Build your pyrography skills
Better lines.
Richer shading. More confidence.
Find a technique for the piece in front of you. Learn to transfer a design, control the heat, build texture and finish your wood burning with care.
Give your work depth
Make light and dark work together.
Explore five shading techniques, from parallel strokes to stippling, and choose the marks that suit your design.
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Browse the technique guides below, including lettering, texture, color and alternative methods.
How to Transfer a Design onto Wood for Burning: 5 Methods That Actually Work
Five ways to mark a design on wood before burning: transfer paper, pencil-backed paper, direct drawing, stencils and a traced paper pattern.
Advanced Pyrography: Portraits, Texture and Fine Detail
A convincing portrait starts with the light you leave on the wood. Fine lines matter, but the larger shapes of light and…
Wood Burning for Beginners: Your First Pyrography Project
Wood burning, also called pyrography, uses a heated metal tip to make marks on wood. For your first project, aim for one…
Wood-Burning Shading Techniques: Five Ways to Build Tone
Shading gives a flat outline form and texture. You can build it with lines, crossed lines, small curved strokes or dots. The…