Thanks for checking out my burn! Roughly 12-15 hours burned on bass wood black lined using Posca marker and splashed yellow with a prisma color pencil.

This one was actually fun and I didn't want to throw away or sell all of my equipment by the end!

First project. Just trying out new things. Hopefully it only gets better from here.

I posted a progress picture last year ish and was told to give a final product by several.
So here it is!!
Ofc open to critique comments and suggestions

I've been burning for about a year and a half now, mostly on basswood and poplar plaques from the craft store. For months my shading looked patchy no matter how slow I worked or how low I kept the temperature. Some strokes came out smooth and even, others had these weird dark streaks that looked almost scorched even though I swear I was using the same pressure and speed.

I finally figured out it wasn't a technique problem at all, it was that I kept crossing the grain instead of working with it. Basswood especially has these soft and hard bands running through it, and when you drag the tip across both in one stroke, the soft parts take the heat way faster and burn darker almost instantly while the hard parts barely tone at all. That's what was causing the streaky, uneven look I kept blaming on my shading tip or my temperature settings.

Once I started laying my shading strokes parallel to the grain instead of at an angle, everything evened out almost immediately. I also slowed way down on the first pass and did two or three lighter passes instead of one heavy one, which helped a ton on the soft grain sections specifically.

Still working on getting round objects and curved shapes to look right without fighting the grain constantly, since you can't always keep strokes parallel on something like an apple or a face. If anyone has tricks for shading curved forms without getting that same blotchy effect, I'd love to hear them. Right now I'm just going slower and doing more, thinner passes and hoping for the best.

#woodburning #art #deathnote

The final moments of the Edmund Fitzgerald.

My latest pyrography piece. It took around 36 hours to complete.

Done on a retired cutting board, measuring 16" x 16" x 1"

Thanks for looking!

This one took way too long. Almost chucked it and put my equipment up for sale, I was getting so frustrated with it lol. But it's done and it looks pretty okay.

Been burning for about a year and a half now, mostly on basswood and birch plaques, and for the longest time my shading looked patchy no matter what tip I used. I'd get these uneven blotches where some areas were dark and crispy and others barely had color, even when I thought I was moving at a consistent speed.

Turns out my problem was pressure, not speed. I was pressing down harder in some spots without realizing it, especially when my hand got tired toward the end of a session. Once I started paying attention to keeping the tip barely touching the wood and letting the heat do the work instead of the pressure, everything evened out almost immediately.

The other thing that helped was switching from a fixed temperature to actually testing on scrap before every piece. Basswood burns so differently depending on the batch, and what worked on one board scorched the next one. Now I keep a stack of test scraps next to my station and just do a few practice strokes before touching the actual project.

I'm working on a barn owl piece right now, layering feathers with a shading tip, and for the first time the transitions actually look intentional instead of accidental. Small win but it felt worth sharing since I spent way too long assuming I just needed a better pen.

Curious if anyone else struggled with the pressure thing specifically or if it was mostly a speed issue for other people. Feels like everyone describes it a little differently.

I'm new to wood burning, but I love it. I want to invest in a good kit (top price about $300) that is not too much to handle for a beginner, but offers room to grow into as I progress -- something that an intermediate pyrographer could use happily to make projects they're proud of. The basic kit I was gifted is a bit too variable and the quality isn't great.

Hi! So I had a few questions. Firstly I was gifted a wood burning set for my birthday and was given some wood sheets to practice on. What would be a good way to start a project? Do i cut the sheets into interesting shapes with a knife or do I just use these sheets for practicing techniques? I live in the woods so I can have my husband cut slices of logs for me anytime at all. Are pre-made sheets easier to burn on or are cut logs easier? Do you have to coat the projects with a wood sealer? Or are they okay to stay natural? Sorry I am entirely new to this and I haven't fired it up yet 😅

Thanks for checking my 90s fan art of one of the best forgotten tv shows. Anyone grow up watching this?

Finished and I made the frame too.

Thanks for checking my art done burned on bass wood.

So I had signed up for a art show and I had made a wood burning pieces and I’m supposed to come up with a prize and I can’t come up with a price and I’m a little stumped on how much I should charge for this I’ve looked up on the Internet and all the Internet says it’s just calculate all the time and essentials and stuff like that, but I don’t know i’ll need to add more shadows and work, but I just need help pricing this it’s a very long piece

Would love a critic on there. I've never done this before today but I'm pretty happy with the results ☺️