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Get Creative: How to draw a Celtic style floral mandala

Get Creative: How to draw a Celtic style floral mandala

by Carrie on 11th January 2021 with No Comments

In my last post I gave you a free Celtic floral mandala colouring page – in this post, you can learn how to draw one yourself! The video has been filmed in real time so that you can draw along … Read More

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Get Creative: Free Celtic Floral Mandala colouring page

Get Creative: Free Celtic Floral Mandala colouring page

by Carrie on 4th January 2021 with No Comments

Last night I drew a quick Celtic floral mandala – this wasn’t the original design idea that I had in mind, but this is what came out on the page! I’m very happy with it, anyway, and will work on … Read More

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New artwork – Triquetra Celtic Dragon

New artwork – Triquetra Celtic Dragon

by Carrie on 4th December 2020 with No Comments

I have quite a few designs in my Celtic dragon series now, and this latest design came from wanting to play with the triquetra shape and turning it into a zoomorphic. You’ll see from the gallery that the initial design … Read More

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New artwork – Celtic Snowflake

New artwork – Celtic Snowflake

by Carrie on 30th November 2020 with No Comments

This Celtic snowflake design came about as a result of a request from one of my online art students, who wanted to draw one for her Christmas cards this year. It was a fun project to work on, and I’m … Read More

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Online Celtic knotwork drawing classes – now live!

Online Celtic knotwork drawing classes – now live!

by Carrie on 9th October 2020 with No Comments

I’m really pleased to announce that booking for my online Celtic knotwork drawing classes are now live! I have a selection of classes available from beginners to more advanced, a few samples of which are above. As I want to … Read More

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Twitter Art Exhibit 2020

Twitter Art Exhibit 2020

by Carrie on 10th September 2020 with No Comments

If you’ve been following my blog / Instagram / Twitter for a while, then you’ll know that I always like to take part in the Twitter Art Exhibit each year. The project was originally set up 10 years ago by … Read More

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Quick question!

Quick question!

by Carrie on 19th April 2020 with 4 Comments

Over the past couple of months I’ve been working on creating a font from my Celtic knotwork alphabet – see the video below. I have a quick question for you – with such a decorative font would you prefer the … Read More

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Penorama banner illustration for Cult Pens

Penorama banner illustration for Cult Pens

by Carrie on 15th November 2019 with No Comments

Last month I was thrilled to be asked to illustrate the banner for Cult Pen’s newsletter, Penorama. I decided on a Celtic knotwork theme, using lettering based on those found in the Lindisfarne Gospels, and incorporating my Celtic dragons. The … Read More

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It’s my book’s first birthday! Sale on now!

It’s my book’s first birthday! Sale on now!

by Carrie on 2nd November 2019 with No Comments

A year ago I published my first book, the “Celtic Knotwork Colouring Book”. It was the result of two years of work, and I self-published it, doing all the illustrations, book layout, photography, working out how best to publish it, … Read More

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8th anniversary celebration! And a free colouring page too :)

8th anniversary celebration! And a free colouring page too :)

by Carrie on 1st September 2019 with No Comments

Press for Design is 8 years old today! Thanks so much to everyone who has supported me over the years, whether by hiring me as your graphic designer, buying some of my artwork or my book, coming along to a … Read More

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Four free colouring pages are now up on my website Four free colouring pages are now up on my website for you to download. Just go to www.dendryad.co.uk (link in bio) and then click on 'Colouring Pages'. Happy colouring ๐ŸŒž
On the right, painted in acrylics 2 years ago. On On the right, painted in acrylics 2 years ago. On the left, drawn and coloured in pencils today. Think this might be the subject of another video tutorial, if you're interested?
Get creative! ๐ŸŒž I put a tutorial up on my YouTu Get creative! ๐ŸŒž I put a tutorial up on my YouTube channel yesterday on how to draw this Celtic style floral mandala. I recorded it in real time, so that you can draw along with me. Feel free to tag me with your art once you've finished, I'd love to see it ๐Ÿ˜Š Search 'Press for Design' on YT to find it ๐Ÿ‘
My art postcard donation is ready to be posted to My art postcard donation is ready to be posted to @twitterartexhibit #TAE21 tomorrow. Loved every minute of creating this! Created with @derwentartofficial Graphitint and Inktense pencils.
Lots of dots. Art postcard donation in progress fo Lots of dots. Art postcard donation in progress for #TAE21 @twitterartexhibit
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