Pictish Art Worksheets
Pictish Geometric and Object Symbols Pictish Animal drawings
Three Zoomorphic Drawings
Incredible Birds and Dogs The Medieval monastery artists were ahead of their time. In this Post I have added three Zoomorph images that show the interlace style and imaginative design…
Tree of Life
Sacred Tree Icon I have been thinking about the Tree of Life motif and how it has travelled through the centuries in cultures and artforms. The motif appears in folklore,…
Monastery Learning in Medieval Europe
Medieval Monks The libraries in the monasteries in Europe in the Medieval Ages in the 5th century kept education and learning alive. The monks sought a quiet spiritual life at…
Celtic Warrior
This strange and incredible drawing is from the Book of Kells. The warrior has huge hair and a dark beard and holds a spear and shield. I am not sure…
Runestone with a Viking Myth
Fenris the Wolf and the Apocalypse The animal in this drawing is angry. He strides forward with his tail up and bares his teeth. Below him is a ship with…
Medieval Hunting Scene
Hilton Cadboll Stone This hunting scene shows us the riders on horseback, scent hounds racing, horns blowing and a deer running for its life. In the upper middle of the…
Pictish Symbol Stones
Symbols found on Stones There is nothing like a mystery! Symbols we cannot read, and abstracted designs found on standing stones in the fields of Scotland. This is the story…
What is Celtic Art?
A background to the rise of Celtic art and history in Europe. My journey of discovery as an artist to an ancient world.
Great Beasts from Viking Art
The Great Beasts and the Gripping Beasts of Viking art mark an incredible moment in the imaginative mind of an artist. Today, like the great Viking longship they surely are…