Pyrography Techniques | Shading | How to Shade with a Wood Burner

These three shading tips will help you gain more control and burn more realistic images. Download the flower pic below and follow along with me. Let’s Burn This!!
Tip #1 - Continual Motion
Tip #2 - Low Heat
Tip #3 - Speed Variability
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[@rcgkreations]

Great tips, I am still learning to Shade like this

[@rivermoon1741]

Beautiful, thanks for info!

[@davesaxon7348]

Brilliant, such detail.👌

[@roadtime5375]

Very nice explanation/demonstration. Thanks.

[@Pyrocrafters]

Thanks Road!!

[@paulinehutchinson4137]

Beautiful

[@celiaevans75]

Amazing im new to this craft, so ive got to learn alot

[@vikktorpaulvandyk9926]

Que hermosos trabajos haces. 😃❤

[@jackied2518]

Beautiful ❤

[@Pyrocrafters]

Thank you! 😊

[@peterclifton7069]

Thanks 😊

[@Pyrocrafters]

No problem 😊

[@jeremyrockstroh1933]

Thanks for the video, it has great I formation. One question, how does species of wood and sanding prep work affect shadowing. If you could create a video , that would be even more amazing. Thanks and Happy New Year!

[@Pyrocrafters]

Hey Jeremy! Basswood is really light, dry and has a consistent wood grain. Oak and pine have moisture and inconsistent grain patterns which make it difficult to achieve consistent shades throughout a piece. Basswood is one of my favorites for shading a piece with a lot of details.

[@lilmisslily778]

It’s the areas where the pen starts n stops that leave darker burn marks n ruins my piece every time. I avoid anything that features shading bc of it which limits my collection for sure. In watching this video I think I am prob being far too impatient for one. That’s not unusual but also when u said the machine was on the heat level of ONE, I think u nailed it. My impatience has me habitually trying to get the desired result far too quickly. I THINK! What say u? I very much love ur work. Especially from the place u r coming from as no one expects so much talent to come out of there! I love it! But then I already knew so it wasn’t such a stretch for me😄 back to the subject tho shading has always eluded me. I’m a self taught artist as there wasn’t much interest in art when I was coming up. It was far from encouraged n we were the weirdos. Shading has always bn my weakest link. Whether drawing or painting or whatever medium I’m using. I asked a very talented artist once for any tip/s for shading once n was told simply to put it where I wanted it. I could have asked a grasshopper for that! E.g.If I wanted the light on the bottom of a leaf of a sunny day then put it there. I came away w more than a little irritability that day. I won’t mention the artists name bc I don’t do things that way but it’s clear to me from the artwork that this advice could in no way b the advice the artist used. WTH? Anyway if I could get a practical piece of instruction….. Thk u so much. From one southern gal to another 🤗

[@Pyrocrafters]

Thank you!! It does sound like maybe your heat is a bit high. Wood burning takes a lot of patience and hours of time to build up to the desired shade level. If you start with a high heat and try to achieve a lighter tone, you may get those dark blobs on the wood. Go lower on your heat and go slower on the wood to see if that helps you get the shade you want.

[@lynxlady5355]

Love the ghostly effect in the background! I think that tip is one I would like to have. Can you tell me the name or # that Colewood uses for it? Thanks.

[@SlimeLord437]

When you give your temperature numbers, are you using the detailer or heavy duty side of your burner? Many thanks for the tutorial!

[@Pyrocrafters]

Great Question!! I’m using the heavy duty side on my Super Pro.

[@mistitadlock1955]

Hi. I am new to wood burning, but I must say that I love it! May I ask what wood burning tool are you using? I just went to a local hobby store and got a $14.99 kit. So far it has worked great for the projects I have done. Thanks in advance for the info.

[@Pyrocrafters]

Hey Misti! I'm using my Colwood Super Pro II here, but there are several wire tip kits that would be a great choice for an upgrade if you decide to go that route. The brass tip kits you find in the hobby store will serve you well. You can burn anything with those kits that you can with a wire tip, it just takes a bit longer because the heat isn't as strong. But when you're shading, the heat needs to stay on the lower side. Here's a couple of burner review videos I did if you want to check them out: Optima Dual Pen kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppbGkqSipZWDr9k Comparison Video Short kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIi3nWumg8uqmKs Comparison Part One kzbin.info/www/bejne/apukqHiwatmje7M Comparison Part Two kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZnal4uKacqae5I

[@andrelevesque6300]

Thanks for the video. Is there a specific location on your piece that you start from? so your hand doesnt rest on the burnt spots??

[@Pyrocrafters]

Hey Andre, I don't worry about the burn spots too much. And I usually start with the dark areas of burn and work my way up to the lighter areas.

[@Dreamdancer11]

Thats really cool stuff...i think you would get many more subs and views to your channel if you did some pyrography finish on electric guitars....that kind of finish looks absolutely amazing on them and folks would wanna see it....

[@Pyrocrafters]

That’s a great idea! Where can I get one? I’m not familiar with guitars.

[@Dreamdancer11]

@@Pyrocrafters Well you can get a really cheap body off of ebay but i think its better to find someone you know that has guitars and offer to finish one of them like that and feature it on your channel....i can safely say that we guitarists love to look stuff like that......

[@cantares867]

Excellent woodwork that you make. Im wonderining what is the colwood tip number you use? Thank you!!! Im subscripted and I really like your channel.

[@Pyrocrafters]

Thanks Claudia!! I used the spoon shader tip. :)

[@HappyDayRoots]

❤

[@user-tc1go6fr9i]

Hay un momento donde guarda silencio y me deja disfrutar el dibujo😅😅

[@smolbutdedly2822]

Es un tutorial

[@kimberlystecklein8394]

I have the woodburning with the wire tips and it didn't come with instructions on what tip was for what burning. Do you think that you can help me at all

[@Pyrocrafters]

Hey Kimberly! What type of art are you trying to create? The tips don't have to be used for any particular purpose. I always tell people to define what you want to accomplish in your art and then decide which tip would be the best tool to help you achieve it. For example, if you want to create a realistic piece, a spoon shader tip or flat shader tip works great. If you want to burn letters, start with a thin angled (skew) tip to outline the letters. Then to fill it in you can use any tip you want. Get creative with the inside. Burn texture with a rounded tip, or a flat burn with a flat tip. And keep in mind that while some tips work great for certain things, you can use them for anything you want to accomplish. Sometimes it comes down to personal preference and what you like the best. Hope that helps!

[@kimberlystecklein8394]

Thanks for your advice. I'm still new at this

[@christopherseba5937]

Is it best to shade from dark to light or light to dark, I'usually start my work with a bold burn then shade out but 1 and 2 don't show the shade. It looks like a light yellow color

[@Pyrocrafters]

It’s really up to you. I like to burn dark to light, but there’s no right or wrong way to do it.

[@christopherseba5937]

I also can't seem to get a steady smooth consentant burn. Even though I have sanded it. It still feels bumpy

[@sammoghadam-kk5wl]

👌❤️🌹

[@steveo3012]

I wish I could just have a tutorial on creatign the depth. It's difficult to get those lines!

[@brigann9879]

How do I get the download pattern? I get an error when I try the link

[@carladavids253]

Good Day, I'm from South Africa, I don't know where to by a pyrography tool like yours here in south Africa. And I would really love to help my family financially thru this. But I can't afford one. Can you perhaps help me. I made use of soldering irons but their tips is not sufficient.

[@purpleshammrock]

Check Amazon

[@jochem420]

i thought i'd give it a try without watching a tutorial first, and let me tell you woodburning is way trickier than it seems (i also picked some really bad wood to try for the first time)

[@Pyrocrafters]

It does take a bit of time to get used to the heat/wood relationship, but once you get the hang of it, you be smooth sailing.

[@jochem420]

@@Pyrocrafters counting on it! its definitely more fun than i thought it would be, ill probably do it again :)

[@achildofthelight4725]

Knowledge will come within your own work.... use baby steps ❤ One pencil can produce many shades, whilst another will continue to get to the next level.... woodburning is one tool, but many levels to explore. ❤

[@generussell2559]

Which Colwood tip are you using here?

[@Pyrocrafters]

Hey Gene! I’m using my shader tip here

[@generussell2559]

Colwood has several shading tips……do you remember which one this was?

[@generussell2559]

Colwood has several shading tips……do you remember which one this was?

[@jigssscupid8836]

U make this look ez 😂

[@user-dn3ek4rq6z]

Отлично получается!!заходите в гости,я тоже маленько выжигаю.хотелось бы услышать ваше мнение,а может и критику.

[@Pyrocrafters]

Спасибо!

[@funinthesun622]

Beautiful

[@Pyrocrafters]

Thanks Kimberley!