Thank you so much for these greatest videos of Celtic designs ! And Thanks God for all of the people just like you . After watching some of your creations - i finally got the results!

Thank you for this easy to follow technic... My son has been asking me to draw him a Celtic knot Circle, on and off for ages..and now I can! Thank you I'm off to make his Christmas Present! Lol

Dear David, Your tutorials are excellent - thank you SO much. I have been dabbling with knots for a wee while now (and not progressing very fast) but i find your methodology, with circles as spacers, works beautifully. I have achieved levels of complexity i had not imagined attainable so quickly. Your work is truly a gift. Thanks again. Best wishes.

You're really amazingly patient with your little faerie! I can just see her sitting there - tendrils of hair all askew, furrowed brow, tongue peeking out of the corner of her mouth as she tries again and again to get it right! (My mother always said that it's all in the way you hold your tongue!) Thank you for another wonderful demonstration.

@MsJellyBellyLove

6 жыл бұрын

Ding! I love it!

@theresamccoy242

4 жыл бұрын

@@MsJellyBellyLove I like your stuff

Love your stuff mate. Came here today looking for inspiration for a guitar design. Cheers. Got my mind active again.

@davidnicholls100

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for saying so ;-)

DING! I liked, followed and shared your channel. No fairy needed.

@davidnicholls100

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sean! ;-)

David, you and your little fairy are adorable

@davidnicholls100

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Kat! You're adorable too :-)

David Thanks for all your many video's on drawing celtic forms. I'm a woodturner that's 'trying' to incorporate carved knot work in to his turnings and your videos (old and new) have been a wonderful aid. Once again, cheers! Tom Stratton

Your instructions for Celtic knots by far make it easiest to learn them. Thanks for this!

@davidnicholls100

6 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Jesse! thanks for commenting Good luck D

I am really enjoying your channel! Ive been working with your Celtic design ideas. They are very inspiring to me!! And i did just find the golden mean folder! Thank you so much! Great channel!!

Just love your teaching method - learned from your teaching and have been able to design my own Celtic corners - thank you so much.

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

what a lovely thing to say, Christine! thank you xxx

In love with Celtic ❤

Thank you David. Ive been carving these patterns into slates .

Thank your for your wonderful tutorials. I have enjoyed doing all of your knots and look forward to more.

@davidnicholls100

9 жыл бұрын

Joe Kirby Thanks for saying so, Joe. I'm working on another at the moment. david

These videos are great! I've been doing celtic art for years using a method I found in an obscure book that I lent out and have never gotten back! I may try your method out, especially to try this circular border method out, as this seems easier than my method for circles. Thank you so much for posting these!

@josemadueno9646

4 жыл бұрын

Dicen que existen dos clases de tontos, los que prestan los libros y los que los devuelven. Yo he perdido cantidad de ellos, así que debo de ser tonto de remate.

I love the circular borders. Neat to see how your technique adapts to it!

I just finished this beautiful art work, it's really wonderful, thank you very much for your sharing and your explanations , Nadia from Tunisia 👍👍

@davidnicholls100

3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Nadia 😊 xx

Great for a Christmas door hanging decorative plaque. Working my way through your tutorials.

Thank You very very much for charing your techniques with us!!! ❤️❤️❤️

@davidnicholls100

2 жыл бұрын

Nice of you to say so, Claudia! xxxxxxxxx

This is great, loving the fairy help.

Because of you Iv started drawing again Celtic knots is what got me started I was used to doing graffiti letters now I'm doing Gothic Old English and I'm trying my hand and calligraphy I can't tell you how much money I've spent on supplies pens pencils just want to say please keep the videos coming I watch them from the beginning to the end step by step you make it easy for me to follow thank you

@davidnicholls100

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comment, Durrty! Glad you're finding them useful.

Thank you so much. Have always loved Celtic design and now you have taught a simple method that is fantastic.

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Gloria

Wonderful - technique easy to follow and your humor makes me laugh. Thx.

@davidnicholls100

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! thanks Nancy!

I thought this was awesome. For what I looking to do it was very informative and enjoyable to watch. Thanks much!!

@davidnicholls100

9 жыл бұрын

Brian Monroe thank you for saying so,Brian

I'm glad I decided to check this tutorial out, well done and thank you

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you found it useful, Gary! thanks for letting me know. Please pass it on. Happy New year D

Celtic knots made a wonderful effect on circles.

I like the " oops" that he says a few times....makes me feel like my mistakes are not solitary...lol

I absolutely love your videos. Very easy to follow along. And I think you are hilarious 🤣

@davidnicholls100

3 жыл бұрын

What a lovely thing to say, Tamara. Will you marry me?xxx :-)

@tamarahoggan571

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidnicholls100 It a bit sudden but of course I will 😁 I'll meet you at Gretna Green as its half way 😉

@davidnicholls100

3 жыл бұрын

@@tamarahoggan571 I'll be there xxxx

thanks for your tutorials! you helped me a lot.

@davidnicholls100

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying so, Norbert! :-)

Thank you so much for your tutoral! It's so simple with your method :) thanks a lot, really!

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

I appreciate you taking the time to say so. Thanks Sianna

The rubber that I'm using in Tutorial 1(and various others) I've had for 20 years. I like it because I can use it accurately. I has just run out and I've replaced it with a Pentel Click Erase, which is similar. However, any soft rubber will do. The trick is to do your guidelines lightly and not put any pressure on your pencil.

Excellent explication, great job, Thank you~~~~

@davidnicholls100

Жыл бұрын

thanks for saying so 😀

thkx for the great videos : it's fun to do and you made it so very easy

Very funny. Thank you; while I'm only at your fairy's skill level I've been trying to make a circle for months, and I just couldn't do it. I wish I'd found your video this time last year when I had only started trying to make this work.

Marvellous! Thank you.

Is there a specific kind of eraser you use for removing the small circles and lines when you are finished ? I've tried several they all make a bit of a mess. And thanks again for all the tutorials, they are all very good.

Great design!!! 👍👍👍

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

thank you, yat ;-)

Hi David, I have just began to learn how to do this art and I am getting on fine for a novice thanks totally for your videos. Just a quick question about this one. Do the circles that are used for guides reduce in size as I get nearer the centre or do they have the same radius throughout.( The Circles marking the cross-sections)

@davidnicholls100

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kind comments If you want the strands to stay in proportion you'll have to reduce the separation of the circles as you approach the centre. It's explained in one of them

Very pretty !!!

@davidnicholls100

9 жыл бұрын

Joyce Kumar Glad you liked it, Joyce! x

Amazing vidio..

thx for great video needed to know this because we are currently doing this for homework. luckily your video was here. :^)

@davidnicholls100

8 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it useful Infinite King! Thanks for replying. Pass the link on!

And always, the number of the lines must be an even number.. Nice video series!

@davidnicholls100

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peace!!

you are so funny, and a good artist too.

@davidnicholls100

8 жыл бұрын

+Matt Val Glad you think so Matt, in which case I hope you'll enjoy my new video which I'm launching today or tomorrow. stay subscribed!

thank you very much Great tutorial I am going to attempt some celtic designs in glass so trying to learn

@davidnicholls100

3 жыл бұрын

Best of luck!!

love the Fairy! BING!! :)

@MrFoolingyu

3 жыл бұрын

No! "DING".

Where can I get one of those magic fairies?😊 Thanks for the awesome videos! Hope to find some more recent ones!! Sally

@davidnicholls100

7 жыл бұрын

+salski33 You can buy mine if you like! Thanks for your kind comments salski!

You're so funny! Being disabled, I could sure use on of those fairies to do my grunt work! Lovely drawings, as usual. Can you do break lines in a circular pattern knot?

That was so funny.. and informative. I’m going to pick up a pencil. 👍

@davidnicholls100

6 жыл бұрын

Well done Huntersmoon! I wish you every success! D

Perfect for my mandala, thanx!

@davidnicholls100

4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

Where did you get your magic fairy from? I need one to do the housework.

Its beautiful....I am trying to find a border for a painting I've done in a heart shaped canvas. Any ideas please?

@davidnicholls100

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind comments Fiona. Have a look at Four linked hearts in this playlist

Precioso 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝

@davidnicholls100

8 ай бұрын

thank you! I love you 😍😍😍

Oh, Hell yea!!!!!

@davidnicholls100

9 жыл бұрын

Lini Branco Does this mean you enjoyed it? you sound as though you're enjoying something! ;-) Thanks for all your kind comments - please pass the links on Dx

Love your tutorials and your sense of humor,especially when you complain about the ineptness of your "fairy",which strikes my funny one rather hard,I must say!

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

What a lovely thing to say, Cary. Thanks

Thanks. Why can't you do it? Is it the radials that are a problem? I'm putting some geometry tutorials up soon, so that might help. D.

@davidnicholls100

3 жыл бұрын

@Alex Knight Thanks Alex, I'm glad it has helped

I could use a magic fairy of my own. Of course after its earned it certification. :D

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

They have their uses! ;-)

could you please do a tutorial on shapes such as teardrop and crescents???? your videos really helped me improve my knots.....

@davidnicholls100

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying so. I'll be doing some more videos in the summer, but I have othr things to think about at the moment.

Where did you get the fairy, I need one too. :)

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, i can't tell you that - it's a secret! ;-)

Impressive.

@davidnicholls100

4 жыл бұрын

thanks ;-)

Thanks a lot. This video helped me so much. Would you be so generous and teach the kind of triple braid knot in circle or straight or whatever just like this understandable! You know like hair braid but in a circle please. Thanks

@davidnicholls100

3 жыл бұрын

You can easily do the hair braid by using only three circles, then you are effectively using a 2 unit grid.

@coral-trustworthy

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidnicholls100 thanks alot... I went on to try it; but I just couldn't figure it out!!!! after drawing the grid... the lines...parallel lines... wher should they go? and which one goes on top of which one? and in which direction? and all... I'm so stupid.... mmm but this is just beyond me... not my strongest ability is to draw... That's why I'm trying to improve... thanks any way but guide me a bit more if you had time and all... it would be soooooo appriciated; as it is the help that you just have provided me with.

@davidnicholls100

3 жыл бұрын

Coral. in pencil draw a circle 10cm diameter . inside it and from the same centre, draw another circle 8cm diameter , then another 6cm diameter. Draw your radials through the centre point. you now have a circular 2 unit grid

It's probably a big heavy pencil for a little ethereal faerie/fairy to wield for any length of time; no wonder she's tired and won't do the shading. (Have you tried offering her a pay rise?)

@davidnicholls100

3 жыл бұрын

Payrise? I don'y pay her anything! She gets free food and accommodation - that's enough! (Who's side are you on?)

@Cellottia

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidnicholls100 Hers! (Feminines of the world, Unite!)

@davidnicholls100

3 жыл бұрын

@@Cellottia Ok, you win! I'll give her a pay rise! :-)

Ding! :D

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

lol ;-)

BY THE WAY WHATS UR FAIRYS NAME!? , JUST CORIUS , THANK U!!!!! HAVE A BLESSED DAY!!!!!

It's a poor man who blames his fairy . . . : )

@davidnicholls100

4 жыл бұрын

I'm thinking of replacing her with a better one !

Ding!

@davidnicholls100

9 жыл бұрын

razedWrong Dong!

tolle zeichnung ,das heißt erklärung ,aber ich kann nur deutsch , daumen nr54 gglg von brigitte

@davidnicholls100

10 жыл бұрын

Vielen Dank für Ihre Kommentare. besten Wünsche, David

هل القصة للخط العربي

You should talk nicer to your magic fairie looks like she does a nice job. I would love to have her in my studio

I appreciate your tutorial and your tipical british sense of humor ( and the fairy too of course) but I can't understand what's your problem with the compasses... Is obvious, if you grasp a leg and try to draw naturally the compass will open. There is an handy pin on the top for the twisting, use it, you'll love it

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

^The compasses and me go back a long way! I stole them from school when I left there in 1964! they were always a bit loose and I over-tightened them. It's sometimes tricky to set them to the right measurement but better too tight than too loose (as the actress said to the bishop!) ;-) I don't have a problem with them - I LOVE them and I would never part with them! I have at least 6 pairs of compasses and I always go back to my old school ones! Thanks for your kind comments, Luca PS Mine don't have the 'handy pin on the top' but I don't care!!!! ;-)

@lucamarialanza7319

5 жыл бұрын

Dear Mr Nicholls, I didn't mean to disrespect you, I follow with amazement and wonder your tutorials and, if if I should, in any way, offended you, I beg your pardon. I just remembered my technical drawing teacher, who, seeing someone using the compass for the leg, was used to throw the blackboard wiper with homicidal purpose. Personally, to avoid the opening of the compass, when I have to keep the precisest distances, I use an instrument that, in Italy, we call "Balaustrone", a compass with a micrometric screw that regulate and block the opening. I wish you my heartfelt greetings, and I hope you can add many more exciting tutorials. P.S. please, forgive my poor english too... Best wishes

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

Luca I can't think why you might have offended me, but I can assure you that you haven't!!! I have three of those screw compasses and although they are easier and more accurate, I still go back to my school compasses. I'm glad that you enjoyed my videos. I haven't done any for a long time but I'm half way through a series on The Golden Section and I'm planning a series on four-dimensional projections as ornament (check out Claude Bragdon and Charles Howard Hinton on Google if you are interested). Thanks again for your kind comments, Luca. I hope you have a good New Year. Best wishes, David

A pesar de mi edad (71) creo que no se me da muy mal el dibujar el contenido de sus clases, lo único que echo en falta es el no entender nada de lo que dice, no me llevo bien con el inglés.

@davidnicholls100

4 жыл бұрын

¡También tengo 71 años! Gracias por tu comentario, Jose.

Criticizing the magic fairy. Tsk!

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

:-) !

your poor fairy needs a little positive input or she'll quit ;) ;)

@davidnicholls100

8 жыл бұрын

+Sylvia Kouba No, she thrives on abuse!! ;-) Check this one out. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dKJqxJemm9W7nqQ.html Thanks for your kind comment, Sylvia.

The magic faerie is charming so she can be forgiven for her deficits 😉

@davidnicholls100

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I'm sure she can! Thanks for your kind comments😀

Be a little nicer to your fairy! Correct her not in front of us! That’s humiliating and takes the fun out for her!

Good demo but I hope that magic fairy isn’t a real person - you’re so rude and ungrateful to her/him!

@davidnicholls100

5 жыл бұрын

;-) !

You don’t seem to be very nice to your assistant.

@davidnicholls100

4 жыл бұрын

Neither would you be if you had to put up with her, day in day out! ;-)