Celtic Fish Medallion by mr-messy
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Description
Something different this time around. I did this on lined paper, silly me. But As it grew over time over a two week period, I realized I had something here. I am about to sketch out another, on blank paper this time, so see if I can refine the idea. I haven't made up my mind what the final media is ... it could be carved into wood, water colour or acrylic on canvas. I may even do water colour and gauche together on canvas or paper, or maybe just gauche ... lots of possibilities.
As noted, this was simply lined paper. I used a black ball point pen for all shading and outlining, a very fine tip sharpie to enhance the outlining, and a black gel pen for the fish and cracks.
Comments (8)
Mxygymqx_the_Cat
I know that this style is often quoted as being 'Celtic', but it does not belong to any of the recognised art periods of Celtic culture; neither Halstatt, La Tene or Belgic. It is somewhat reminiscent of the Book of Kells which is arguably more influenced in its interlaced style by Viking culture.
koosievantutte
i like the design - see what you come up with to finish it.
sintoock
Excellent travail!
Juliette.Gribnau
stunning... man.. this is top-Art F
flumify
Amazing art.
Christina
WOW!!! Fantastic job! It looks wonderful and totally 3D. Bravo! :D
Dinhi
This would be amazing in wood! [=
mr-messy
Well Mxygymqx_the_Cat, you may be "technically" correct. I will concede that much. However I am quite aware of the Viking influence, and that Celtic art also predates knots and the books of Kells and Durham, and Lindisfarne Gospels along with many others. At the same time, Celtic is also used as descriptive term, descriptive of style rather than time periods: Celtic art, Celtic Dance, Celtic Music, Celtic fonts even. You have your scholarly preference, I have my preference of the term based on its common usage in today's English. mm p.s. I was actually born in Scotland, so I feel that I have a little more liberty with use of the term "Celtic".