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Pyrography for Beginners – Watercolor 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 →

Pyrography techniques – The Christmas Race 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 →

Pyrography Techniques – Tips for Smooth Burn Results wood burning tutorial

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 →

Pyrography Challenge 3 (Sept 19, 2021)

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) →

Pyrography Challenge 2 (Sept 12, 2021)

This week's challenge is the Mourning Dove.   This artwork is the 8th installment in my backyard bird series.  I haven't created any content about this artwork yet, but like the previous challenge I will include some progress photos to help you create the artwork.    First, here's the link to the pdf pattern:  Mourning Dove … Continue reading Pyrography Challenge 2 (Sept 12, 2021) →