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This video shows How to add liquid glass to your wood piece? the video goes through the whole steps of the process it will help you in learning this step you can glaze your own piece right after the watching Also you can Download a Free Quick Guide for Woodburning / Pyrography Art @ http://www.smilingwood.com/

I was touched by the success of Obama 4 years before as the first African American to reach the White House. Few months before he was able to repeat his triumph. His tweet " Another four years sky rocketed in twitter. I have no interest in politics, I am not an American after all. Yet i was inspired by the story of the man. In this project I used the Pyrography / wood burning to burn the Obama's face on the wood!! Funny as it sounds but i enjoyed it so much I recorded the steps from the copying of the face using carbon/graphite paper through the painting of the wood till finishing the piece. It took me two days to finish this piece. You can watch the video at: http://youtu.be/NHTfd2qVIB

Shading is what gives more life to any drawing I was always looking for an easy way of shading my drawings on wood I believe that this technique is the easiest and the fastest . Simply by applying parallel lines close to each others The intinesty of the shades increase by intersecting one group of parallel lines with another I use a cheap wood burner which is in capable of shading large areas yet this techniques is very suitable for My burner and give a great finish

An important step for any pyrography creation process is the copying of the pattern to the wood i use the simple carbon / graphite copying technique but how about other techniques? in this video the pyrographer uses a very easy technique to transfer his pattern from paper to wood simply by ironing the paper with its face down to the wood the good thing about it that the full details are copied which will make the burning step more and more easy yet some pyrographers may find it less appealing since they need more room for their talent to be expressed and added to the original patter however it so nice and easy especially for beginners enjoy it

The Cottage Watch spoon is considered as the signature piece for many Pyrography artists What is the designs to be burned to this small area? What is the techniques to be followed on this type of wooden pieces? What is the best burner to be applied to this wooden piece? The common patterns to be burned are leaves, flowers and plant drawings in general This is quite suitable for the small area for the wooden spoon rather than animals and Landscapes. Generaly these relatively small drawings need special techniques to handle thier small sizes And managing the curves within these patterns. The Nipsburner has a very nice device that can be used in creating these nice patterns starting from 99$  http://www.nibsburner.com/ In the following video an expert pyrographer demonstrate all this very simply I recommend you to subscribe to his youtube channel  ht...

A small key medal is considered to be a low cost item that can be used as a gift for those you love. But how about personalising this item so that to increase it's value and give it your style. How ? It's so easy using the Pyrography / wood burning technique In the following video you can master the process in no time. I developed  a Free 7 page quick guide for pyrography / wood burning art You can download it from  www.SmilingWood.com It's whole free Read it , share it and have fun