Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
My mother told me years ago that exchanging store-bought gifts is just promoting consumerism and that handmade gifts are more meaningful. She loved to bake, so she'd make platters of wonderfully delectable cookies to give out at the holidays. I’ve tried to continue that tradition and pyrography sure does help! For my sister I decided … Continue reading Nephew Skye Portrait Pyrography Art wood burning portrait
In this tutorial I’m going to discuss how to create my Christmas Candy Canes pyrography art. I really like the textures and tonal contrasts in this postcard. I also like the recurring theme of light striking and reflecting on the canes, bows, and holly leaves giving them a three dimensional look. So my goal with … Continue reading Christmas Candy Canes Christmas Postcard 2 Pyrography Tutorial wood burning
I get a lot of birds in my backyard and I love to look out the windows and watch them. The doves are one of the species that I often see and have suspected that they never leave. One day a group of them were perched on the power line and Todd took a photo … Continue reading Doves on a Wire Pyrography Artwork wood burning
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. You can … 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