Celtic Knot Roundel in Leaded Glass Coloring Page

A celtic knot turns inside a round roundel, built from bands that loop into four lobes and pass over and under each other at every crossing. The interlacing is drawn properly, so you can trace a single band with your finger all the way round the knot and back to where you started. Each band is bounded by two outlines with short diagonal hatching filling the space between them, which gives the ribbons a woven, braided texture.

Behind the knot sits a plain circle, and outside that a wide empty ring runs between two heavy concentric lines to close the medallion.

The hatching inside the bands is the thing to decide first. Color straight over it and the texture stays as a subtle grain under your tone, which is the easy route and looks good. Leave the hatched strips white and color only the band edges and you get a far crisper, more graphic result.

To make the overs and unders read, keep one continuous band lighter than the other wherever they cross. The plain outer ring wants a single flat tone so the knot stays the subject.

This takes a fine nib rather than a marker. Set aside about forty minutes.