Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
This is a fun project to do that looks great with or without color. I had a lot of fun with the color and accents on this artwork. The butterflies start out with a layer of colored pencil, and then a metallic glaze is applied to give the butterflies a wonderful sheen. Best of all, … 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 flower 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
About a year ago I tried burning on leather and was very disappointed with the results. The leather’s surface wasn’t conducive to the techniques I use in pyrography, so I couldn’t achieve the same level of detail I can with wood. A few months back I became obsessed with learning how to burn fine art … Continue reading How to Smooth & Burn Leather Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
This pyrography tutorial will feature Star Bright; the 5th installment of my Christmas Postcard series. The series showcases an assortment of holiday themed images that are visually striking and fun to create. They are great for gift giving as nothing says you care like homemade gifts do. If that isn’t enough reason to love the … Continue reading Star Bright Christmas Postcard 5 Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
Creating mandala pyrography artwork is a lot of fun for me. I enjoy creating a pattern and burning it onto wood. A while back I had created the pattern for Mandala II and I had planned to burn the image onto 4 pieces of wood so that I would have a complete circle. I quickly … Continue reading Mandala III Artwork Pyrography Tutorial wood burning