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The most basic practice board—the one I

recommend all beginning pyrographers create—is

laid out as a grid pattern on a large sheet of birch

or poplar plywood. This practice board can be used

repeatedly to test your temperature settings, try new

pen tip strokes, and to create new textures.

Temperature settings

In the example (below left), my first row (right

row A) I set the burner temp setting at 5 and then

filled the top square with a random curling doodle

stroke. The square below it was worked on setting

6, then setting 7 through to setting 9. With each

temperature change the tonal value becomes darker.

I have marked my temperature setting in pencil to

the right of each square for easy reference later.

Creating a Wood Practice Board

Creating textures.

Mark a 10" x 12" (254mm x 305mm) sheet of poplar or

birch plywood or a piece of basswood into five rows of 1" (25mm) squares with

a pencil. Use the grid squares to create each new texture.

Marking the board.

Make pencil notations on your

practice board for both the temperature setting and pen

tip used.

Part Two — Practice Boards

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