Celtic Key Pattern - C - Coffe

Size: 4.5"w x 5"h
On Canson Pro Layout paper drew out my 1st pattern then copied it multiple times...

Colored the background with a dark brown Koi watercolor brush pen. The cream colored letters with Prisma colored pencil. It almost looks like the dark brown section says "cup"... but it's really just in-between 4 "C's"

Text with a Faber Castell Pitt calligraphy brown broad edge pen pen and the corner of the pen for the rest of the text.

Celtic Key Pattern - NZN - Comfort Zone

This time only used a ruler to create my design...

Size: 5"sq
On Genoa Bond calligraphy paper drew out my 1"squares, drew in the "Z" and then the 2 "N's" using a Faber Castell Pitt artist calligraphy pen (1/10"). Added design element to distinguish each letter (white dots, dashes and gold mini squares). Colored with Posca colored pencils. Outlined the borders with a red Zig Writer. Text written in a kind of monoline/Art Nouveau style.
words: create a NEW comfort ZONE NOW

Celtic Key Pattern - O - Okay

For this one I went straight to designing

Size: 4"w x 5"h
On Canson Pro Marker paper created my O-Emerald design border using a Faber Castell calligrapy broad edge C pen (1/10"), colored with Posca colored pencils.
Lettering with a Juice Up pen
words: Okay

Celtic Key Pattern - T - Lift Off

Size: 6"sq
On Canson Pro Marker paper created my design border, colored with Prismacolor broad edge markers.
Lettering with a Juice Up pen
words: T minus zero
and we have lift off.

Celtic Key Patterns - Z - Zees

We had our Celtic ZOOM meeting a couple days ago and some of the gals had done a "Z/T" pattern and then Adrienne created one on Procreate... and I thought I'd do anotherone as well. Mine is different in that it is 2 interlocking "Z's", so I guess it's kind of a Celtic Knotwork pattern as well....

I used the same template as yesterday's post from some cardstock and then just twisted and turned it to create the design.
size: 3.5"h x 5"w
On Fabriano Mixed Media paper using a Signo Black gel pen. Painted using Finetec Rose Gold (given to me by a good friend) and Gansi Tambi "Light Gold #905"

The word is one of the Art Nouveau lettering styles from my recent class with Violet Smythe.

Celtic Key Patterns - Z - Shades of Brown

We had our Celtic ZOOM meeting a couple days ago and some of the gals had done a "Z/T" pattern and then Adrienne created one on Procreate... and I thought I'd do one as well Mine is different in that it is 2 interlocking "Z's", so I guess it's kind of a Celtic Knotwork pattern as well....

Again I created a template of the letter from some cardstock and then just twisted and turned it to create the design.

size: 5"sq
On Canson Pro Marker paper using my cut out template created the design using a Zig Writer, then I thought some of the lines would work as a knot pattern  and then I was in a mood to add spaces between my pattern... You know how these things evolve...
Colored the negative spaces with Posca colored pencils in... shades of brown... and then decided to doodle inside some of the letters using brown Juice Up pen and a Unibal Signo Gold gel pen. Lettering for the words is something I came across on dribbles.com

Slip Knot Binding - Celtic Key Patterns

The challenge for our next Art Of The Fold Group (May 2024) had us making a slip knot bound booklet. I've done several of them and still love them... Since I've started doing Celtic Key Patterns I decided to make the booklet to hold them. I went in a VERY COLORFUL direction...

size: 8.5"w x 9.5"h x 1"thk

Raided my cardstock stash and assembled 14 different colors plus the white covers. Added a strip of 1"w yellow cardstock on both sides of each piece of cardstock to reinforce the binding edge. Punched 3 holes approx 1/2" away from my edge.

Bound it a little differently than usual. I started the binding from the back edge but stopped at the halfway point. Then started from the front page working towards the center of my pages. Attached both sections by tying a double knot bow.

I like this way a lot better because I think it's a lot neater...

Then added the different colored strips of cardstock and the title.

You do have to pay attention to the orientation of your pages, otherwise they may end up upside down... ROFL

 

 

Celtic Key Pattern - A & E - AE Housman

I thought I'd do an "e" and when I was playing with it... there was the "a" as well. ROFL
Again I created a template of the letter from some cardstock and then just twisted and turned it to create the design.
size: 8"h x 5"w
On Canson Pro Layout Marker paper using a Staedtler Lumocolor F pen inked over my pencil design. (I ran out of my Zig Writer...) Colored with Posca colored pencils ("e" in green and yellow blended and the "a" in aqua & yellow). I drew gems in the small rectangular areas (emerald & sapphire). Applied variegated leaf to the long rectangles.

Still practicing my Art Nouveau lettering... with a Juice Up pen.

quote:
Lie you easy, dream you light,
and sleep you fast for aye;
and luckier may you find the night
than ever you found the day.
AE Housman

Celtic Key Pattern - B - Blue Bird

I had fun doing the "S" key frame which have since words added... you can see HERE or HERE for the basic frame with details

While I had it standing on my desk and looking at it I saw this funky "B" and I was off on a tangent... I can see me doing another alphabet series since I now have 2 letters done...
size:7.25"h x 5"w
On Staples 110# cardstock drew out the key design. I cut out the "B" shape from some misc cardstock and just drew around it, twisting and turning where needed... I added various blue colored glitter on the long narrow triangle shapes. The gold borders are Gansai Tambi "Blue Gold" paint. The dark blue small inner triangles are done with blue Mattehop pen, the black lines are Zig Writer. Lettering with a Frixion blue pen and outlined with a Juice Up pen.

Scribbled Lives 2024 - Wk 13 - Dorothy Parker - Creativity

Size: 7.5"w x 6"h
On Canson Mixed Media paper the Celtic key pattern was created from a funky letter "S". you can see more about that on my blog HERE
Text written with a Speedball Elegant Writer 2.5mm pen in an unknown funky style of lettering.
words: Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye. Dorothy Parker

Celtic Key Pattern - Painted Frame

Well our Celtic Group are starting with Key Patterns.. They're supposedly all straight lines. I have no idea if I'm doing it right or not... but I love the way it turned out. Now to find a quote to calligraph inside the frame.

size:7.5"h x 6"w

On Canson Mixed Media paper drew out the key design. See below for the steps I took. Since it's basically all straight lines I drew a funky "S" shape. Then put a border around the shape. Transferred the idea to graph paper... although that didn't really help so I just winged it... then cut it out of cardstock and used it as my guide. 

I then inked it with a ZIG Writer, added the inner border with a Juice Up pen and water colored my "S" shapes using (WN Cad Yel, Winsor Blue Red and Holbien Opera) blending the paints with water to merge them. Then inked the black areas with a Pentel Brush Pen.

 

only painted...