Pyrography 101: Woodburning Illustration Techniques
About the Wood
A course by Ash Rudolph , Freelance Artist
About the video: About the Wood
Overview
“In this lesson, I will start preparations for the course project. In order to prepare everything appropriately, I will go over the right and wrong types of materials that you can burn safely and build a visual mood board for your future piece. ”
In this video lesson Ash Rudolph addresses the topic: About the Wood, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pyrography 101: Woodburning Illustration Techniques. Discover the meditative craft of pyrography and learn to enhance wooden objects with unique illustrations inspired by the world around you.
Partial transcription of the video
“About the Wood In this lesson, we'll make preparations for the final project of the course. You'll make your final project through the process of sketching, transferring your sketch to wood, and burning your design onto the wood. The subject can be animals or plants, whichever you prefer. You can do birds, trees, your favorite flower, or anything else. The size should be around 8 x 8 inches. You can do a 6 x 4-inch plaque or a 5 x 7 inch one. For this project, it will take you about eight hours max. Before we delve deeper into the final project, we'll first talk about the types of wood that...”
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Course summary for: Pyrography 101: Woodburning Illustration Techniques
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Category
Craft, Illustration -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Traditional illustration
Ash Rudolph
A course by Ash Rudolph
Ashlyn Rudolph is a freelance artist based in Virginia, U.S. As a child, she was passionate about telling stories and making things, and realized from a young age that she wanted to pursue an artistic career. She went on to complete a BFA in communication arts at Virginia Commonwealth University, where she specialized in children’s illustration and design. Ashlyn later went on to teach herself how to illustrate with woodburning techniques.
After sharing her work online in 2020, she grew a following on TikTok and Instagram for her pyrography work and later left her job to pursue a full-time career in art. Ashlyn mainly works on personal pieces, but has collaborated with brands including Ketnipz LLC, creating illustrated backgrounds for their game, BeanKind. She also shares her work with over 15K followers on Instagram.
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