Landscape Pyrography Techniques & Projects: A Beginner's Guide to Burning by

Product Description Learn to create realistic landscape pyrography burnings with this comprehensive guide from Lora S. Irish!4 practice projects to help you learn a wide range of pyro techniques and effectsStep-by-step capstone project for a rustic Advertising BarnDozens of ready-to-use patterns for landscape scenes, with finished examples.Learn how to create practice boards for pen tip strokes, texture fills, landscape features, and architectural elementsComplete guide to supplies, burning units, pen tips, pyrography media, safety, and moreIn-depth tips and techniques from a master pyrography artistNationally recognized artist and pyrographer Lora S. Irish reveals her easy-to-learn methods for working in layers to obtain stunning results. You'll learn how to use contrasting tonal values to create dramatic depth in any landscape, scenery, or wildlife wood burning.Inside Landscape Pyrography Techniques & Projects, Lora introduces you to many different aspects of burning, and guides you through small practice patterns so you can discover and apply all the techniques. Learn about pen tips, temperature settings, fill patterns, and everything else you need to burn interesting, textured, lifelike landscapes.Lora shows beginning pyrographers how to develop the burning process by laying one layer over another to slowly bring each area up to its final tonal value. By working a design in low or medium temperatures and adding successive layers, you can obtain total control over your final scene.She also includes expert advice on basic tools, supplies, and techniques, along with 4 skill-building projects that provide step-by-step practice in using temperature, time, layering, and texturing. Discover easy-to-learn methods for working in layers to obtain stunning results, a step-by-step Advertising Barn project, and dozens of ready-to-use patterns with finished examples. Book Description Create realistic landscape pyrography burnings with this comprehensive guide. Discover easy-to-learn methods for working in layers to obtain stunning results, along with 4 practice projects, a step-by-step Mail Pouch Tobacco-style barn project, and dozens of ready-to-use patterns with finished examples. From the Back Cover Create Beautiful Landscape PyrographyLearning pyrography has never been easier with this comprehensive guide. Nationally recognized artist and pyrographer Lora S. Irish reveals her easy-to-learn methods for working in layers to obtain stunning results. Lora introduces you to many different aspects of burning, and guides you through small practice patterns so you can discover and apply all the techniques. Learn about pen tips, temperature settings, fill patterns, and everything else you need to burn interesting, textured, lifelike landscapes."It may take practice to get as good as Irish...but it will surely be worth it"BRISTOL HERALD COURIER"There doesn't seem to be a medium that Lora Irish hasn't mastered... She's literally written the book on pyrography"PYROGRAPHY ONLINE"Lora S. Irish... covers the spectrum of anything you might imagine burning onto wood"CARVERTOOLS.COM"Lora's many pattern books have inspired countless carvers over the years, myself included... (she) influences many aspiring artists and craftsmen"SHAWN CIPA, AUTHOR OF CARVING FANTASY & LEGEND FIGURES IN WOODInside Landscape Pyrography Techniques & Projects you'll find:Complete guide to supplies, burning units, pen tips, pyrography media, safety, and more.How to create practice boards for pen tip strokes, texture fills, landscape features, and architectural elements.Four complete practice projects for a wide range of pyro techniques and effects.Step-by-step project for a rustic Mail Pouch Tobacco-style barn.Dozens of ready-to-use patterns for landscape scenes, with finished examples. About the Author Lora S. Irish is an internationally known artist and author, whose acclaimed books includeGreat Book of Carving Patterns, Great Book o

FEATURES

• • Create realistic landscape pyrography burnings
  • 4 practice projects, dozens of ready-to-use patterns with finished examples
  • 208 pages, Softcover
  • ISBN: 978-1-56523-931-9
  • By: Lora S. Irish