Woodburning realistic animals : 12 step-by-step pyrography projects of birds, pets, and wildlife

Summary: "Guides crafters through basic pyrography skills, essential techniques for creating woodburned art depicting animals, and projects featuring classic animals such as the horse, elk, owl, and lion"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781565239852 (trade paperback)
Physical Description: print
136 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm
Publisher: Mount Joy, PA : Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2019.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Gallery -- Getting started -- Safety -- Tools -- Wood types -- Preparing the surface -- Working from photographs -- Where to find inspiration -- How to choose a design -- How to adjust a photograph -- How to transfer a photograph onto wood -- Woodburning basics -- Startup time -- The ever-frustrating "stop spot" -- Controlling temperatures -- Clean up the carbon -- The fundamentals of shading -- Burning a black background -- Feature studies -- Eyes -- Fur -- Whiskers -- Adding color and finishing -- Colored pencils -- Acrylic paint -- Watercolors -- Alcohol inks -- Protect and seal your work -- Projects -- Butterfly -- Bunny -- Horse -- Bobcat -- Hummingbird -- Moose -- Mountain lion -- Elk -- Owl -- Bighorn sheep -- Zebra -- African lion.