Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
Wrapped Up is my 6th postcard in my Christmas Postcard series. I created Wrapped Up mostly because I had just finished another project where I'd burned a metallic bow. I loved how the bow looked, so I decided I had to create a postcard with a bow on it to share the technique with you. … Continue reading Wrapped Up Christmas Postcard Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
In this tutorial I’m going to explain to you how to create the look of denim fabric. This is the second installment of in my mini project series. My goal with this series is to showcase one or two skills and how to implement them in a small project. With this mini project I will … Continue reading mini project 2 Denim Fabric Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the Northern Flicker Woodpecker pyrography artwork. The flicker is the fourth installment of my Backyard Birds tutorial series. Flickers are one of my favorite woodpeckers that frequent my backyard as I love their markings and coloring. When they fly their wings and tails display brilliant … Continue reading Northern Flicker Woodpecker Bird Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
This is just a quick notification that the tutorial I wrote called Butterfly Dreams is now available on Kit Kraft’s website. The tutorial features a multitude of butterflies flitting around the board. I embellished the butterflies using colored pencils, Pearl Ex pigments, and some rhinestones. I went all-out in the glitz department! Watch a … Continue reading Butterfly Dreams Pyrography Tutorial wood burning art
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
Water Lily is the fourth installment in my Wallflowers series. What I find interesting about white subject matters like this is how much color variation they have. The petals of the water lily have many hues of grey on them and the center of the lily radiated a yellow glow from the sunlight striking the … Continue reading Water Lily Wallflower Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
Valentine’s is generally considered the holiday of love and I wanted to create a tutorial for the occasion. My previous Valentine project was a two part ordeal and fairly complicated, so this time my goal was to create something a bit more simplistic. With a few hours of brainstorming, and a couple of concept … Continue reading Happy Valentines Day sign Pyrography Tutorial wood burning