Hi, Tom here, and in this video I'll show you a simple way to draw a double
Love Heart Celtic Knot...
The first step is to draw a square, on its side...
next draw a smaller square inside the first square, keep an even gap
between the two squares,
now draw a line the same thickness as this gap, between the two squares,
across the center,
next we can add a double line at right angles to this line that
we've just drawn, to make a cross within the square...
now we can erase the ends of the first double line that we drew
and from this double line at the top, on the left, we can continue these lines in
a semicircle to the left point of the square, so it matches up with the other
parallel lines; notice how the double line goes over and under,
we can now repeat this shape, another semicircle over and under on the left,
and again on the lower right, another semicircle, and again over and under,
and now we need one more semicircle on the top right, but this one
needs to be under, from the middle of the side of the square here, to over, as it
goes to the right hand point of our square, which is on its side,
now we can erase these guidelines, these little bits of lines that we no longer need,
the center cross needs the upright double line on top, so I'll just darken
this line and then erase the bits of the line that goes at right-angles
underneath it, the next step is to darken the lines and make them even, and now we
can add some tone, if you think of this Celtic Knot for a moment as roads and
bridges, you could add a graded tone to either
side of each bridge, there are seven bridges in total, I think,
there are also two hearts entwined...
once you have added the shading we can blend this shading with softer marks, so it's a
more gradual tone, for this drawing I'm using a 4B pencil, but I'm pressing down
quite firmly, so it can get very dark and then press down less firmly to make it
lighter and therefore you get a graded tone...
we could also darken the outside edges of all of the lines
and indeed, we could make the whole Celtic Knot even darker, if you want it
to look more solid and more dramatic,
so in this drawing we could add some color too...
I think I'll use a dark red pencil and add it to this Celtic Knot to make it
look even more dramatic, there are many ways that you could color in your
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