Coloring Pyrography Opps...

Well practice makes perfect. When your perfect the first time, and then you fail you always wonder why.

So now you’ve got something else to try and perfect.

Great attempt. And try and practice on something smaller next time.

-- Karson Southern Delaware karson_morrison@bigfoot.com

Buck, it doesn’t look that bad, at least in the photos. I think I’d hit it with a coat of shellac or something next time (but you already thought about that haven’t you).

-- Bill - "Suit yourself and let the rest be pleased." http://www.cajunpen.com/

Thank you Karson, I don’t think I want to get any smaller. This board is 5×7 as it is.

Bill, certainly needs a coat of something before coloring, thanks.

I like it !

-- ..... art for lifes sake ... danwalters@lumberjocks.com

Thanks Dan. The bleed is not that all that bad and in a way kinda looks cool. I may go on and put in the box.

You can’t win em all Buckskin. But it looks OK to me.

-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python

I thought it looked great as well.

-- Still learning everything

I think it looks good, Buck. You stayed inside the lines… and the bleed in the flames look natural.

-- "Bordnerizing" perfectly good lumber for over a decade.

Morning, Buck,
I don’t see that it is that bad from your photos. It probably would have worked better if you had used a fixitive prior to the color or to keep it completely away used a friskit(sp) which is a peel away blocker for the color. Water color artists use it when they want the true color of the paper to show through the paint, particularly a wash. Grumbacher used to make one called Miskit. Probably still do.Another solulution would be to paint shellac right up to and over the burn line on the edge. This would probably block any kind of bleed from going under the first layer of the ply(if you’re using ply). As it is I’d spray it with shellac(not brush). If you brush you might pick up some of the color. Oh…. next time use the acrylics. By the way you did a great job on the colors. Nice blending for markers.

-- Thos. Angle, Owyhee Design, Oregon

I think this is a nice looking pyro. I would hang it on my wall.

-- bryano

Thanks one and all. I did some more research last night and on Lora S. Irish’s website, http://www.carvingpatterns.com/ she suggests using colored pencil as well as water color paint. But, alas still no mention of a sealer before using the water.

I know I’m late with this reply…I have always used oil colored pencils. You can find Walnut Hollow oil pencils in Michaels, and I think I’ve seen them in Walmart. First put a light spray of a sealer on your piece before coloring it..I use Deft Matt Finish. If you want it more transparent just lightly touch the wood with the color you want and then take a Q-Tip or a paper shading stub and dip it in a thinner for oils and go over the color and it will blend your pencil strokes and it will look like a wash. I also use Deft Spray Satin to seal my burnings with either colored or not. A spray sealer has less tendency to bleed. I always watched Cowboy U and they always said Cowboy Up. By the way…I don’t think it looks bad at all…Hope this helps…”Keep burning and learning”…Dannie

-- Dangee's Pyrography by Artist Danette Smith