Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
In this tutorial I’m going to discuss how to create my Winter's Snowman pyrography art, the first in my Christmas Postcard series. As usual, my tutorial will provide a free pattern and cover things like how to create the look of falling snow and wood logs. Without further ado, let’s get to work. Click on … Continue reading Wood Burning Tutorial – Snowman Christmas Pyrography Tutorial
This is just a quick blog to let you know about a project I was recently working on. Todd has a co-worker, Tim, who loves to buy tongue drums as gifts for his grandchildren. This drum makes drum number five. With this particular drum I was asked to make it themed around butterflies and maybe … Continue reading Whimsical Butterfly Drum Pyrography Artwork wood burning
In this tutorial blog I’m going to discuss how I created my award-winning Venison pyrography artwork. Like usual, I'm including a free pattern for you to use. This is my first tutorial covering fur and while it’s easy to render I’m hoping I’ll be able to adequately explain how I do it. There’s a big … Continue reading Venison a Deer Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the Vista House pyrography artwork I did. I like the different textures in this piece and I also like how the shadows create some high contrast. What I really liked is that the house wasn’t too difficult to create, so that should make it easier … Continue reading Vista House Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
In this tutorial I’m going to discuss how to create this Cratered Moon scene pyrography art. Once you understand how to give the craters their shape via shading and shadows you can use that knowledge in other applications. Gopher holes, valleys, canyons, etc., as the basic shading and shadow principals apply. Before I get started … Continue reading Cratered Moon Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
In this blog tutorial I’m going to show you how to create this beautiful petunia flower with rain drops accenting its leaves and petals. This artwork is visually appealing because of its high contrast and assorted textures. Since the last blog I did covered creating water droplets in great detail, I thought it would be … Continue reading Petunia Flower with Rain Drops Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
In this blog tutorial I’m going to show you how I transformed a simple craft store wooden trinket box into a velvet lined spotted beauty ready for you to complete. As you can see, the box has a center square that has been left blank. At some point I will fill in the area, but … Continue reading Velvet Lined Spotted Trinket Box Pyrography Tutorial wood burning