Creating Stunning Pet Portraits with Pyrography Techniques
Using Heat and Pressure
A course by Hannah Veiga , Pyrography artist
About the video: Using Heat and Pressure
Overview
“This lesson covers controlling heat and pressure in wood burning. Higher heat is needed for harder woods, while lighter pressure prevents pen damage. Slower movements create darker burns. Experiment with different settings to achieve the best results.”
In this video lesson Hannah Veiga addresses the topic: Using Heat and Pressure, 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
“Now we're gonna talk a little bit more about heat and pressure. We experimented with our techniques just now varying the lines and the amount of pressure we're using and varying the heat. We're going to talk a little bit about how our systems work in terms of the heat dial and reducing any damage to your pen. Turn on your machine. Your kit might look a little bit different, but overall for these wiretip systems and even the regular solid-knit burners, there is an on button, and typically it'll come with a dial that goes from one through 10, or yours might look like yellow to red. So yellow ...”
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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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