How to Draw Celtic Knots 22 - Celtic Cross Knot 3/3 from the Book of Kells

In this final video of three, Jason bellchamber shows how to ’ink’ the negative space on a circular Celtic Cross found on the cannon page of the Book of Kells, page 5r. In the previous segments we constructed the design in pencil and then inked the outline of the knot. Now the illustration must have a balance of light and dark so that the optical illusion fools the eye. The Celtic Cross is symbolic of the numeral 4. In this case, likely signifying the 4 Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. Celtic K