Celtic Circles - Hindsight

size: 5"sq
During a class with Valerie Akkerman I started this design...
On Genoa Bond Calligraphy paper drew out my intersecting circles and added the pattern details.
words: Always remember that hindsight is better than foresight.

Celtic - Top Of The Morning

I came across this knot pattern design and thought I'd something with it...
size: 6"w x 5"h
On Canson Pro Layout Marker paper using a Juice Up Pen created the knots within a circular design. Colored the knots with a metallic coppery gel pen. Added the words with a Zig Writer Painted within the letters and the larger and smaller circles.
words: Top of the morning to you. Druid Homily

Circle - 6 Trefoils & Celtic Weave - Blue & Pink

After making the larger one which you can see in the previous post  I decided to make one more the size I usually work with (4.5"dia). The image looks kind of oval but it really is a circle...

I resized my previous piece to this smaller size and printed it out then transferred it to my good paper.

On Fabriano 1264 Mixed Media paper using a Fine Tip Sharpie pen for the outline, graphite shading on the weave section. Watercolors on the trefoil knots. Background colored with a black Sharpie

Circle - 6 Trefoil & Circle Weave - Colored

After playing with some of the Celtic patterns from our last handout out Adrienne so generously sent us, I was in a mood to combine it with something else... and boy did this thing take a while. I was having so many problems getting my knots to work in the circle on one that only had 1/4" line spacing. I finally gave up and increased the line space to 1/2". And of course the template I made for my trefoil was a little skewed... I have since created a better template... but c'est la vie. I like the way it turned out so much I created one that's only 4.25"dia which I'll upload tomorrow...

On misc Calligraphy paper using a Sakura Koi watercolor brush pens. white Prisma colored pencil, graphite, Juice Up and Zig marker.
 

That yellowish color is more a limey green. The outer layer was a darker green I didn't like so went over it with a white colored pencil.

I really like the inner circle weave, weaving thru the knots accented with the graphite shading.

Celtic Spiral - Blue Green

This is something that just evolved while I was doodling...

On Genoa Bond paper created the spiral using a Juice Up pen and Prisma colored pencils.