Celtic Patterns for Beginners: Make Your First Celtic Design in 7 Steps
By Abby O'Shea
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If you want to make Celtic patterns from scratch then keep reading...
Do you want to make your own Celtic patterns, but don't know where to start?
Do you want to incorporate Celtic designs into other crafts you're passionate about?
If your answer is yes, then this book is for you.
This book is a beautiful in-depth guide to create and enhance your own crafting of Celtic art.
Inside this book you will discover:
- The secret to making your first Celtic pattern in 7 steps
- The biggest mistake beginners make when approaching their first Celtic design
- One simple tip that will help you draw beautiful designs, even if you're not good at free hand drawing
- The 8 most important entry points of Celtic geometry that are crucial for making accurate designs
- The #1 secret to using partial designs and making them your own
- The inside scoop on how complex Celtic knots are formed
- How to adapt your designs for wood carving and wood burning projects
- The secret method of the Celtic scribes - and how to take advantage of it in your art
- The sacred background and history of Celtic art
This book also makes a great gift for artists and crafters!
Here are the answers to some questions you might have about this book:
Q: I have never worked on Celtic designs before, can I use this book to get started?
A: Yes. The primary goal of this book, is to help a complete beginner (like you) make their first pattern after reading this book.
This book contains detailed steps of how designs are constructed by compass and straightedge so that the interested reader can reconstruct images geometrically for him- or herself.
Q: I want to enhance my crafts projects (such as oil paintings and wood carvings) by simply adapting whole or partial sections of Celtic designs. Can I do that with this book?
A: Absolutely. In fact, there is an entire section on adapting designs into wood carving and wood burning projects inside this book.
Q: Does this book have color or b/w images?
A: The book has a wonderful variety of Celtic and Norse graphic designs. The designs are clearly printed in black and white so they are easy to copy and to scale up or down.
Every day that you delay is another day you miss out on taking advantage of beautiful Celtic designs, and adding a fancy look to clothing, furniture ,fantasy weapons, or even buildings.
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Celtic Patterns for Beginners - Abby O'Shea
Introduction
Humans' love and admiration for aesthetics permeate back hundreds of thousands of years. Humans across the world have created objects to symbolize their cultures, beliefs, interests, and other life areas, just for pleasure. What they did then was just for fun. Little did they know that they were laying the foundation for the birth of art. During the Middle Ages, Celtic Art, often considered as the ancient inhabitants of Britain and Ireland, was born. It was believed that Celtic art was practiced as early as the 5th century. Celts' art, also known as Celtic art, focused mainly on ornamental artistry made up of patterns, knots, foliage, spirals, and animals. These ornamental designs were mainly symbols of natural elements such as water, air, fire, and other spiritual entities. Celts were busy migrating from one place to the other because of the ongoing wars of the Iron Age. So, they learned so many things about the cultures of the places they visited and incorporated those cultures in their art.
The constant wars of the period aided the spread of Celtic art across distant lands. Celts migrated and changed locations at the time, and other people had access to their rich cultural heritage. Celts' belief in superstition was second to none at the time. And, since it was a period people had so much respect and reverence for superstition and religion, everyone was eager to learn the Celts' way of life. So, just before anyone knew what was going on, Celtic art had won the people's hearts and minds. Of course, no one could turn down the beauty of Celtic designs, even if they wanted to. Humans continue to enjoy Celtic masterpiece designs from pendants to rings, necklaces, tattoos, and other ornamental designs. Civilization might have shaped the kinds of knots being produced, but the Celtic culture remains intact.
Anyone who's determined and committed to learning the processes of Celtic art can create impressive Celtic knots. What if I don't have previous knowledge of art? No worries. You can learn the techniques. Again, this book uses easy-to-understand words to describe the process of creating excellent knots. So, you can learn the process from scratch once you're determined and committed.
A career in Celtic art is full of positives. It is a platform to light up your creativity. Celtic art will open your eyes to innovative ways to light up your imagination. So, rather than idling your creativity, you can channel it into designing a fantastic Celtic pattern that will amaze many people. Also, it can show you a clearer picture of the world. A look at some Celtic designs and their supposed meanings will open your eyes to the realities of the world, and you'll learn so many things about other people's cultures and traditions through drawings. Still, Celtic art could be a path to fulfilling your passion. A career in Celtic art may not fetch you huge pay, but it could be an opportunity to follow your passion. Sure, it is something you'll love doing as soon as you get started.
What am I going to learn in this book?
So many amazing things to learn! Chapter one digs deep into the evolution of Celtic arts and the issues that aided the spread of the art during the Medieval period, while chapter two presents the gallery of beautiful Celtic ornaments and designs. Chapter three and four explains braids, twists, knotted lines, and Celtic patterns, with so many tips and tricks on how you can create your own designs at the comfort of your home.
Chapter five takes you through layout ideas and how to create one for your Celtic design. In chapter six, you will learn how to enhance your Celtic pattern with color, while chapter seven's focus is line enhancements. You may be dreaming of creating a unique and highly decorative Celtic design now. Great! Chapter eight offers the help you need to create a Celtic knot decorated, while chapter nine captures Celtic pattern knotted coasters.
Just name your questions. 'Celtic Patterns for Beginners' captures everything about Celtic art—yes, everything you need to be an established Celtic artist. Read, digest, and follow the techniques discussed in this book to create amazing Celtic patterns.
Chapter One: Introduction to Celtic Art
Celtic arts and crafts first hit Iron Age Europe around 1000 BCE, following a group of Celts migrating from Southern Russia. Early Celt migrants, who settled in the Upper Danube area, absorbed Ancient Danubian motifs and came with their cultural styles, including strings of knowledge from the Caucasian Bronze Age and the Mediterranean Etruscan styles. Still, they had vast experience in metalwork, jewelry art, and iron making. Their jewelry art, which was next to none at the time, could be from Russia's Caucasus' Bronze-making Maikop or as a result of Celts' early contact with the Levant. For example, the Gundestrup cauldron, Celts' masterpiece silver jewelry, was believed to hit the Black Sea region.
Celtic Art deals with lots of geometric shapes, and it covers several ornamental artistic designs such as patterns, spirals, and foliage. Following the revivalist movement to advance Celtic designs, the tentacles of Celtic Art were extended to cover other techniques and embellishments such as paintings, wall stenciling, stain glass, and different architectural designs. Ancient Celts were wealthy, intelligent, and complicated people. They were polytheists and very superstitious. Historically, most of them were farmers and warriors, and they lived on high mountains, where they could reverence natural elements such as the sun, the moon, the stars, and the Earth. Celts people believe that these natural elements could shape the course of their lives, either for good or bad. Apart from these natural elements, early Celtic Art designs also centered on another seven elements—plants, fish, reptiles, insects, birds, mammals, and humans.
The Birth of Celtic Art
Historians contend that the Caucasians influenced early Celts during the Bronze Age. They believe that Celts' initial contact with the Caucasians helped them understand how to design iron and jewelry. Those things took center stage then. However, since the Celts traded with people close to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, they might have