Okay, I'm foremost a writer, but somewhere in my ADD mind I'm also an artist. I'll let you determine whether I'm a good artist or not. After all, isn't art a relative talent? A piece that I may think is beautiful, you may not like at all, and vise versa. My favorite genre of art is that of woodburning. My favorite way to wood burn is to do so on uniquely shaped wood. Recently I completed an order on a deer. I titled it "Hunter's Paradise". I started out with one deer, but because of the uniqueness and size of the wood, I had to add an extra deer. Okay, my romantic heart came into my drawing so the second deer just had to be female.
Speaking of deer, it happens to be one of my favorite things to draw. My other favorite is horses. I've also done lighthouses and flowers.
The majority of my woodburning is done with the help of my father, Don Snyder. He finds my wood and puts the finish on the drawing to add just the right amount of gloss to the finished product. He is a woodcrafter and specializes in making boxes that most will call jewelry boxes, but he also makes pens and holder, and treepots. What is a treepot? You'll have to click on the former treepots to find out.
There are two essential things needed for woodburning. 1. A good woodburner with multiple tips for different effects and 2. being able to enjoy yourself when you're burning into the wood. After that, it's a world of creating special peices of art.
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