Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
In this blog tutorial I’m going to show you how I transformed a simple craft store wooden trinket box into a velvet lined spotted beauty ready for you to complete. As you can see, the box has a center square that has been left blank. At some point I will fill in the area, but … Continue reading Velvet Lined Spotted Trinket Box Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
In this blog tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the apple pyrography (wood burning) artwork I did. This project helps build your shading/toning skills with its reflected light spots and varied tonal value. Also in this tutorial we work on creating the texture of both the top and underside of a leaf. Let’s get … Continue reading The Apple Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
This blog is a "how to" or "informational page" on the different products used to seal/finish fine art. It is written in part (ok, mostly) by Todd as he’s the expert in our household on this subject. Todd also creates and preps most of the boards that I burn on (yes, I’m a very … Continue reading How to Finish / Seal Fine Wood Art Tutorial wood burning
In this tutorial I’m going to explain to you how to create the wagon wheel pyrography artwork I did. Depending on your experience and skill level this project might be a little challenging since you have to avoid the ivy and wagon wheel when working on the wall. But it's always good to … Continue reading The Wagon Wheel Pyrography Tutorial 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 abstract dragonfly pyrography artwork I did. When I was first learning to burn wood, it was tough getting a smooth result with the shading tip. I discovered it was a lot easier to accomplish it in small areas at a time. There are lots … Continue reading The Abstract Dragonfly 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