Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to use watercolor grounds in pyrography. Watercolor grounds are used to create a surface that is similar to watercolor paper. This lets you use all sorts of liquid mediums like paints, dyes, and inks on wood. I got the idea from Valarie Connell who adds color to … Continue reading Using Watercolor Grounds in Pyrography tutorial wood burning
In this tutorial I’m going to discuss how resize pdfs and photos. Also I will explain how to use photos to trace designs onto the wood; no need for a pattern. The method I’m going to explain can be used on wood, paper, leather, gourds, etc., and any other surface that accepts pencil. I chose … Continue reading Resizing Photos and Using Photos in Pyrography tutorial wood burning
In this blog I’m going to discuss the different Colwood pen tips I use in pyrography. There are a lot of different pen tips available, but I thought it would be useful to know which pen tips I use and why. This blog will get updated with any additional pen tips I find useful … Continue reading The Colwood Pyrography Pen Tips I Use in Wood Burning
About a year ago I tried burning on leather and was very disappointed with the results. The leather’s surface wasn’t conducive to the techniques I use in pyrography, so I couldn’t achieve the same level of detail I can with wood. A few months back I became obsessed with learning how to burn fine art … Continue reading How to Smooth & Burn Leather Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
The shading pen tip is my workhorse in pyrography. Other than the gingerbread house tutorial, all of my projects so far have relied heavily on the shading tip. Just guessing I would estimate I use it at least 95% of the time if not more. As I’ve mentioned before, I have a Colwood burner (super … Continue reading How to use the Pyrography Shading Pen Tip Tutorial wood burning
This blog is a "how to" or "informational page" on the different products used to seal/finish fine art. It is written in part (ok, mostly) by Todd as he’s the expert in our household on this subject. Todd also creates and preps most of the boards that I burn on (yes, I’m a very … Continue reading How to Finish / Seal Fine Wood Art Tutorial wood burning
In this blog I'm going to discuss three main methods of transferring a pattern to wood; stamping, ironing, and tracing. The methods can be applied to almost any surface that accepts graphite; things like leather, paper, gourds, and, of course, wood. Like all things, each method has its good and bad points, so allow me … Continue reading How To Transfer Patterns To Wood via Stamp, Iron, or Trace wood burning