Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
This is the second installment of my portrait tutorial series. As promised this tutorial covers the entire face instead of just the eyes and nose as the last one did. Ok, I didn’t burn in the top of the head, but that area isn’t any different than the forehead or the cheeks. I will be … Continue reading Portrait 2 BABY FACE PYROGRAPHY TUTORIAL wood burning techniques
A few years back a friend and former co-worker paid me to create a portrait of his kids, Matthew and Maggie, as a gift for his wife. Apparently they were both pleased with the results as it has become a yearly tradition. This blog will discuss the portrait that I did in 2018. Click on … Continue reading 2018 Matthew and Maggie Portrait Pyrography Art Wood Burning
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the Cheetah pyrography artwork. This artwork is the first installment of my Big Cat series. I am extremely fond of big cats, so the series allows me to create artwork about a subject I really like. I started the series to complete my testing of … Continue reading Cheetah Pyrography Tutorial wood burning techniques
This is the first installment of my new portrait tutorial series. This is something I’ve previously been asked for, but said no as I don’t feel that portrait work is my strong suit. For the New Year I decided to work on improving things I’m not good at like portrait. Plus my YouTube channel has … Continue reading Baby Eyes Pyrography Portrait Tutorial wood burning techniques
I was sent a copy of Michele Parsons’ book, “Leather Pyrography a Beginner’s Guide” to review. I’m fairly new to burning on leather, so I was excited when Fox Chapel Published contacted me about this book. This blog will cover my review of the book and the skill level I think the book is good … Continue reading Michele Parsons LEATHER PYROGRAPHY a Beginner’s Guide Book Review
It seems like I’ve noticed a lot of pencil artist using grey value finders to help them determine how dark to color in an area on their drawing. The tool seems like it would be very helpful, so I searched for a sepia value finder to use in pyrography. I couldn’t find one. Instead I … Continue reading Making a Sepia and Grey Value Finder Pyrography tutorial wood burning techniques
I like to put borders around the edges of my artwork as I think they give the artwork a polished look that is similar to framing the work. In this short blog I will provide some tips for creating borders on your artwork. I will cover using a torch to burn in a border and … Continue reading Creating Borders and Straight Edges in Pyrography Wood burning Tutorial