Ringerike Style Fundamentals

 

 

This course is a work in progress

 

 

Below you’ll find links to the lessons available on Patreon so far as well as the lessons currently planned. Please note that the curriculum presented here is subject to change.

 

Check out the free introduction course before you begin:
Introduction to Creating Viking Age Art

 

 

Lessons

 

Introduction

Introduction

 

 

The Building Blocks

 

Features

Ornamental motifs
Ribbons
Serpents
Beast Heads (Structure & Rendering)
Beast Bodies (August 2021)

 

Ribbon Flow

Figure-of-eight & curly loops
Pretzel and Triquetra knots
Double pretzel-knot
Knotwork-based Compositions
Offshoots

 

Motif Variations

Acanthus leaf
Fleur-de-lis
Union Knot
Feathering
Palmette from Union Knot
Palmette from Ribbon
Beast Heads (Variations)

 

 

Creating Your Design

 

Preparation

Analysing the References
Breakdown of the Composition

 

Process of Creation

Layout and Ribbon Flow
Fleshing out the Ribbons
Ribbon and Terminal Widths
Features and Details
Weaving the Ribbons
Inking and Colouring