Pyrography for Beginners – Watercolor Nativity Christmas Postcard wood burning tutorial

In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create a Nativity scene using pyrography and watercolors. This is a super easy project that can be done on wood or watercolor paper. The pyrography portion of the artwork is very basic and can be done with a crafter burner; even one without a temperature control. … Continue reading Pyrography for Beginners – Watercolor Nativity Christmas Postcard wood burning tutorial →

Pyrography techniques – The Christmas Race wood burning tutorial

In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create The Christmas Race artwork. The artwork is based on a drawing by David Young. I loved the humorous and whimsical nature of his drawing. It is a lot of fun to use a line drawing and transform it into whatever you want. Even though I … Continue reading Pyrography techniques – The Christmas Race wood burning tutorial →

Pyrography Techniques – Tips for Smooth Burn Results wood burning tutorial

In this tutorial I’m going give you 6 tips for getting smooth burn results. Then I will do an example burn to show the tips in action. During the example burn I will provide some addition information such as extending the color, and switching pen tips. I created a video version of this tutorial and … Continue reading Pyrography Techniques – Tips for Smooth Burn Results wood burning tutorial →

Pyrography for Beginners – African Daisy Greeting Card wood burning tutorial

In this beginner friendly tutorial, I’m going to explain how to create the African daisy artwork greeting card. The project is designed to be a quick and fun project. It took me less than 2 hours to create. In this tutorial I will explain how to do the pyrography, and add color to the artwork. … Continue reading Pyrography for Beginners – African Daisy Greeting Card wood burning tutorial →

Pyrography – Tracing Western Tanager wood burning tutorial

In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to trace from a western tanager photo. I will also explain why I made alterations to the tracing from the photo. My goal is to help you understand my thought processes when evaluating and alter images to improve their composition for a new project. The techniques I … Continue reading Pyrography – Tracing Western Tanager wood burning tutorial →

Pyrography Portrait SMILING TEEN wood burning techniques tutorial

In this blog I will be explaining the pyrography techniques to create this portrait of this smiling teen. I just love her smile and the happiness that radiates from her. This portrait marks the fourth installment in my portrait tutorial series. Just like I did with the previous tutorials I will try cover everything from … Continue reading Pyrography Portrait SMILING TEEN wood burning techniques tutorial →

Pyrography for Beginners – Border Frames wood burning tutorial

In this tutorial I’m going to explain how to create a wood burned border frame on your board. This is a way to dress up your artwork without actually framing it. I think it gives the artwork a polished look and increases its visual appeal. It's not hard to add a border frame, but depending … Continue reading Pyrography for Beginners – Border Frames wood burning tutorial →