Exploring the art form of Pyrography with Brenda Wilkie – free tutorials and patterns
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)
Greetings my fellow pyro! Just a quick blog updating you on my progress of fixing my website. First, a brief history for those of you not aware of the problem. I had an excess inodes error. This is something I had never heard of before, let along known there was a limit. Quite truthfully I … Continue reading Website Update – July 2025
June 2025 Greetings my fellow pyro! I just wanted to take a few minutes to update you on my efforts to fix the problem of images not showing on my website. I've run into complications. My host has moved my website to a slow server. If I try to upload more than 2 photos, it … Continue reading Website Problems update – June 2025
Hello my fellow pyro! May 2025 You may or may not be aware that almost all of the photos on my website aren't showing. I had a problem with some plugins not playing nice with each other. My website host put me on notice to fix the problem or my website would be shut down. … Continue reading Website Problems
This blog is dedicated to writer pen tips. I will show you different styles of writer nibs, and cover some common problems you may encounter. Then I will share with you some progress photos of the Easter chick artwork. The Easter chick was created using one writer pen tip. I consider the artwork to be … Continue reading Wood Burning for Beginners – Use a Writer Nib like a pro (Easter Chick tutorial)
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