Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
In this tutorial I’m going to discuss how to create my Winter's Snowman pyrography art, the first in my Christmas Postcard series. As usual, my tutorial will provide a free pattern and cover things like how to create the look of falling snow and wood logs. Without further ado, let’s get to work. Click on … Continue reading Winter’s Snowman Christmas Postcard Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
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
As mentioned in my Cougar stalking Deer gun stock blog, this last summer I received a commission to burn “something outdoorsy” onto a gun stock. On one side I created a cougar stalking deer scene and on the other side I created this Eagle by a mountain lake. I knew that my customer loved bald eagles, … Continue reading Eagle by Mountain Lake gun stock pyrography art wood burning
This last summer I received a commission to burn “something outdoorsy” onto a gun stock. Not only was the request very vague, but adding to challenge of the project is the fact the gun stock has a very unusual shape. Todd actually came up with the concept for this artwork. I’m not sure if it … Continue reading Cougar Stalking Deer Pyrography Art on a gun stock wood burning
In this tutorial I’m going to discuss how to create this Cratered Moon scene pyrography art. Once you understand how to give the craters their shape via shading and shadows you can use that knowledge in other applications. Gopher holes, valleys, canyons, etc., as the basic shading and shadow principals apply. Before I get started … Continue reading Cratered Moon 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