Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
In this blog I will be discussing a portrait that features two young children, Matthew and Maggie, I created in 2019. I’m always nervous when accepting portrait work because you don’t have a lot of leeway for mistakes as parents are very familiar with their children’s faces. Regardless of my anxiety level, I still approach … Continue reading Pyrography Art Matthew & Maggie 2019 Portrait wood burning
When I create fur texture I use a burn stroke I call zigzags. In the tutorial I am going to explain what zigzags are, and provide guidelines for using them. Another thing I will explain is how I modify the zigzags to create different looks in the fur. I will start at the beginning … Continue reading Using Zigzags to Create Fur Pyrography Tutorial wood burning techniques
This is the first installment of my new portrait tutorial series. This is something I’ve previously been asked for, but said no as I don’t feel that portrait work is my strong suit. For the New Year I decided to work on improving things I’m not good at like portrait. Plus my YouTube channel has … Continue reading Baby Eyes Pyrography Portrait Tutorial wood burning techniques
It seems like I’ve noticed a lot of pencil artist using grey value finders to help them determine how dark to color in an area on their drawing. The tool seems like it would be very helpful, so I searched for a sepia value finder to use in pyrography. I couldn’t find one. Instead I … Continue reading Making a Sepia and Grey Value Finder Pyrography tutorial wood burning techniques
This blog is going to discuss the Mandarin Duck artwork that I did. This last summer I was approached about doing collaboration artwork with another YouTube artist; Luke Hanlon. We discussed several ideas about how this collaboration should work and we finally agreed upon one. The concept was that I would create a piece of … Continue reading Mandarin Duck Collaboration Pyrography wood burning art
This is just a quick blog to announce the winner of my first annual Draw It / Win It Contest. I would like to thank everyone who entered my contest. There were some amazing drawings and I had a tough time deciding a winner. Todd helped me go through the entries and we picked the … Continue reading 2019 Draw It / Win It Contest Winner Announced
In this tutorial blog I’m going to explain how to create the colorful butterfly pyrography artwork that I put on a wooden book. The wooden book was nothing more than a hinged box that was designed to look like a book. I bought the box at a craft store and when I saw it I … Continue reading Butterfly Book Pyrography Tutorial wood burning for beginners