Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
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A month or so back I was asked by Keith to write a tutorial explaining how to create ocean waves in pyrography. I’ve never created an ocean scene before and have wanted to try it, so this blog is all about that attempt. This tutorial will cover the pyrography techniques I used to create the … Continue reading Pyrography Tutorial Crashing Ocean Waves wood burning technique with airbrush color
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the Covered Bridge pyrography artwork. This artwork is the 7th installment in my mini project series. My primary goal with this artwork is to demonstrate the importance of contrast in creating visually striking images. The secondary goal is to show you how to create the … Continue reading Pyrography Tutorial The Covered Bridge – A study of contrast in wood burning
With this tutorial I will explain how to create the Dewy Leaf, which is the 4th installment in my mini project series. This mini project will explore how to create out-of-focus leaves in the background and in-focus leaves in the foreground. To add visual interest and a little challenge to the project, the in-focus leaves … Continue reading mini project 4 DEWY LEAF pyrography tutorial wood burning
My husband, Todd, loves to take pictures. He’s been known to get up early, so he can reach his photo destination as the sun is just rising. One day he was at the Ilwaco marina, it was a touch foggy, and he took several pictures of the moored boats. One of the pictures I just … Continue reading Misty Marina Pyrography Artwork boat wood burning
With this tutorial I will explain how to create the Seashells, the 3rd installment of my mini project series. One of my goals with this project is to show you how shapes can affect shadows. Another goal is to help you critically examine reference material, so you can better replicate what you see. In my … Continue reading mini project 3 Seashells Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
Mountain Lake is the first in my mini project tutorial series. This series will focus on small projects that work on skill building. With the Mountain Lake, the skill we'll be working on is using the zigzag stroke to create texture like mountains, pine trees, and, yes, a lake. The techniques I will be presenting … Continue reading Mountain Lake Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
The Old Truck artwork is probably the most challenging pyrography art I have done to date. This truck has a lot of complex parts like the grille, and the spoked rubber tires, and the wood paneled sides. As I don’t have a clue what sort of truck this really is, I resorted to calling it … Continue reading Old Truck Pyrography Art wood burning