Pyrography

Sanding Properly

Sanding Properly

So you have found wood burning or have been burning for a little while and you aren't sure about sanding. You get mixed information in social groups and you are confused. Do I sand? How high of grit do I sand? How much sanding do I need to do? The questions and answers can be overwhelming.

Transferring an image to wood

Transferring an image to wood

Learn the safest way to transfer an image/pattern to wood. How do you transfer an image on to the wood? I see this question all the time, by those new(er) to wood burning. It's a great question, but some times the answers given are well, just not.

How to Clean your Wood Burning Wire tips Properly

How to Clean your Wood Burning Wire tips Properly

Learn the proper way to clean you wood burning wire tips. I used to use fine grit sandpaper to clean my wire tips and boy was that a costly mistake. It's easy to stop abusing your pens and shift course for the sake of your tips & pocketbook.

The Burner & the Artist

The Burner & the Artist

You’re scrolling through the posts and you’re fantasizing about being half as good as these other artists. You ask yourself, “why doesn’t my burning look like this?” which is almost always followed up with something like “what am I doing wrong?”.

Let it snow!

Let it snow!

This year for the holiday season I decided to burn a couple of snow globe ornaments on my Drawing With Fire YouTube channel. Learn how I added glittery snow without getting it all over the place. No glitter bombs with this technique. A step by step of what I did after I wood burned the ornament and a list of supplies used.

My Wood burner Journey: A Cautionary Tale

My Wood burner Journey: A Cautionary Tale

This is all about the day my pyro world crashed and the journey to get it back. It happened in 2016, 11 years into my burning career.