5 Extraordinary Patterns for Pyrography Birds: Let Your Creativity Fly!

Today’s blog is going to be about PYROGRAPHY BIRDS! If you’re a beginner, you must be losing patience to try out a project based on birds that frequent your neighborhood. Or maybe you really like a bird photo and want to try burning it. Whatever it is, go slow.

Wood burning the image of a bird is tricky. While you certainly can do some easy silhouettes or line art with beginner-level skills, I suggest you try this sort of pyrography after you’ve at least reached the intermediate level. 

Without further ado, let’s look at some great ideas that may inspire you, and a handful of tips to help you out in your endeavor–

Ideas to get you going

Owl pattern

Owls are quite popular as a theme, and while a realistic owl might be daunting, you can also pick a stylized or cartoon owl with much fewer details. 

Bird silhouette

If you’re a beginner but want to jump on the bandwagon, here’s a super simple bird silhouette for you!

Bird in flight

Well-equipped with intermediate skills, and looking for a challenge? Take a photo of your favorite bird in flight, transfer it to the wood, and start burning! The variety of lines would keep you busy for a long time. 

Mandarin Duck

Now, this is a job for someone with considerable pyrography skills. Not only do you need to pay close attention to the pattern of the feathers, but you also need to nail the reflection of the bird on the eddying water! 

Parrots

• Parrots are beautiful birds and have a lot of species. You can try any one of them for realistic pyrography project
• This particular photo of realistic parrot pyrography requires professional skills
• There are a lot of shading works need to execute
• This becomes a masterpiece once you can do it successfully

This video tutorial might be handy for a detail work, if you are confident enough!

Moreover, you can watch this video for learning how to do realistic bird pyrography.

Tips for An Easier Project

• Don’t try doing this type of pyrography free-handed. Make sure you’ve already traced or transferred the pattern on the wood with considerable accuracy. 
• Outline very lightly. Birds tend to be delicate, and if you burn the lines too harshly, the sense of delicacy is gone, and your project would lose its liveliness. 
• After outlining, decide which places of the pattern would have shadows. 
• While leaving your pyrography as it is would be okay, you can add some color to it to make the bird look more vibrant. 
• After coloring, don’t forget to seal your work!

Conclusion

I hope I was able to give you some great ideas within a limited time frame! Have you made any bird projects using wood burning before? Let us know in the comments!

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