Amhrán na bhFiann / The Irish National Anthem
Design Process
Celtic Border Pencil Rough
Preliminary pencil sketch of the Celtic border,
Pencil on tracing paper.
This was a commission from the office of the Taoiseach (the Prime Minister of Ireland) It came about while I was there on another related matter- I will post a blog of this at a later date.
I was told was that there would be a copy of this in every classroom in Ireland, that never happened.
This commission I knew from the beginning would have to be assembled digitally but I was determined that all the elements would be drawn and painted by hand.
Celtic Border Construction
Pen & Ink preliminary drawing of the Celtic border showing construction lines of where the elements would be placed.
Four Provinces Pen & Ink Drawing
Celtic Border Final Drawing
Celtic Border Final Drawing
Each of the four provinces of Ireland were painted seperatly in Acrylic, pen & ink and coloured pencil.
Then they were high resolution scanned.
