Books with author Sue Waters

Build your skill level through these step-by-step projects for beginner, intermediate, and advanced burners! Inside Pyrography Workbook, author Sue Walters explores: Practical and necessary aspects of safety and work area setup Equipment and timber selection Preparing the wood and transferring the design Special nib techniques and how to apply them Textures, patterns, and unusual pyrographical variations Burning on leather, gourds, bark, and other materials The integration and use of color in pyrography Pyrography, meaning to draw with fire, is a versatile art form that dates back to the Victorian age and continues to thrive today because of its beauty and endless possibilities. In Pyrography Workbook, internationally renowned Australian pyrographer Sue Walters offers inspiration and sound practical information that will open your eyes to the artistic potential of pyrography. Whether you're a novice or an advanced burner, Sue's engaging style and award-winning talents will remove the mystery from this captivating art form and make it a more enjoyable experience. In addition to a gallery of Sue's award-winning work, 3 step-by-step projects, and a selection of original patterns to inspire future burning, you'll learn how to prepare wood surfaces before burning, how to transfer a design or pattern, and how to select materials for burning, coloring, and finishing a project. Methods for burning onto wood, leather, paper, bark, and antlers, are detailed alongside ample pictures of pyrography on the various materials that will inspire novice woodburners. Numerous techniques are also discussed, including solar, negative, relief, engraving, torch, and hot wire. Even the most difficult area for burners—how to realistically create animal fur, feathers, and eyes—is addressed. Pyrography Workbook teaches you everything you need to know to start creating stunning pyrography artwork.

Capture the beauty of nature with the vibrant, lifelike wildlife designs in Pyrography Patterns! 30 wildlife patterns of North American animals, including geese, eagles, bear, deer, wolves, foxes, owls, chipmunks, cougars, and more Large, ready-to-use patterns provided in both line and tonal patterns Tips & advice from artist Sue Walters on transferring patterns, segmenting, and maniuplating the images to create your own custom designs Whether it's the majesty of a buck, the cheekiness of a raccoon, or the peaceful stillness of a loon, the appeal of wildlife is universal. If you're a woodburning artist with a love of nature and animals, Pyrography Patterns will make it easy for you to create vibrant and attractive wildlife images. Award-winning pyrography artist Sue Walters offers 30 dynamic North American wildlife patterns and 10 original border designs to use in woodburning projects. These engaging animal subjects—including birds, squirrels, butterflies, sheep, raccoons, a polar bear, elk, bison, and more—are presented in harmonious natural settings. Large ready-to-use designs are provided in both line and tonal patterns. Amazingly detailed tones are shown directly over each line drawing, to guide you in darkening your picture with ultra-realistic, lifelike effects. The author also includes tips on transferring patterns, plus advice on segmenting and manipulating the images to create your own custom designs.

Dive into another exciting magical adventure for girls – will you answer the call of Silver Dolphins?Antonia is a secret Silver Dolphin – she's responsible for helping the creatures of the bay when their environment is threatened, by responding to the call of her magic necklace.Antonia and Cai are helping Hannah set up another Sea Watch charity to look after local dolphins and seals. But when thunderstorms cause a landslide, the Silver Dolphins face their biggest challenge yet…

Dive into another exciting magical adventure for girls – will you answer the call of the Silver Dolphins?Everyone is busy at Sea Watch with preparations to return young seal Tilly to the sea. Meanwhile, a film crew for popular TV series ‘Stage Struck’ arrives in Sandy Bay! They’re filming on the beaches, making it hard for Silver Dolphins to answer the call without being noticed…Antonia and Cai make a daring rescue of an unusual creature and become celebrities in their own right, but when a rising tide threatens the safety of the film crew is the Silver Dolphins secret about to be exposed for good?

Exciting magical adventure series – will you answer the call of the Silver Dolphins?Antonia is a secret Silver Dolphin – she's responsible for helping the creatures of the bay when their environment is threatened, by responding to the call of her magic necklace.A colony of puffins is endangered by a building development and baby birds are constantly under threat from the diggers. Can Antonia and Cai protect the pufflings and their cliff top home?

Exciting new magical adventure series – will you answer the call of the Silver Dolphins?Antonia is thrilled to win first prize in the Sea Watch poster competition – a dolphin charm necklace. But when she is presented with it, she is mysteriously told to ‘always answer the call’. Soon she discovers that her necklace has magical powers that draw her to the sea where she meets a pod of dolphins and learns she has been chosen for a very special role. But Antonia’s new responsibilities not only conflict with her friendships; they also bring her into danger. Is she brave enough to face her fears? And can she be a Silver Dolphin without losing her best friend?

Exciting new magical adventure series for girls – will you answer the call of Silver Dolphins?Antonia is a secret Silver Dolphin – she's responsible for helping the creatures of the bay when their environment is threatened, by responding to the call of her magic necklace.When Antonia goes on holiday, she doesn’t expect her necklace to sound until she returns to Sandy Bay. But when exotic sea creatures are in danger, she hears their call. Who needs her help in the moonlit waters?

Dive into another exciting magical adventure for girls – will you answer the call of Silver Dolphins?It’s the Spring holidays and there’s a surprise visit from Cai’s parents from Australia. But they’ve got unwelcome news – Antonia is devastated to learn that best friend Cai might be emigrating to Australia or moving back to the city.Cai faces an impossible choice: does he move to the city so he can still visit Antonia but give up being a Silver Dolphin or does he learn to answer the call in Australia without his best friend?Meanwhile a minke whale keeps getting stranded in the estuary. Antonia and Cai join forces with the local fishermen and the coast guard to try to save the whale but it keeps returning. Can there be another reason for its strange behaviour? And could this really be the end of Silver Dolphins for Cai?

Exciting new magical adventure series for girls – will you answer the call of Silver Dolphins?Antonia is a secret Silver Dolphin – she's responsible for helping the creatures of the bay when their environment is threatened, by responding to the call of her magic necklace.It's the start of the summer holidays and Jessica, Antonia's sister, is becoming increasingly obsessed about 'catching up' with her big sister. She covets Antonia's necklace and cannot resist the temptation of borrowing it' Antonia is distraught when she thinks it's lost for ever: how will she hear the distress call of her dolphins without it? But they are not the only ones in need of her help…

Exciting new magical adventure series for girls – will you answer the call of Silver Dolphins?Antonia is a secret Silver Dolphin – she's responsible for helping the creatures of the bay when their environment is threatened, by responding to the call of her magic necklace.When her cousins come to stay, Antonia’s loyalties are divided between family and her dolphin friends. New Sea Watch members are also causing rifts and she can’t help getting swept up in rivalry with Rosie, the latest volunteer. Will Antonia end up breaking the most important promise of all?