Adelaide Rozella Pyro and watercolour wash

[pwjupp]

Hi
I am still just getting started in pyrography. I had a go at water colour and pyrography. I did the pyro work first and then tried to colour wash over it. The plan is one of Sue Walters. It did not work very well as I lost alot of the feather detail. Just wondered if any one tell me if they have had a go at this with success. Is it better to do the colour wash first and then burn over the colour?
Thanks in advance

[A Duke]

That is just lovely. Well done and thanks for posting.
Regards

[artme]

WOW!!!

[mythicagothiga]

Hi
I am still just getting started in pyrography. I had a go at water colour and pyrography. I did the pyro work first and then tried to colour wash over it. The plan is one of Sue Walters. It did not work very well as I lost alot of the feather detail. Just wondered if any one tell me if they have had a go at this with success. Is it better to do the colour wash first and then burn over the colour?
Thanks in advance

As a beginner, you did a lovely job!

Because you did the pyrography first, took a photo and then did the colour, you can see clearly that much of the pyrography gets lost with the addition of colour and I often feel it isn't worth it. Myself and others who have been doing pyrography for years, often avoid any form of colour except when there is a need, only for highlights and we use colour pencil for better control.

Traditional Australian pyrography is solid pyrography burns on a vase or box with the whole thing then stained in one colour or no colour at all.

You can burn over colour but at the end of the day, ask yourself why bother going to the effort of doing the pyrography if,when you add colour, you can get the same effect do the same thing doing a painting?