Showing posts with label celtic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celtic. Show all posts

Friday, March 23, 2007

Aberlemno Stone Spiral rock carving - finished

Taa daa! After about 1 1/2 hrs last night, she's done. The outside circle is 7.5 cm in diameter, I've photographed the stone with my chequebook to give a better idea of the size. It was challenging to work with such small lines so close together, but I'm very happy with the results. I think I'll have to go the the beach today for more art supplies. ;)

Thursday, March 22, 2007

spiral stone work-in-progress

I'm working on my second stone, and thought I'd post work in progress images to document how I'm doing this.

The spiral design I'm using for this one comes from the famous Aberlemno stone cross. I've used the pattern in paintings before, and I'm excited to be rendering it in the medium it was meant for.
Here is a photo of my set up:
Following my crude little green numbers, I'll walk you through. #1 is the original line drawing. What you can't see is that the back of the paper is covered in a layer of red pastel dust. Previous to this photo being taken, I taped the pasteled pattern to the stone, and traced the lines. When I lifted the paper, the rock looked as shown at #2. You can (kind of) see the red lines on the stone. Next step is to use a pigment pen to trace the lines on the stone, so then I can wipe off the red dust. #3 are my mask and goggles - sexy I know, but I don't want stone dust in my lungs or contacts. #4 is my trusty dremel tool, along with #5, my diamond bits. And #6 is the toothbrush I use to keep the rock dust/water gunk off the stone so I can see what I'm doing.
And here we are after about an hour of work with the dremel. Getting there, but still at least another hour on this one. This was a challenge, as I didn't know if I could work this small... if your monitor is set like mine (800 x 600), then this photo is about life size. The spiral design is about 8 cm across.
I'll post again when I finish.


Saturday, March 17, 2007

celtic whale #2

Celtic Whales #2
watercolour, ink, and metallic gel pen
ATC size, 3.5" x 2.5"

Friday, February 23, 2007

whales ATC


ATC size, 2.5"x3.5", watercolours, micron pen & gel pen on Reeves watercolour board.

celtic whales

Wow, it's been a while since I last posted. I've been busy with kids, colds and flus, too many snow days.

I've been working on the celtic raven painting, but I'm not happy with it at this stage, so I'm not showing it to you, yet. ;)

I will show you the line drawing I did last night. I will work on it more today, and hopefully post again with something finished.

Celtic humpbacks, about 4"x4".