature of his drawing. It is a lot of fun to use a line drawing and transform it into whatever you want. Even though I … Continue reading Pyrography techniques – The Christmas Race wood burning tutorial
This is just a friendly reminder that you have 13 days left to get your challenge artwork sent to me if you'd like it to appear in a video on YouTube. Plus, I want to mention a new YouTube tutorial that is available today. The YouTube tutorial covers creating fur or hair against a dark … Continue reading Pyrography Challenge Reminder
In this tutorial I’m going give you 6 tips for getting smooth burn results. Then I will do an example burn to show the tips in action. During the example burn I will provide some addition information such as extending the color, and switching pen tips. I created a video version of this tutorial and … Continue reading Pyrography Techniques – Tips for Smooth Burn Results wood burning tutorial
This is the last of the weekly challenges. This challenge features the Yawning Jaguar. I had started this artwork with the intention of turning into a tutorial, but during the course of creating the artwork I decided against that. The reason is the reference photo isn’t awesome, and the mouth was a bit complex. That … Continue reading Pyrography Challenge 3 (Sept 19, 2021)