Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
Jan, my birding expert friend, lives in an area that has a lot of quail. Every day a flock of quail comes to her yard to get a drink and take a dust bath. I was telling her that I love quail, and one day I want to create some artwork featuring one. Much to … Continue reading Quail on Craft Box Bird Pyrography Art wood burning
I have a fondness for mushrooms. Not to eat them, but instead to look at them both in nature and in artwork. The fly agaric mushroom is especially captivating to me because of its bright red color and white spots that look like little pieces of popcorn stuck to the surface. Richy Coelho, a fellow … Continue reading Fly Agaric Mushrooms Pyrography Art Wood burning
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the White Crowned House Sparrow bird pyrography artwork. The sparrow is the sixth installment in my Backyard Birds tutorial series. Sparrows are a small bird and pretty common where I live. Todd took this picture of one perched on my grape arbor and I loved … Continue reading White Crowned House Sparrow Bird Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the Ornamental Glow artwork that I designed. This project is the 7th installment in my Christmas Postcard series. What I love about this project is the contrast between the smooth small round ornaments, the large textured ornament and the dark background. I also like … Continue reading Ornamental Glow Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
I’ve mentioned that I use a Colwood burner for my artwork in numerous blogs and YouTube videos. In this blog I will discuss in greater detail how the burner works. Watch the YouTube video version of this review by clicking on the thumbnail to the left. Let me state right off, that other than … Continue reading Colwood Super Pro II wood burner Review
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the Lizard Face pyrography artwork. For some reason the title of this artwork reminds of some Marvel character and that makes me laugh as I start to imagine what sort of 'powers' this guy would have. Lizard Face is the sixth installment in my … Continue reading Lizard Face Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
With this tutorial I will explain the pyrography shading techniques to create the high heel or Stiletto Shoe, the 5th installment in my mini project series. This mini project will explore how to replicate the reflective surface of a red high heel. Also, I will show you what features I look at when analyzing a … Continue reading Stiletto Shoe High Heel Pyrography Tutorial wood burning