Many of us love to create something with our own hands, including home decoration. In order to diversify the atmosphere, to bring new details into the comfort of your apartment, you can knit a carpet, sew a fashionable bedspread or decorative pillowcases, draw a landscape. And you can resort to such a type of creativity as pyrography, or simply wood burning. If you are not good at painting, this option is just right for you, because you can find many stencils for wood burning on the Internet. You just need to download them to your computer, print, cut and translate into wood.
Everyone can handle this simple way to draw a picture on a tree, it is suitable for both children and adults. Sketches, however, can be invented independently, but this is within the power of people with a rich imagination or experience. Therefore, we suggest that you use templates.
Working process
It is best to use soft and light woods for burning, such as poplar, birch, chestnut. The surface must be sanded with sandpaper, go over with furniture varnish and repeat the sanding. This way you will avoid unwanted splinters getting into your fingers or your child's fingers.
You will also need a pyrograph. This is an electric burner, it can be purchased at hobby and needlework stores. In such stores, special wood burning kits are also sold, they usually already include a pyrograph, a wooden block, and the drawing itself, which you will use as a stencil. For beginners, it is better to choose just such a set to try your hand at a new business, especially since it includes everything you need.
Make sure the board is dry and that your hand will have something to lean on as you work. Support is very important, as one awkward move can ruin the whole drawing, or worse, the hot tip of the pyrograph can burn you. The hand must be firm.
Then draw the drawing with a pencil. If you are using a stencil, simply trace the outlines of the cut out pattern. If the picture you have chosen is multi-layered, that is, it includes additional details (for example, hair, eyes, facial features or muzzles), then it is better to use carbon paper or tracing paper.
Tip for beginners: choose fairly simple and easy plots for paintings until you get your hands on it. It is better to make it simpler, but more effective than to take on an impossible task.
It’s not entirely correct to row all stencils one size fits all, so we break ready-made templates into different categories.
Create letters
Letter stencils are perfect for wood lettering. For example, on cutting boards or any other wooden panels with congratulations.
Beginning pyrographists can fill their hand by burning letters first, then whole words and sentences. You can download a whole set of different fonts for every taste.
bright flowers
Flowers are a well-known antidepressant, whether live or painted. Now there are even special anti-stress coloring pages depicting various floral patterns of any complexity. You can use this coloring, or you can download the desired picture on the Internet. Beautiful flowers will always cheer you up!
Such works can be painted with acrylics or watercolors and then waxed to preserve the colors.
contour animals
The animals depicted on the tree will perfectly complement the houses in which the pets live, because you can transfer the contour image from the photo of your pet onto the tree and burn it out. It can also be a stylish gift for animal lovers, hunters or professional breeders.
holiday drawings
It can be any holiday motives: on New Year- Santa Claus with reindeer, gifts, Christmas tree, snowflakes and so on. For Easter - Easter eggs, various Easter patterns on wooden eggs. By Defender of the Fatherland Day, you can burn out military equipment or shoulder straps, and by March 8 - bouquets of flowers.
Good day, brain artisans! Today I will share my experience in the field of wood burning or pyrography, using which you can do it yourself create a real masterpiece!
Burn tool
You can pick up any tool for pyrography: from cheap to expensive. My first burner was from a supermarket, it came with 5 different nozzles and, in principle, it did its job perfectly. But over time, I began to use it only to fill the background, because when working with it for many hours, it slowly starts to “fry” my fingers, and the sting heats up so that accuracy is lost.
That's why I bought a professional brain tool pyrograph, with the ability to adjust the glow of the tip, which is very convenient when using different types of wood and creating different blackouts. And of course, a big plus is that you do not need to wait for the burner sting to cool down in order to change it to another one.
Material for pyrography
To begin with, I note that it is necessary to have a hood or fan when burning out, but do not direct the air flow to the burner so that it does not cool.
- MDF: Not the most beautiful material, but I had it in large quantities. The material is hard, so it requires more heat; there is no graininess, which allows you to perform the drawing more clearly and without errors; when done with a gradient, it gives a nice golden sheen, but sometimes a lifeless grayish. Important! Since MDF is a formaldehyde-based compressed-glued wood dust, an exhaust hood is required!
- pine: cheap and widely available material, soft, easily burned. The granularity makes you play with the temperature of the heat and pressure on the sting, the resins give the craft a lacquer shine.
- cedar: soft material, graininess is not a problem, the lines appear well, but the gradient is hardly noticeable.
- cherry: smells great when working 🙂! I've only used it once, but the quality is excellent.
Another note - never burn out on surfaces that have been treated with anything (lacquer, paint, etc.)! This will result in fire or poisoning.
Drawing contours
For my first homemade I applied the contours painstakingly, by hand, believing that tracing paper or templates were not acceptable, that this was a kind of deception. But when I realized that the customers do not appreciate this, that for them this is a little exciting moment, I began to apply the drawing through black tracing paper. It is black, blue that gives a lot of unpleasant troubles.
The trick: some pyrographers apply the design with thermal transfer paper by printing the design on a printer and “translating” it with a warm iron. But this method can cause overheating of the material even with volumetric homemade the proportions of the picture may be lost, distortion may appear. But there is such a way.
Contour burning
For the contours, I use a spear point with a heat of 7/10 for MDF and 5/10 for pine. A sharp sting is harder to keep smooth lines, besides, it leaves a decent furrow, but I like it. The ball tip does not penetrate deep into the wood and allows you to burn lines in various directions.
Trick: Try to burn out the contours with one brainstroke, in one fell swoop, but drive the sting slowly, as you can scratch the tree, and not burn it. With long lines, you can move not only the hand with the burner, but also the material itself.
fill
Filling surfaces is easier than creating a gradient, but it also looks good. For larger volumes, I recommend a flat tip heated at medium to high temperatures. For small areas I use a calligraphic pen, which also gives high quality.
Trick: Don't try to fill surfaces quickly and at excessively high temperatures, as you will ruin homemade, leaving deep black scars-furrows on the tree. Work within medium temperatures in gentle circular motions.
Golden Trick: The first time you touch the tree, blow on the tip of the sting, so the black starting point will not be visible during circular movements, and the beginning will be smooth.
Gradient
To create a gradient, you need less heat, more patience and precision in hand movements. For a gradient effect, I use a flat tip with a 4-5/10 glow.
The gradient itself is applied in a circular motion on a small area, no changes are visible during the first pass, but passing through part of the area a second time, this area becomes darker.
Important: for large grain/fibrillation brain material handle coarser fibers at a higher temperature than when applying the entire gradient.
Hatching
Hatching and crosshatching give excellent results and are sometimes even better than the gradient, for example, when the material is very fibrous.
For shading, I use the same tips as when drawing simple lines, for example, a spear-shaped sting. Start hatching in one direction, always from the edges, so the edges will be darker than the inside. To make hatching crafts darker in some places, apply cross hatching.
Textures
Various textures are good when burning out, I will talk about some:
Head hair: For crazy 80s style hair (see Kiss) or just a little messy (see AC/DC), use a high heat flat tip. At the same time, do not try to make the lines smooth and smooth, so you will achieve hair volume. Shades vary the degree of pressing the burner, or leave unburnt areas as highlights.
- fur: with a thin tip, sharp or round, you can create an amazing fur effect. In dark areas of the fur, use a larger brain heating and pressure, and light quick strokes in bright places. If the fur is too angular and defined, go over it with a flat tip and refine this texture.
scales and skin: use sharp and broken lines to create this texture. This will give the effect of cracking, and with a flat tip create blackouts to add volume. For this texture, do not apply hatching, otherwise you will get a fur dragon 🙂
Background
After burning the main drawing, it is necessary to supplement homemade background, this is especially true when working with cheap and low-quality wood. My following tricks will help you with this:
- rust: the easiest way to apply rust is to "scrape" the rust from old bolts and pieces of iron with an ordinary brainskin, and then apply the resulting brown powder to a homemade product. I do this with my finger, but the cotton swab option works too.
I often apply this effect on MDF in order to remove excessive shine and add realism to it.
- fan: using a conventional mobile fan that smoothly directs the flow to different corners of the room, you can create an amazing vignette effect. Just point it at the homemade product and start gently burning out the lines of the drawing, the effect will not appear immediately, but you will definitely see it. The bottom line is that the flow from the fan periodically cools the sting, thus the same line has a different blackness along its length.
Be careful when working closely with brainfan! I somehow forgot and got a decent burn when the fan ran into the burner.
- darkening: when the drawing requires a completely black background, or when you have patience, or the amount of darkening is not large, then you can apply a flat tip at high temperatures or use a gradient technique. But at the same time, be sure of the final result, otherwise everything will end in a waste of time and material.
- pointing or "dot": this is an old technique used in many medieval works of art. The bottom line is the simple heating of an iron template, for example, a bolt and repeated “branding” homemade. Now a sick round tip is suitable for this, which needs to be heated enough and periodically cleaned of carbon deposits. When working with soft wood, this technique allows you to create a contrasting pattern and textural background.
If you like my craft, then get a burner and feel free to dive into the world of art called pyrography.
good luck brain masterpieces!
With the help of wood, mankind has learned to create the most beautiful products. And all because this material is rich in its functionality. Durability, strength and, at the same time, softness - these are the very qualities of wood that are necessary for pyrography.
- what is painting with fire;
- drawing technique;
- work technology.
What is fire painting
Pyrography is the burning of an image onto wood. which is not given to everyone. This type of art is distinguished by woodcarving not only with the main tools, but also with the complexity and technique of making the drawings that the master wants to make.
With the help of a burner - a drawing tool - you can create unique patterns, images or drawings. This device consists of a metal pen with which a drawing is applied. And a pen attached to a pen. In order to be able to apply lines of different thicknesses, the pen can be changed, since it consists of nichrome wire. Most often, you can see whole sets or sets of burners. In which there are several nozzles in the form of a metal pen.
In addition to the pen thickness for the burner, there are also hard and soft nibs. The latter are most often called wire because they have a very useful function. Their essence lies in the fact that with the help of wire feathers, you can change the heating temperature. This allows you to draw lines of different intensity. Hard feathers serve rather for background burning and do not know how to switch heat. With the help of feathers of different thicknesses, you can not only draw the contours of a drawing on a tree, but also tint the work, give it volume and perspective, making strokes imitating a pencil or charcoal with a burner pen.
The burner works quite simply. because after turning it on, the pen heats up to a certain temperature and at this moment it is already possible to apply the first elements of the image. But as with all electrical and any other appliances, the burner must be handled very carefully, since it is not difficult to get burned on the wire.
To create such a fake, you need to choose only soft trees. For example, birch, alder, poplar or chestnut. By the way, it will be most convenient to apply images on well-dried birch plywood, for example. After the plywood is dry enough, it must be cleaned or exfoliated so that the surface on which the drawing will be sufficiently smooth.
Pictures for burning can be very different - someone will burn Russian motifs - Gzhel or Khokhloma, someone will be the silhouette of a ship and seagulls, for someone the heroes of computer games will serve as a motive for inspiration.
Gallery: wood burning patterns (25 photos)
drawing technique
Patterns for wood burning include several technologies that will be clear even to beginners:
- Standard way.
- Negative way.
If a novice creator wants to resort to the first method, then in this case you need to select a sketch of the drawing in advance. After the sketch is ready, you need to burn the drawing strictly along the contour, transferring the drawing from the sample to the tree. Thanks to this method, several burning methods can also be used. For example, apply patterns in the form of strokes or to execute drawing by a dot method.
The negative method is mainly used by professionals, since it is used quite the opposite. That is, the master uses light shades of wood (the untouched part) as drawing elements. And then the background is already burned out. In addition, professionals work in this way in the case of complex drawings and patterns.
But there are also two more ways that are popular for their functionality. The first method is performed in the same way as the negative method, but with a sketch. And the second is combined with woodcarving. Thus, it turns out that at first the background is completely burned out, and then the patterns are already cut out. The second method is popular among beginners who are just learning this technique.
And you can also see some masters a method such as an embossed pattern. It also includes drawing and woodcarving. To begin with, the master transfers the sketch to the prepared plywood, and then, using a cutter, the volume of the image is given.
Work technology
Wood burning has become a fairly common activity that requires perseverance, accuracy and imagination. In order to fully understand how the fire drawing process takes place, we decided to give a short instruction.
So, to begin with, using a jigsaw, you need to cut out some details and sandpaper and thoroughly clean the surface. After that, pre-prepared patterns You need to redraw it on a sheet by hand or using carbon paper. Then a suitable pen is selected, fixed on the pen and burned out along the contour of the patterns.
Next, the background is retouched, which also requires accuracy. In this case, another pen is used, most often the masters choose pens for retouching. Once the surface has cooled down high temperature, it is necessary with the help of an eraser to clean the plywood from all sorts of flaws in the form of dust, or soot. After all of the above have been done, for durability, you can cover the surface with a transparent varnish.
Pyrography, also known as the art of wood burning, is gaining more and more popularity every day among people of all age groups and categories. One of the reasons for such an unexpected surge of interest in wood burning, we believe, is the emergence of new, easy and safe to use tools - pyrographs. Pictures created specifically for burning on any tree are a great gift for any celebration, made with love with your own hands. The person who gives you such a present shows all the power of his love and attention to you, because he will need at least several hours to make one such work.
How to choose a tool and wood for making scorched paintings:- Wood burning is an art that does not require any expensive, hard-to-find tools and materials. As a burning tool for beginners the most ordinary soldering iron may come up, which has the shape of an ordinary writing pen, slightly larger than our usual one, which means that you will simply trace the lines of a drawing previously applied to the base material. Some people use as a pyrograph nails heated with a flame of a lighter or a burner, which are held with a hat by pliers. Such the way is fine not to everyone. The ideal option would be a professional pyrograph or its most budgetary counterpart - a burner, which you can purchase at any specialized store.
- Images for such paintings do not have to be drawn by hand with a pencil, it is enough download the picture you like on the Internet, print and carry it to the tree. You can transfer the drawing to the tree using black graphite paper; unlike ordinary carbon paper, it is easily erased if necessary and retains the accuracy of the image lines when heated. Some print the drawing on thin parchment paper, glue it to the tree and burn it out. The paper melts from heating, and the excess is then easily removed. Choose first lungs patterns and ornaments that will help you fill your hand and hone your burning skills.
- It is better for young burners to take wooden blanks cut from soft, easily processed trees, with a uniform fiber structure. For this, the wood of such trees as poplar, aspen, linden is suitable. Small workpieces - great start for beginner pyrographers. Do not forget to grind the surface of the plank with fine-grained sandpaper immediately before work. Instead of wooden planks, sawn out on your own, you can use inexpensive and commonly available plywood, because it does not have a pronounced structure and is easy to burn out.
We study options for paintings for wood burning
It is better to take simple sketches for the first works, with a minimum number of lines and strokes. After you notice that such sketches are already quite easy for you, and it takes much less time to complete them than at first, it's time to start burning more complex paintings, for example, depicting animals, nature, and sometimes people .
Well-known pyrographists draw their inspiration from everything that surrounds them, but the most popular are the images with the help of fire on a wooden base of animals, birds, nature, less often people, some unusually complex ornaments consisting of many small details. You can see all this in the photos below.
Julia Bender's paintings are filled with small details and play of shadows. Small strokes with the metal tip of the pyrograph convey every, even the smallest hair of an animal. The feeling that you are looking at a photographic image will not leave you until the very last seconds. But no, all these beautiful animals are made using the technique of burning wood with a red-hot pyrograph.
Peter Walker burns his paintings onto surfboards. Its bright ornaments are a mixture of flora and fauna, flavored with rich blue hues. In some of his paintings, traces of flame are intricately intertwined in colors on the skin of exotic animals.
Rick Merian has been wood burning relatively recently. The main theme of his images are the movie characters of the most famous and popular films / series and the tattoos that he saw on the bodies of his entourage. I think you can easily recognize many of the faces in the scorched paintings.
Video on the topic of the article
At the end of the article, we would like to invite you to familiarize yourself with a small selection of video clips in which you will see how children and adults burn out simple and not very images using metal and flame.
Wood is an extremely grateful material. Strong enough to be durable, hard enough to hold even very fine shapes, soft enough to allow simple hand tools to be processed.
Therefore, there are a lot of methods for decorating wooden products. For example, patterns and drawings on wood.
The concept of pyrography
Wood burning or pyrography is a fairly simple task, but at the same time it provides a quick and beautiful effect. According to its technology, pyrography is easier to perform than, for example, carving, although, of course, here too much depends on the complexity of the pattern and the technique of execution.
Patterns for wood burning are made with a special device - a burner. It is a metal pen attached to a pen. The pen is made of nichrome wire of different thickness, which allows you to get lines and dots of different diameters. As a rule, burners are equipped with a whole set of nozzles used for pyrography.
There are devices with solid and wire feathers. The former have a constant heating temperature and are more often used for background cauterization. In burners with wire feathers, you can adjust the heating temperature, which allows you to get lines of different intensities.
The pen, when the device is turned on, heats up to a rather high temperature and burns it when it comes into contact with the wood. When working, it is necessary to follow safety rules, since it is very easy to get burned on the wire.
Relatively soft wood is used as a material for crafts: birch, chestnut, poplar, alder. A very good result when creating a pattern is obtained on plywood, especially birch. Prerequisite: wood or the same plywood must be very well dried.
In addition, to obtain a high-quality ornament or pattern, the material must first be sanded. The surface of the craft must be completely smooth.
Pyrography technique
There are several different techniques that allow you to get a drawing or ornament from a sketch.
It is better for a beginner to start with the simplest and most standard ones.
- Standard technique - involves transferring a sketch of a pattern to a tree and burning it along the contour. At the same time, it is allowed various ways: drawing strokes, getting a bitmap, and so on. The photo shows a picture of a bird.
- The negative method requires more subtle and lengthy work. In this case, the pattern is created with the light color of untouched wood, and the background is burned out. Most often, photographs or complex pictures are burned in this way. For patterns, as a rule, standard techniques are sufficient.
In this case, 2 methods are used. The first involves direct burning of the background around the applied sketch. The second combines the carving and the background: first, the background is completely burned out, and then the master cuts out the image on it.
The embossed pattern is another example of a combination of carving and pyrography. To do this, a sketch is transferred to the tree, cut out to give volume - not with a jigsaw, but with a cutter, and then burned out in certain areas. In the photo - a relief image.
Drawings and patterns for wood burning can be downloaded from any relevant site. You can even use your own photo if you can download a suitable conversion program.
Work technology
The work itself is quite simple, although it requires accuracy and perseverance. As a rule, it cannot be done in one go.
- Cut out a part of the appropriate size with a jigsaw, carefully clean the surface and cuts with sandpaper.
- Patterns for woodcarving are redrawn on a sheet by hand or through carbon paper.
- A pen is placed on the device required type- written or oblique, and burn out the contours of the image.
- They start retouching the background - for this, a retouching pen is attached to the device. You can use other nozzles. In the photo - processing the background under the pattern.
- After the material has cooled, the surface is cleaned of dust and soot and wiped with an eraser.
- To make the product more durable, the craft is covered with a transparent varnish.
In the proposed video lesson, burning a pattern on a wooden sheet is considered in more detail.
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