Realistic Textures with Minisa
Black Backgrounds, Clouds and Smoke, and Water droplets
Watch Minisa Burn Live
Resources and Recommendations from the Live
Black backgrounds: Avoid excessive heat and heavy pressure. Burn in strips with the grain.
Clouds: Hard edges, soft edges, values and blending
Smoke: Just like clouds but with darker value -
Water droplet: Outline, smiley face shadow
Sizing images to wood: Measure wood and add a shaped border on a transparent layer on photoshop, and then print.
Heat resistant gloves (lightweight hair styling gloves)
100% leather gloves (the ones from gardening place like she is using)
Photo editing software: Gimp and snapseed from audience and Minisa uses photoshop
Learn about Minisa
Minisa Robinson was raised in the mountains and backcountry of Colorado and grew up with a strong appreciation of art. Minisa is self-taught in many areas of art including oil painting, sketching, graphic arts, acrylic painting and alcohol inks. However, she is most known for her realistic woodburnings, also known as pyrographic art.
1. How long have you been burning for and how did you discover pyrography/what got you started?
I started wood burning in 2009 while exploring the art of wood carving.
2. Describe your style in three words
Realistic, Dramatic, Clean
3. What are your favorite tools to use when wood burning (machines, nibs, wood, other odd tools etc...)?
Walnut Hollow Creative Versa-Tool and the Shading Point. Occasionally, the Razertip with a small round shader point
4. Do you make any other kind of art? What kinds of other mediums do you like to work with?
I create hand-painted pendants and jewelry, create graphite drawings and paint.
5. What would people be surprised to learn about you?
I'm a third-degree black belt in Taekwondo.