Pyrography for Beginners – African Daisy Greeting Card wood burning tutorial

In this beginner friendly tutorial, I’m going to explain how to create the African daisy artwork greeting card.  The project is designed to be a quick and fun project.  It took me less than 2 hours to create.   In this tutorial I will explain how to do the pyrography, and add color to the artwork.  … Continue reading Pyrography for Beginners – African Daisy Greeting Card wood burning tutorial

Pyrography Portrait SMILING TEEN wood burning techniques tutorial

In this blog I will be explaining the pyrography techniques to create this portrait of this smiling teen.  I just love her smile and the happiness that radiates from her.   This portrait marks the fourth installment in my portrait tutorial series.  Just like I did with the previous tutorials I will try cover everything from … Continue reading Pyrography Portrait SMILING TEEN wood burning techniques tutorial

Pyrography for Beginners – Border Frames wood burning tutorial

In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create a wood burned border frame on your board.   This is a way to dress up your artwork without actually framing it.  I think it gives the artwork a polished look and increases its visual appeal.  It's not hard to add a border frame, but depending … Continue reading Pyrography for Beginners – Border Frames wood burning tutorial

Pyrography for Beginners – Jaguar background wood burning tutorial (part 3)

This tutorial is the last of a 3-part series.  In part 1 we created a beginner friend jaguar.   In part 2 we built upon the artwork completed in part 1 giving it more tonal depth and a better 3d appearance.  Now we will add a background to the artwork.  I did my best to keep … Continue reading Pyrography for Beginners – Jaguar background wood burning tutorial (part 3)

Pyrography – Jaguar wood burning tutorial (part 2)

This tutorial is part 2 of a 3-part series.  In part 1 we created a beginner friend jaguar.   In part 2, this tutorial, we will build upon the artwork completed in part 1.  The goal is to give the artwork more tonal depth and a better 3d appearance.   I want to make clear that we … Continue reading Pyrography – Jaguar wood burning tutorial (part 2)

Pyrography for Beginners – Jaguar wood burning tutorial (part 1)

In this first installment of a three-part tutorial series I am going to explain to you how to create the Jaguar artwork featured at the beginning of this blog.   This is a beginner friendly project, so our goal is to create artwork that is clearly a jaguar but is not a photorealistic one.  With that … Continue reading Pyrography for Beginners – Jaguar wood burning tutorial (part 1)

Pyrography Techniques – Short Dark Hair side view wood burning tutorial

In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to the short dark side view hairdo.  This particular hairdo features a different hair lengths, and the hair is styled so it lays in different directions.  The variety of features in this hairdo will provide us with a nice selection of textures to work on.     Let’s … Continue reading Pyrography Techniques – Short Dark Hair side view wood burning tutorial