How to draw Celtic patterns and knots

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Celtic pattern is one of the attributes of the culture of the ancient Celts. It consists of intertwined lines, circles or crosses. And drawing Celtic patterns is not very difficult: you only need care and accuracy. About Celtic patterns below in the video.

How to draw a Celtic knot

To create your own Celtic pattern, practice drawing the following three shapes:

1. Draw a hook-like object using two curved lines.
2. The second object is similar to the first, but its end is slightly less curved.
3. The last figure is two parallel lines.

Start drawing the Celtic pattern using these three shapes as shown in the picture. Then draw the same combination of shapes, rotating them 45° counterclockwise. Using the same angle, add this combination of shapes to the one already drawn three more times.

Now you need to draw another row of repeating combinations of three shapes, only it needs to be rotated 90° counterclockwise.

Repeat the entire pattern drawn earlier,turning it upside down to depict the bottom of the ornament. To complete your Celtic pattern, draw the last element in the center, consisting of two slanted parallel lines.

Trikvetra

The triquetra is one of the most recognizable symbols of the Celtic culture. To draw it, first draw a triangle. Then we add three petals to this shape so that their edges coincide with the tops of the shape.

Draw an additional line next to the contours of the petals and fit two concentric circles into the triangle. We direct the contours of the pattern and wipe the extra lines so that the petals and the ring are intertwined.

Drawing a Celtic circle pattern

Draw two lines that intersect at right angles. Then draw four circles that overlap in the center. As a result, in the center you should get a kind of flower with four petals. Erase the extra lines as shown.

Add a rhombus in the center of the flower and outline the inside of the pattern. Then wrap around the outer contour. Remove excess stripes and add lines so that the four circles are intertwined.

How to draw a Celtic pattern by cells

To draw a simple Celtic pattern, you will need a checkered piece of paper and a pencil. First, put dots horizontally and vertically in a 9x9 square, retreating between the dots by 3 cells. You should have four rows offour dots.

Now we create three additional rows between these points with three points in each. The result is seven rows horizontally and vertically. For convenience, number the lines horizontally from 1 to 7.

Here's how to draw a Celtic pattern step by step:

1. Draw a line from the first point in the 2nd row horizontally to the second point in the 3rd row. Draw another line from the third point in the 2nd row to the third in the 3rd. By analogy, at the bottom of the square we connect two more pairs of points: the first in the 6th row with the second in the 5th and the third in the 6th with the third in the 5th.
2. Connect the first points in the 4th, 3rd and 1st row, also draw a line from the first to the second in the first row. Then draw a line from the thirds to the second point in the 1st row and further to the fourth mark in the 3rd row and the third point in the 4th row. We connect the points at the bottom of the square, repeating the two upper figures. As a result, one point in the center should remain.
3. Connect the first points in the 6th and 3rd row with an arc, drawing a line through the first point of the third row. We also draw a solid arc through the second points in the second and first row, leading up to the third in the first row. Similarly, we draw a curved line through the last points in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th rows. The last arc should connect the fourth point in the 6th row and the second and third points in the seventh row.
4. Connect the following points with curved lines:

• second in the third row with the second in the second and the first in the fourth;
• second in the fourth row with the second and third points in the third and fifth row;
• second in the second row with the third in the third and fourth rows;
• third in the fourth row with the third in the fifth and the second in the sixth;
• second in the sixth row with the second in the fifth and the first in the fourth.

Adding shadows to the pattern. Having practiced drawing Celtic patterns on notebook sheets, you can start drawing them on plain paper or transfer them to other surfaces. For example, on fabric or wood.

Celtic dot pattern

Draw a rectangle on a squared sheet with dots. Let's take a 9 by 7 pixel quadrilateral as an example, but you can choose any odd number for each side. Dots must be placed in the corners of the cells, skipping one cell between them.

Here's how to draw a Celtic pattern step by step:

1. Inside the square of dots, make another similar square using a colored pencil, only now you don't need to skip a cell between the dots. Also, there should be no colored dots in the corners.
2. Starting from one of the corners, connect the colored dots with diagonal lines. Then also connect the dots on the other side. You should end up with a grid inside a rectangle.
3. Create the outer edge of the pattern, as shown in the image, and erase unnecessary dots.
4. Starting to remove the extra lines on the pattern, imagining how they intertwine with each other. This ornament should resemble basket weaving or fabric.
5. Check the pattern and add shadows.