Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
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
A few years back Todd and I took a cruise to Alaska. While exploring Ketchikan we ventured into the Totem Heritage Center; a small museum that showcases some of the beautiful work done by native artists. It was there I saw this gorgeous and very enormous mask titled: Thunderbird Dance Mask. I was very taken … Continue reading Thunderbird Dancer Tribal Mask Pyrography Art wood burning
In this blog I’m going to explain how I created the Rose pyrography artwork. This is another tutorial that relies heavily on the shading pen tip, as almost all of my artwork does. This tutorial, like the 3d stone tutorial, also deals with the direction of light and cast shadows, so we’ll continue to build … Continue reading The Rose Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
In this blog I’m going to explain how to create the feather pyrography artwork in the above picture. I think this is a wonderful follow-up project to the stone tutorial as we will expand the use of the shading pen tip. I like how this project turned out, and, in my opinion, it’s really easy … Continue reading The Feather Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
In this pyrography tutorial I’m going to explain how I created the three-dimensional illusion of the word “stone” and explain how to create the sandstone texture. I'm also going to introduce you to the shading pen tip and explain a how to use it. Since this example doesn't require the ability to create … Continue reading How To Create 3D Sandstone Texture Pyrography Tutorial wood burning