Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
What is the best wood for pyrography? This is a common question I get and one that I will do my best to answer in this blog. Spoiler alert, there isn’t a ‘best’ wood. Instead, I think the best wood is combination of personal preference, availability, and affordability. For example, I like American Holly because … Continue reading Wood Burning: The Best Wood for Pyrography
Happy New Year and greetings my fellow pyro! This is a quick post to let you know that I'm accepting entries for the 2025 viewer art video. This marks the fifth year of this annual event This is my favorite video to work on because I not only get to see what you have done, … Continue reading 2025 Viewer Art Video participation info
In this blog I’m going to show you how to create some super easy Christmas ornaments and gifts. Everything is very beginner friendly and you can use any sort of burner to do the artwork. My goal with this blog is to provide you some ideas of what is possible. You can take the information … Continue reading Wood burning – easy Christmas Ornaments and Gifts (Winsons spray marker review)
This is not a tutorial blog. Instead, this is just an easy way for me to provide the reference material, patterns, and YouTube link for the artwork. That said, I will provide some progress photos and discuss a couple of things. I apologize if you already received this post. I had a weird glitch on … Continue reading Wood Burning – realistic Barn Owl
In this tutorial I’m going to briefly explain how to create wispy smoke. My goal with this tutorial is to help you identify the basic components of the smoke. Then show you how to replicate what you see. Once this is done, I hope that you will see how easy it is to create the … Continue reading Wood Burning – How to Create Smoke Texture (2 ways)
In this blog I’m going to share with you exercises I do to learn about unfamiliar pyrography nibs. The exercises are not intended to create art. Instead, they are designed to get you using the nibs in a constructive way. What’s great is that the exercises are super easy to do, and they don’t require … Continue reading Wood burning for beginners – Learn your pyrography nibs
In this blog I will talk about Mandala Dragonfly artwork that I did. This blog is not what I would consider a tutorial blog. I will discuss a few things in the blog, but mostly it is an easy way for me to share the pattern and the products I used. I will provide some … Continue reading Wood burning a Mandala Dragonfly pyrography tutorial