Creating Stunning Pet Portraits with Pyrography Techniques
Wood Types and Selection
A course by Hannah Veiga , Pyrography artist
About the video: Wood Types and Selection
Overview
“In this lesson, you'll learn about the best woods for wood burning, including basswood, maple, cherry, and alder, as well as woods to avoid like black walnut and red cedar. Key terms like hardwood vs. softwood, live edge, and dry vs. green are explained. Properly dried wood is essential for successful burning.”
In this video lesson Hannah Veiga addresses the topic: Wood Types and Selection, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creating Stunning Pet Portraits with Pyrography Techniques. Master pet portrait pyrography techniques for creating stunning, realistic woodburned art, focusing on tools, textures, and finishing.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we're gonna start by talking about the different types of wood, ones that are good for wood burning, the ones that are not so good for wood burning, the differences and the types of terminology you're gonna hear when we talk about different types of wood. To begin, we're gonna talk about hardwoods versus softwoods. Hardwoods, depending on what country you're in, they're gonna be different and softwoods are gonna be different. Overall though, I'd stick to hardwoods for wood burning. We have examples here of the different types of hardwoods that I prefer to use. To start, we h...”
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Course summary for: Creating Stunning Pet Portraits with Pyrography Techniques
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Arts & Crafts, Decorative Painting, DIY, Drawing, Naturalistic Illustration, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing, Traditional illustration, Woodworking
Hannah Veiga
A course by Hannah Veiga
Hannah Veiga is a multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Hamilton, Ontario, whose main practice focuses on pyrography—the art of drawing with fire on wood. Guided by the natural grain, she creates compositions that celebrate the organic character of each surface, exploring the balance between control and spontaneity. Her work reflects themes of growth, decay, and rebirth, inviting viewers to find stillness and curiosity in the natural world.
Before discovering pyrography, Hannah experimented with screen printing, etching, drawing, painting, and mixed-media sculpture. Today, she combines her artistic practice with education, sharing her creative process through workshops and tutorials that encourage sustainability, material awareness, and the expressive potential of natural materials.
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