Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
In this tutorial I’m going to explain the basic steps to create this simple Sea Turtle artwork. My sea turtle was burned on watercolor paper. I created the turtle for another project I was working on that I needed a turtle cut out. That is why there isn't a background or other objects in my … Continue reading Wood Burning – simple Sea Turtle pyrography tutorial
Pyrography can be a challenging artform to learn, but I have five tips for beginners that will help make the learning process easier. Hopefully the tips will help you avoid some common problems beginners often encounter.
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
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
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
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)
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