Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the Purple Iris flower, the 5th in my wallflower series. I love the ruffled petals and the texture the iris has. Plus the flower makes a striking image against the dark background. For this project I used two different images to create the layout, so … Continue reading Purple Iris Flower Pyrography Tutorial wood burning flower
With this tutorial I will explain how to create the Dewy Leaf, which is the 4th installment in my mini project series. This mini project will explore how to create out-of-focus leaves in the background and in-focus leaves in the foreground. To add visual interest and a little challenge to the project, the in-focus leaves … Continue reading mini project 4 DEWY LEAF pyrography tutorial wood burning
Wrapped Up is my 6th postcard in my Christmas Postcard series. I created Wrapped Up mostly because I had just finished another project where I'd burned a metallic bow. I loved how the bow looked, so I decided I had to create a postcard with a bow on it to share the technique with you. … Continue reading Wrapped Up Christmas Postcard Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
In this tutorial I’m going to explain to you how to create the look of denim fabric. My goal with this project is to showcase one or two skills and how to implement them in a small artwork. With this project I will explain two skills; circular motion and uniform strokes. These two burn types … Continue reading Wood Burning – Denim Fabric texture Pyrography Tutorial
In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create the Northern Flicker Woodpecker pyrography artwork. The flicker is the fourth installment of my Backyard Birds tutorial series. Flickers are one of my favorite woodpeckers that frequent my backyard as I love their markings and coloring. When they fly their wings and tails display brilliant … Continue reading Northern Flicker Woodpecker Bird Pyrography Tutorial 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
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