Celtic Knots Tests
Lately I've been exploring Celtic knots. I started these recipe cards testing the method similar to constructing the tangle Huggins, but I discovered another book and tried a different method which is more similar to my Freeform Knots class. I also tried some treatment options, mixing brown pen tangling with some color.
Here’s a video of the recipe cards:
Here’s another card using the “Huggins” method.
Later I discovered another system shown in a book (Celtic Knotwork Deisgns by Sheila Sturrock) and although not as precise, I like it a bit more.
And finally, I played with some treatment, and I’m really happy with it, even though it’s not as 3D as I normally like.
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Another picture based on a historic photo I took in Santa Monica, CA, 1999. Unfortunately I did not register exactly where it was taken. It seems to have a Romanesque feeling - obviously as a revival, since that style appeared around 11th century. I did not try to reproduce the picture accurately, but instead used as inspiration for a stylized version. Drawn using Inktense paint pencils and Pitt brush pens with a waterbrush.