Creating Celtic Animal Designs

Creating Celtic Animal Designs
Author: Cari Buziak
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2020-01-15
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0486837319

Many instruction books focus on how to duplicate a given set of designs, but this unique work shows how to create your own. The Aon method presents simple, step-by-step directions for incorporating animal forms into Celtic designs.

Celtic Animals Charted Designs

Celtic Animals Charted Designs
Author: Ina Kliffen
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1996-01-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780486291253

Forty-three carefully designed color-coded charts depict bizarre mythical creatures that abound in Celtic art. Complete instructions and easy-to-follow diagrams enable even beginning needlecrafters to create a wealth of fabulous patterns that will embellish clothing, linens, and other domestic items.

Creating Celtic Knotwork

Creating Celtic Knotwork
Author: Cari Buziak
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 129
Release: 2018-01-16
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0486820335

Suitable for artists at all levels, these simple, amply detailed instructions explain not just how to duplicate examples but also how to take the next steps to illustrating unique designs.

Celtic Art

Celtic Art
Author: George Bain
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2013-07-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0486317447

This unique volume clearly demonstrates simple geometric techniques for making intricate knots, interlacements, spirals, Kellstype initials, human and animal figures in distinctive Celtic style. Features over 500 illustrations.

Great Book of Celtic Patterns

Great Book of Celtic Patterns
Author: Lora Irish
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2018
Genre: Handicraft
ISBN: 9781565239265

"Provides historical overview of Celtic art; step-by-step instructions for creating twists, braids, and knotted lines; over 200 patterns; a guide to using color in your work; and a gallery of the author's art using Celtic knot work"--

Learn to Draw Celtic Designs

Learn to Draw Celtic Designs
Author: Lora S. Irish
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Drawing
ISBN: 9781565238626

Adorn your art and craft projects with beautiful Celtic knots, twists, braids and textures. Features 150 original patterns and designs.

Celtic Iron-On Transfer Patterns

Celtic Iron-On Transfer Patterns
Author: Courtney Davis
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 52
Release: 1989-08-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780486260594

Appealing collection of 65 easy-to-apply iron-on transfer patterns featuring finely balanced Celtic designs that range from simple fretwork to elaborate wreaths, borders and frames that imaginatively incorporate animals and plants. Apply to any flat surface that absorbs ink. Easy-to-follow instructions tell how to transfer designs that can be used for crewel work, fabric painting, appliqué, wood burning and other crafts.

Creative Haven Celtics Fantasy Coloring Book

Creative Haven Celtics Fantasy Coloring Book
Author: Cari Buziak
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2020-10-14
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486844722

Inspired by traditional Celtic myths, folklore, and legends, 31 striking illustrations combine distinctive, interlaced knotwork patterns with a wondrous array of stylized fantasy creatures: sea serpent, phoenix, dragon, unicorn, mermaid, sorceress, and others. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal and display. Specially designed for experienced colorists, Celtic Fantasy and other Creative Haven® adult coloring books offer an escape to a world of inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Each title is also an effective and fun-filled way to relax and reduce stress.

Celtic Knots

Celtic Knots
Author: Aidan Meehan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780500283998

Celtic knotwork is the single most widely appealing form within the rich repertoire of Celtic design. Aidan Meehan's new book provides step-by-step instruction for anyone who wants to master the traditional methods of freehand Celtic knot design and then progress to designing fresh knotwork patterns and variations. First, Meehan carefully and clearly explains how to draw the basic knot. Once that technique has been mastered, Meehan shows how to create designs with more complex knots, and how to draw border layouts. The book takes you through every step of the process, and exercises at the end of each unit ensure that you have mastered the techniques before you proceed to the next stage. Aidan Meehan is well known as a teacher and practitioner of Celtic design. Artists, designers, calligraphers, and craftspeople everywhere will find this book invaluable.

Celtic and Old Norse Designs

Celtic and Old Norse Designs
Author: Courtney Davis
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2000-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 0486412296

Artists, illustrators, designers, and craftspeople in search of exceptionally bold and inventive motifs will find them in this versatile treasury brimming with 125 royalty-free designs. Taken from authentic Celtic and Old Norse sources, they include an amazing array of birds, human figures, and mythological creatures, all ingeniously woven into an intricate network of spirals and interlacings. Meticulously adapted from artwork that graced ancient rune stones and religious symbols, furniture, manuscripts, bronze mirrors, sword hilts, cooking utensils, and other artifacts, the illustrations depict a crucifix; decorative creatures that adorned the pages of the Lindisfarne Gospels; interwoven designs from stone crosses of Ireland, Scotland, and Cornwall; and many other designs and motifs. Convenient and inexpensive, this collection offers inspiration and a wealth of immediately usable dramatic ornamentation rich in character and distinctive in content.