Tropical Island Art - Solar Wood Burn

This is a very simple project and an extra fast one. But very rewarding. I really made cool stuff after managing to finish this instructable. You can do too.

I thought I could paint my tropical island master piece on a piece of wood with wood burning using a magnifying glass lens. This was very simple ,easy and interesting.

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Materials and Tools

Materials :

A piece of wood. from Amazon US or eBay , Aliexpress , Banggood

Some papers

Pencil

Tools :

Magnifying Glass Lens ( this wider the better ) from Amazon US or eBay , Aliexpress , Banggood

Sun Glasses ( Very Important for your eyes safety ) from Amazon US or eBay , Aliexpress , Banggood

Setup

Pick a painting of your choice. Any thing you like. I 've chosen a tropical island paint of my own that represents the famous Langkawi Island.

I recommend drawing your painting on paper first to get the best picture you like.

You don't need to be a great painter to do this.

Try bold and free lines.

Put your thoughts in this.

Don't be afraid to try.

You can also choose any picture you like . Even you can choose an image from internet , print it and move it on the piece of wood.

You can draw it on wood yourself or copy it using carbon paper.

Since I 've drawn the painting myself I've chosen to move it without carbon paper using only the pencil.

I you make any mistakes don't worry. You can fix them with wood burning on the piece of wood.

Don't use rubber on wood. It would make it look ugly and black.

Feel free to try and have fun.

Start Solar Painting

Before starting your work , make sure to put on your dark Sun Glasses.

Staring at the Sun Spot for a long time may hurt your eyes. Even if you only stare to its image.

Using the magnifying glass lens , put the focal point of image of the Sun on the wood while tracking the pencil lines of the drawing you have drawn.

Tips :

-To get the best results, try to make the focal point of the Sun becomes minimum as you can. This minimizes the chance of getting your drawing line become a chain of dots or spots.

-Try to make unified continuous line with the lens.

-Make sure not leave the Sun spot on the wood for long time.

-You will notice that in small fine details , the pencil drawings have made Solar wood burning easy, because it made the lines you want to burn become darker than other parts of the wood.

- Start by burning the drawing from foreground to background.

For example, I started with the island and coconut tree , then the mountain and then the Sun in the most background.