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With the help of wood, humanity 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 fire painting?
  • 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 wood carving not only by the main tools, but also by the complexity and technique of executing the designs that the master wants to make.

Using 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 handle that attaches to the pen. In order to be able to draw lines of different thicknesses, the pen can be changed, since it consists of nichrome wire. Most often you can see entire sets or sets of burners. Which contain several attachments in the form of a metal pen.

In addition to the thickness of the pen for the burner, there are also hard and soft feathers. The latter are most often called wire ones, since 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 varying intensity. Hard feathers serve more for background burning and do not know how to switch the heat. Using pens of different thicknesses, you can not only apply the contours of a design to the wood, but also tint the work, give it volume and perspective, making strokes with a burner pen that imitate a pencil or charcoal.

The burner works quite simply because after turning it on, the pen heats up to a certain temperature and at this moment the first elements of the image can be applied. But as with all electrical and any other devices, 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 has dried sufficiently, it must be cleaned or exfoliated so that the surface on which the drawing will be placed is sufficiently smooth.

Pictures for burning can be very different - someone will burn out Russian motifs - Gzhel or Khokhloma, someone will burn the silhouette of a ship and seagulls, for others the heroes of computer games will serve as inspiration.

Gallery: patterns for wood burning (25 photos)












Drawing technique

Wood burning patterns include several technologies that will be understandable even to novice masters:

  1. Standard method.
  2. Negative method.

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 wood. Thanks to this method, several burning methods can also be used. For example, apply patterns in the form of strokes or make a drawing using the 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 elements of the design. And then the background is burned out. In addition, professionals work in this way in the case of complex designs and patterns.

But there are also two more methods 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 wood carving. Thus, it turns out that first the entire background is burned out, and then the patterns are cut out. The second method is popular among beginners who are just learning this technique.

And you can also notice from some masters such a method as a relief pattern. It also includes drawing and wood carving. To begin with, the master transfers the sketch onto prepared plywood, and then, using a cutter, he adds volume to the image.

Work technology

Wood burning has become a fairly common activity that requires perseverance, accuracy and imagination. In order to fully understand how the process of fire drawing occurs, we decided to give short instructions.

So, first, you need to cut out some parts using a jigsaw and sandpaper and thoroughly clean the surface. After this, the patterns prepared in advance you need to redraw it on a sheet of paper by hand or using carbon paper. Then a suitable pen is selected, attached to the handle and burned along the contour of the patterns.

Next, the background is retouched, which also requires care. In this case, a different pen is used; most often, craftsmen choose feathers for retouching. As soon as the surface has cooled down from the high temperature, you need to use an eraser to clean the plywood from all sorts of imperfections in the form of dust or soot. After all the above has been done, for durability, you can coat the surface with clear varnish.

Good day, brain artisans! Today I will share my experience in the field of wood burning or pyrography, using which you can with your own hands create a real masterpiece!

Burning tool

You can choose any tool for pyrography: from cheap to expensive. My first burner was from a supermarket, it came with 5 different attachments and, in principle, it did its job perfectly. But over time, I began to use it only for filling in the background, since after many hours of working with it, it begins to slowly “fry” my fingers, and the tip becomes so hot that accuracy is lost.

So I purchased a professional brain instrument pyrograph, with the ability to adjust the heat of the tip, which is very convenient when using different types of wood and creating different shades. And of course, the big plus is that you don’t have to wait for the burner tip to cool down before changing it to another.

Material for pyrography

First, let me note that it is necessary to have a hood or fan when burning, 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 grain, which allows you to draw more clearly and without errors; when doing a gradient it gives a nice golden sheen, but sometimes a lifeless grayish glow. Important! Since MDF is compressed-glued wood dust on a formaldehyde basis, a hood is required!

- pine: cheap and widely available material, soft, easily burned. The grain makes you play with the temperature of the heat and pressure on the tip, the resins give the craft a varnish shine.

— cedar: soft material, grain does not cause trouble, lines appear well, but the gradient is hardly noticeable.

— cherry: it smells great when working :) I've only worked with it once, but the quality is excellent.

Another note - never burn on surfaces that have been treated with anything (varnish, paint, etc.)! This will cause fire or poisoning.

Drawing contours

For my first homemade products 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 customers did not appreciate this, that this was a moment of little concern for them, I began to apply the drawing using black tracing paper. It is the black and blue ones that cause a lot of unpleasant trouble.

The trick: some pyrographers apply a design using thermal transfer paper by printing the design on a printer and “transferring” it using a warm iron. But this method can cause overheating of the material even in volumetric homemade products The proportions of the drawing may be lost, and distortions may appear. But there is such a way.

Burning contours

To pass the contours, I use a spear-shaped tip with heating 7/10 for MDF and 5/10 for pine. A sharp tip makes it harder to keep the lines smooth, and it also leaves quite a furrow, but I like it. The ball sting does not penetrate deeply into the wood and allows you to burn lines in different directions.

Trick: Try to burn the outlines with one brain sketch, in one fell swoop, but move the tip slowly, as you may scratch the wood rather than 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 also looks good. For larger volumes, I recommend a flat tip with medium to high heat. For small areas I use a calligraphy pen, which also gives high quality.

Trick: Do not try to fill surfaces quickly and at excessively high temperatures, as this will ruin the homemade, leaving deep black scars-furrows on the tree. Work at medium temperatures using gentle circular motions.

Golden trick: When you first touch the wood, blow on the tip of the sting, this way the black starting point will not be visible when making circular movements, and the start will be smooth.

Gradient

To create a gradient you need less heat, more patience and precision in hand movements. To achieve a gradient effect, I use a flat tip with a 4-5/10 heat setting.

The gradient itself is applied in a circular motion over a small area; no changes are visible during the first pass, but passing over part of the area a second time, this area becomes darker.

Important: for large grains/fibres brain stuff Treat coarser fibers at a higher temperature than when applying the entire gradient.

Hatching

Hatching and cross-hatching give excellent results and sometimes they are even better than gradient, for example, with very high fibrous material.

For shading, I use the same tips as when drawing simple lines, for example, a spear-shaped sting. Start shading in one direction, always from the edges, so the edges will be darker than the inside. To do shading crafts darken in some places, apply cross-hatching.

Textures

Various textures come out well when burning, I’ll tell you about some:

- Scalp hair: For crazy 80's 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 flowing, this way you will achieve volume of the hair. Vary the shades by how much you press the burner, or leave unburned areas as highlights.

- fur: with a thin tip, sharp or round, you can create an amazing fur effect. In dark areas of fur, use a larger one brain heating both pressure and light, quick strokes in light areas. If the fur is too angular and crisp, go over it with a flat tip and refine the texture.

- scales and skin: use sharp and broken lines to create this texture. This will give a cracked effect, and use the flat tip to create shadows to add volume. For this texture, do not use shading, otherwise you will end up with a furry dragon :)

Background

After burning the main design, 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 off” the rust from old bolts and pieces of iron with ordinary brain sandpaper, and then apply the resulting brown powder to the homemade product. I do this with my finger, but the cotton swab version works too.

I often use this effect on MDF to remove excess shine and add realism.

- fan: using a regular movable fan that smoothly directs the flow to different corners of the room, you can create an amazing vignette effect. Just point it at your homemade product and begin to smoothly burn out the lines of the design; the effect will not appear immediately, but you will definitely see it. The point is that the flow from the fan periodically cools the tip, thereby the same line has different blackness along its length.

Be careful when working close to brain ventilator! I somehow forgot myself and got a decent burn when the fan hit the burner.

- shading: when the design requires a completely black background, or when you have patience, or the amount of shading is not large, then you can use 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 idea is to simply heat an iron template, such as a bolt, and “brand” it repeatedly. homemade products. Now a sick round tip is suitable for this, which needs to be heated sufficiently and periodically cleaned of carbon deposits. When working with soft wood, this technique allows you to create a contrasting pattern and textured background.

If you liked my craft, then buy a burner and feel free to plunge into the world of art called pyrography.

Successful brain masterpieces!

Everyone remembers one of the pastimes of childhood - burning pictures or portraits on wood. And the smell of burning wood remained in my memory forever. Everything returns to normal. Today it is called pyrography, and is becoming fashionable again. Computers are computers, and many children want to show their individuality in a different way. And not only for children, to say the least. Let's remember how this is done and what is needed for this. Below is all the information for beginners and more.

Everyone remembers one of the childhood pastimes - wood burning.

The burning apparatus (pyrograph) is the main equipment. Previously, it was a plastic box (usually yellow) with a small soldering iron inside, the tip of which was similar to a paper clip in appearance and thickness. Today, when this art is making a comeback, the burning machine is a more serious device. There are also old-type devices, but it is still better to purchase a burner with hard feathers. It will last for a long time, since it is highly durable, and it has many different attachments.

There are also disadvantages:

  • long heating - long cooling;
  • sometimes - uncomfortable (heating) handles;
  • Possibility of burnout during long-term operation.

Wire burners have more serious disadvantages:

  • high cost;
  • expensive repairs;
  • frequent replacement of thin needles;
  • difficulty in finding spare parts.

The choice of a burner is a purely individual decision. But most choose the first option. I can recommend the Stayer pyrograph. An excellent burner suitable for all materials.

How to use the device? This burning device is conveniently located in a plastic box, making it convenient for transportation. The kit includes a stand for the soldering iron (which is very important), a set of tips of 20 pieces (always necessary and shaped). In general, a great gift for both a beginner and a professional pyrographer. Next you will need a wood burning kit. It will be cheaper and easier than searching for the necessary means at hand on your own. There is enough material there for the first time. The sets look something like this:

A good set contains several boards, some with ready-made sketches. We also need drawings, which are not a problem to find. For starters, they are again included in the burning kit.

Gallery: wood burning (crafts - 25 photos)



















Burning lesson and technique - master class for beginners (video)

Preparation and burning wood with a soldering iron: beauty technology

Having prepared the necessary equipment, decide on the material. It is better to stick to soft woods.

Good fit:

  • pine;
  • Linden;
  • birch;
  • ash;
  • maple.

Having prepared the necessary equipment, decide on the material

You need to let the device warm up on the stand. Then take the properly sanded material. Remember:

  1. It is necessary to grind along the grain - this will remove all the unevenness and roughness.
  2. After sanding, be sure to walk over the material with a damp cloth. Be sure to let the material dry.
  3. Next, you need to carefully apply the sketch to the surface of the prepared material with a pencil, using light strokes.

Once you start work, forget about haste: no one sets the task of completing it quickly. This is not a quick process. Like any art, it requires care and gives great pleasure from the work done.

  1. Sketch, if you are not good at drawing yourself, apply it to the surface using carbon paper.
  2. You need to apply the design onto the prepared surface with a soldering iron with the same force - this way there will be no gaps on it.
  3. Do not keep the hot needle in one place - the wood will darken more than in other places. This may ruin the final look.
  4. Keep the material with the fibers facing down - this will make it easier for the needle to move along it without encountering obstacles or resistance.

Always be careful and remember: you are working with a hot tool. Always keep it on a stand: it’s better to blow on the water one more time, but not get burned.

How to burn on boards correctly: the birth of the first masterpieces

As mentioned, this requires the following tool:

  • sketch (it can be whatever you like best);
  • planks (pine, linden, birch, ash, maple);
  • fireproof stand for the pyrograph (required!);
  • pyrograph

Depending on the need and features of the pattern, change the attachments, which you always keep at hand.

  1. Prepare a tablet. Clean it with fine sandpaper. Rub with a chalk-water solution. Allow the board to dry (you can only burn it when the material is dry).
  2. Transfer the selected sketch to the board.
  3. Turn on the pyrograph. Wait until the pen heats up and turns red.
  4. Then, with equal pressure, move the pen along the contour and all elements of the sketch so that a clear dark brown stripe appears (or black, if you want).
  5. Burning is completed when all parts of the sketch are drawn and it turns into a full-fledged drawing.

Depending on the need and features of the pattern, change the attachments, which you always keep at hand. This technology for beginners allows you to quickly learn the art of pyrography.

Burning on plywood: the easiest way

The process of burning on plywood is not much different from pyrography on a thick board. It is easy to purchase plywood sheets at any construction market. You can ask and they will cut it into pieces of the desired size. Plywood weighs less and costs less than other materials. It contains no harmful resins. You need to choose plywood from birch, pine, beech, no more than 2 centimeters thick.

After choosing plywood, the process follows the scheme already given.

  1. The plywood needs to be cleaned. Wet with a solution of chalk and water. Let the plywood dry.
  2. During the drying time, you need to select a sketch, a pencil, and carbon paper.
  3. As soon as the plywood is dry, start transferring the sketch onto the plywood.
  4. Turn on the pyrograph - it must be on a stand.
  5. After the pyrograph is hot and the sketch is transferred to plywood, begin work.

The process of burning on plywood is not much different from pyrography on a thick board

By following this simple technology, you can burn out anything you want: from a simple inscription to a real painting. This is easier to do than it seems.

Which attachments are best to buy?

All you need to do is purchase a set of attachments to get started. This is what a great set looks like, tested experimentally.

Since only talented artists can draw and burn icons on their own, it is much easier for novice pyrographers to implement this idea using ready-made stencils for burning. Be prepared for the fact that work on this “project” will take a lot of time, because icons are very complex artistic compositions. However, the end result will meet any of your expectations. You can download pictures for wood burning on the Internet. You can enlarge the picture to the desired size using any free program for working with digital images.

Print the sketch on a printer, and then transfer it to a wooden blank using tracing paper (copy paper) or other available methods that were discussed in detail in previous articles. When burning a design on wood, start first with the main contours, and only then move on to small strokes and lines. If you wish, you can decorate the frame and frame of the icon with jute filigree - the effect will be amazing.

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To burn an image in the form of ornate patterns on wood, it is best to use a plywood board - it is soft, light and easy to process, so it is ideal for such work. As for sketches and stencils for burning, they can also be found and downloaded for free on the Internet on thematic websites. Choose the pattern you like, transfer it to a prepared piece of wood and start creative work.

Any artistic patterns will look perfect on pieces of furniture (for example, wall shelves for books or homemade decor), as well as kitchen utensils: wooden spoons, rolling pins, cutting boards. Particularly popular are patterns for wood burning with light floral motifs that will decorate any wooden surface. They are much easier to draw than openwork compositions or “swirly” lace.

submitted by Anton 13.01.2018, 18:23

If you have already mastered the initial technique of “drawing with fire” at home and learned how to skillfully use a pyrograph, it’s time to move on to drawing more complex images - for example, still lifes. These can be either flowers in a vase that stands on the table, or an unusual floral pattern in space. There are many ideas for burning. For beginners, you can choose primitive flower schemes and sketches (chamomile or tulip). But if you draw well, you can burn larger flowers - roses, carnations or gladioli. Such stencils for wood burning can be easily found on the Internet. Flowers always look good on a variety of decorative surfaces and cutting boards. You can even make your own exclusive painting, which you can then proudly hang on the wall or give to loved ones.

submitted by Anton 13.01.2018, 18:26

For burning, drawings and sketches can be neutral (landscapes, geometric shapes, animals and other similar images) and thematic. The latter include drawings of a specific theme or holiday ones. The most popular pictures are New Year's (Happy New Year cards, images of Santa Claus, decorated Christmas trees, garlands and gifts). This list can be continued for a long time.

Select a suitable stencil on the Internet, download it to your computer (if necessary, you can process the image in Photoshop), print it and carefully transfer it to a sanded plywood board or other suitable piece of wood. Beautiful New Year's pictures, burned with your own hands, will delight you not only on holidays, but also throughout the next year.

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For boys, designs for wood burning should have a “masculine character” - it is unlikely that young pyrographers will want to draw ornate patterns, flower arrangements or cartoon anime girls on the surface. They prefer to burn cars, ships, and architectural structures.

Therefore, the best option for boys who are interested in pyrography are paintings for wood burning not with elements of painting or still lifes, but images of cars, buildings, airplanes, weapons and military equipment. As an option, you can download house templates (country cottages, country houses, high-rise skyscrapers). Boys will burn even a simple license plate of a house with much more pleasure than flowers in vases and other feminine “things.”

During the Soviet Union Woodburning was in the nature of a mass hobby. Almost every family had a special device, powered by an ordinary electrical outlet and a burning board. And for those who did not have special artistic abilities, or simply for beginner pyrographers, special stencils were offered in abundance, including those made of metal, allowing both adults and children to create unique works of art!

With the onset of certain changes, with the advent of new entertainment, with the development of advanced modern technologies, the former hobbies of burning, albeit with a stencil, gradually faded away. However, recently this type of individual creativity is again becoming quite widespread - pictures created using a burner are used to decorate the interiors of not only residential buildings, but also cafes or bathhouses. Moreover, more and more new devices for burning are appearing, allowing you to transform absolutely any wooden product into a real exclusive hand-made item, the uniqueness of which even a child can ensure!

Burning out designs on wood using a special portable device is a very exciting and exciting activity. People who are passionate about pyrography (as burning is called) can safely be called real artists. Some of them are capable of creating real works of art, which are complex compositions with intricate patterns and even entire paintings, varnished- fish and birds, images of strange butterflies and flowers, New Year's panels, etc. Some works cost quite a lot of money. So wood burning, in addition to the aesthetic component, when the craft pleases the eyes of its owner for a long time, can be a source of good income!

But in order to create even relatively simple ornament on a sanded wooden board, most often you first need to create a sketch of the design and then transfer it to the workpiece. Not every person has the talent of an artist. Therefore, many solve this problem by using black and white stencils for wood burning or special templates. There are a huge variety of them. You can get a stencil in a variety of ways:

  • create it yourself;
  • buy in a store;
  • download from the Internet and print on a printer.

A stencil for wood burning can be an inscription, a pattern, a flower, some kind of graphic image, a copy of famous works of art, a photograph, and so on.

Getting a stencil

If you create a stencil yourself, everything is quite simple. A pattern, image or inscription is simply applied with a pencil onto unfolded paper, which easily allows you to correct mistakes and inaccuracies.

Purchased stencil or template, printed on a printer, completely ready for use. Today, both in stores and especially on the Internet, there is an almost limitless variety of different patterns, from the simplest ones that both a beginner and a child can handle, to very complex patterns or graphic compositions. How to transfer a sketch to a tree will be discussed below.

A very fashionable trend nowadays is to transfer various photographic images onto a wooden plate. These can be photographs of family and friends, animals, historical and architectural landmarks. To create a photo stencil you will need:

  • digital copy of photo;
  • computer photo editor;
  • peripheral printing device (printer).

The photo is loaded into a graphic editor in order to remove colors to black and white and slightly reduce image quality. When the photograph loses color contrast, it is printed on a printer.

Using a stencil

In order to transfer a sketch to a wooden plank or other workpiece, you must perform the following steps:

  • place copy paper on the workpiece with the working surface facing down;
  • place a finished stencil, template or sketch on top;
  • secure the structure with adhesive tape or another method;
  • Using a pencil or pen, carefully draw all the lines and elements that the inscription, pattern or image contains.

After the sketch and carbon paper have been removed from the workpiece, you must carefully examine the resulting drawing and, if necessary, correct poorly translated lines and details with a pencil, “play” with their thickness and make some other additional corrections.

That's it, now you can start burning future work of art!

Using pyrography, you can create a wide variety of decorative items or things that are simply necessary in the household. Burning is used to decorate cutting boards, wooden cutlery sets, snuff boxes, toys and other household items.

Wood burning requires creativity, patience and perseverance, as well as a lot of time to process any item. But in return, a person receives indescribable aesthetic pleasure and a beautiful individual item that will delight a person throughout his life.

And the pleasure children get from the burning process is simply impossible to describe in words! It’s no wonder that both on the Internet and in stores there is such a wide variety of stencils for burning, designed specifically for children. They contain various motifs, plots and levels of complexity. We must not forget that pyrography develops a child’s artistic taste, develops his horizons, instills in him the skills of self-discipline, ability to work, patience and perseverance.