🔥Woodburning for Beginners [7 Tips I Wish I Knew]

🔥 Get Woodburning Tips, Techniques & How-To's in Your Inbox 🔥

Here are 7 woodburning tips for beginners - the things no one tells you. The things I WISH someone told me when I first started out.

Pyrography is hard. I learned the hard way.

I want you to skip the hard part!

WOODBURNING TIPS

1. Choose the Best Burner - and know what you want, what you'll enjoy best, and that your burner makes a difference on how FAST you can burn.

2. Choose & Prep The Wood

Here's how to choose wood for woodburning:

Here's how to prep wood for woodburning:

3. Prep & Transfer Your Design for Woodburning

Sketch or trace lightly!

Here is a video with my 3 favorite ways to transfer your woodburning design:

220 Grit Sanding Block

Sand Eraser

4. Safety for Pyrography

Here's a link to my favorite safety tools:

Here's a link to my favorite safety tips:

5. Woodburning Tips & Techniques

Here's a video all about woodburning techniques:

6. Add Mixed Media AFTER You Burn!

7. How to Finish and Seal Woodburning Art

Here's a link to sealants commonly used in the pyrography community:

Satin Polycrylic

Butcher Block Oil

Odie's Oil (super high quality food safe finish)

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Check out these other pyro resources I made for you:

🔥PYRO AMAZON SHOP: MY RECOMMENDATIONS

🔥 WOODBURNING PROJECTS
The Crate Club Subscription Box

🔥 WOODBURNING RETREAT
Burn Savvy Retreat

🔥 PYROGRAPHY COURSES

- The [LAB] Learn & Burn: Beginner Pyrography Techniques

- Savvy Pyrography Shading: Learn to get buttery smooth shading

- The [BWAC] Beginner Woodburning Art Challenge

🔥 PYROGRAPHY TECHNIQUES
Basic Beginner Woodburning Techniques Video

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Thanks for watching. Later Pyro!

-Jannie
Your Pyro Professor

[BurnSavvy]

Hey pyro! 🔥 Watch this video with beginner techniques next:

[Maybeminimalistmama]

I love that I’m not the only impatient person that learns things the hard way. Here because I am doing all the wrong things because I jump in and don’t want to learn the details first. 😅

[gypsy]

I appreciate your honesty about sanding and going faster.

[brandielynn]

Ur so cool! Ive been a "jack of all trades" artist for years. Learned more in this one video than i have surfing the web since the internet was born. Thanks so much!!

[nfection]

lol "I had no idea when you turn a fan away from you it pulls smoke in. I had no idea that was a thing" best part of the video.

[mrsdragonite]

Ugh!! I'm so glad I found this. I'm a lifelong artist (sewing, leather, cricut machine, painting, YOU NAME IT), and my most recent hobby is woodburning.

I knew I was getting a cheaper pen, but my god, I'd rather watch paint dry lol!! I do, however, use finger oven mitts and use watercolor pencils for my sketches, so after the burn I just take a damp cloth and wipe my sketch away! I'm definitely investing in a better, wired pen.

[laurakynoch]

Straight to the point & informative, what a awesome teacher to have.

[robaxl]

I just orders 4 things from Amazon to get me started in wood burning . I got a decent wood burner …it was over $100 but it comes with both types of burners and a bunch of tips. I got 4 pieces of 8x8 wood, some stencils and some carbon transfer paper…oh and some sand paper. Wish me luck

[therealmouseymouse]

I started wood burning about a year ago but have taken the last few months off to focus on house projects. Decided to watch a couple videos before i start back up, glad i found you. Your energy is great and advice was easy to understand and follow.

[DrCarlaSeleme]

I am so glad to have found you and your videos. I find your style compelling and vivacious not anxious nor distracting. I enjoyed this video presentation and learned a good deal from the content.

[agunther]

You are my favorite teacher. Great tempo, thorough, animated, entertaining, and fun. Thank you!

[davidb.grantham]

Thank you for upgrading this video. So much easier to listen to with music so much lower.

[storkstormhawk]

I wish there was a pill that I could take that gave me your enthusiasm. It looks like so much fun!

[patriotwelder]

Been wood burning for years. Hobby lobby has a bunch of great stencils!

[melissanicholson]

Excellent videos! I’m so glad I watched a few before I tried to burn my son’s new $400 canoe paddle, boy would have we been sad, 😂. It’s not as easy as it looks. I like your videos because they’re quick, to the point and full of useful information! Mahalo 🤙

[alyssacdavis]

The metaphor about the lighter & burning a log helped so much! Thanks

[brandon]

Thank you, very grateful to have watched. Nice and to the point. What I needed to get started wood burning

[t_weezyda]

I’m 6 minutes in and you’ve helped me so much thank you I’m gonna keep watching lol

[OfficialHeather]

The most magnificent and creative aspect of this video is your puffy sleeve shirt! 😍😍😍

[BrianC-hg]

I use solid point with temp control. The wood type and prep YES 100% agree is IMPORTANT. Having experience with tattooing is actually helpful too. Understanding angles and pressure is amazing.