Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
The summer of 2017 I became interested in creating pyrography art on leather. What a challenge. First of all, when I started out I knew little to nothing about leatherworking in general, let alone about how to burn on it. I have learned a lot since then, but it is still a very challenging surface … Continue reading Lion on Leather Pyrography Artwork 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
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
I have a small pond in my backyard and in the spring it becomes the tree frog wooing grounds. From dusk till dawn there is a chorus of croaking frogs hoping to seduce a mate. It actually drives me nuts because they are so loud it’s hard to sleep. But I like watching the tadpoles … Continue reading Tree Frog Pyrography Artwork 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
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the Purple House Finch pyrography artwork. The finch is the third installment of my Backyard Birds tutorial series. This little fella was a bit of a mystery to me as I couldn’t positively identify him. My friend, Jan, came to the rescue and quickly identified … Continue reading Purple House Finch Bird Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
I received a commission to do a portrait of a two siblings; Matthew & Maggie. Even though I don’t consider portraits as one of my strong suits, I enjoy the variety and the challenge portraits provide so I agreed to do the artwork. This blog is going to talk about the creation of Matthew & … Continue reading Matthew & Maggie Sibling Portrait Pyrography art wood burning