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Colourful Goldfinches & Thistles Celtic art plus a look at the symbolism and meaning of goldfinches and thistles...
Goldfinches & Thistles Celtic art by Lotti Brown
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A look at butterfly meaning, myth & folklore with a particular focus on Celtic butterfly meaning and tales - all illustrated by my Celtic butterfly art, and unveiling my newest butterflies artwork...
Celtic Butterflies Fantasy Garden artwork - by Lotti Brown
I've been really busy recently creating lots of butterfly artworks (you can see the first 4 here, plus two others here and here - but I'll also be sharing them again in this post, too)....
But I realised I hadn't stopped to take a look at the myth and meaning of butterflies, especially in the Celtic world, as butterflies do have a particular meaning and importance in Celtic tradition... So let's take dip into our history and understanding of Celtic butterfly meaning, plus butterfly myths and meanings from across the world - and I'll share my new Celtic butterflies artwork, which I created from the individual butterflies I drew for each of the other artworks, which I thought would all look lovely in one piece, together (see above or just below, showing detail from the artwork)...
Celtic alder art and Celtic Tree Calendar art - plus a little look at the myth, history and meaning of the alder tree...
Celtic alder art
The English word ‘alder’ is thought to come from the Old German workd ‘elawer’ meaning ‘reddish’ – the white wood inside the alder tree turns red when cut and the catkins of the alder are a purplish-red.
The Anglo-Saxon word for alder is ‘alr’ (linked to the Norse word ‘olr’). The Gaelic ogham word for alder is ‘fearn’ linked to the Welsh ‘gwern’. More about the meaning of ‘fearn’ later…
Pretty tortoiseshell butterflies against an intricate knotwork of Celtic spirals and swirls...
Tortoiseshell Butterflies with Celtic Spirals and Swirls
Feeling inspired by Medieval illuminated manuscripts, and following my recent 'Blue Butterflies Celtic Knotwork' artwork, I decided to work on a piece with tortoiseshell butterflies, which I think are one of our prettiest butterflies...
I create my pieces digitally from elements that I've hand-drawn individually - I scan them into the computer and put them together in Adobe Illustrator - here's how it went...
Expressive drawing means being more YOU…
It means letting your thoughts and feelings show up in your drawing as part of your art. It’s all about looking, feeling and being creative… but where to start with this? The objective of this drawing lesson is to understand how to put your own expression and personality into your art. In this section, we’re looking more at our personal self-expression in our art... We’ll be building on what we thought about in the previous post about collecting personal and meaningful drawing inspiration from nature… As well as our thoughts about what art is and why our self-expression in art matters. 
The Artwaves Festival is going digital this year and I'm taking part in the Open Art Exhibition, on now until 7th March 2021...
Peony & Comma Butterfly artwork - part of the 2021 Artwaves Festival Open Art Exhibition
You can see my 'Peony & Comma Butterfly' artwork alongside over 200 other beautiful and interesting artworks on all different themes and in all different styles. You can also vote for mine or another favourite as the 'audience's choice.' See the digital art exhibition here...
The Artwaves Festival is also holding a week of excellent art & creativity workshops and demos (all to be held online this year) - get inspired and be a part of the festival here...
Inspired by Celtic knotwork and Medieval manuscripts - my 'Blue Butterflies' Celtic Medieval artwork...
'Blue Butterflies' Celtic Medieval artwork by Lotti Brown
If you've taken my Essential Drawing Skills course, you'll know that I'm very inspired by Medieval artwork and Medieval manuscripts, as well as Celtic knotwork...
Now that I feel a little more practised with my Celtic knotwork, I thought I'd see if I could also bring in more of a feel of a medieval manuscript - I love the way that tiny paintings of flowers, butterflies, birds, animals and even people decorate the edges of the manuscript pages, and I thought I'd like to bring something of that to this artwork. I'm also drawing on my recent Celtic art style butterfly and flower artworks - I wanted to keep drawing butterflies as I've loved drawing them so much. I started out with the Celtic knotwork - carefully planning out a design...
Celtic ash tree art prints & products, Celtic tree calendar version, plus ash tree myth and folklore...
Celtic ash tree art
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Celtic Tree Calendar: 18 February to 17 March
Pretty Daisy and Painted Lady butterfly artwork in a Celtic knotwork style...
Celtic Daisy and Painted Lady artwork by Lotti Brown
We're feeling as fresh and happy as a summer daisy with my pretty Painted Lady butterfly artwork - there's nothing like an innocent daisy to bring us a cheerful smile!
I create my artwork digitally from hand-drawn pieces in pen, marker, and coloured pencil. Here's how I created this piece... |
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