The palette

Stone bricks with mossy, cracked and andesite blocks mixed in, a dark slate roof on the tower, green willows round it. A single stone in many variants looks old; moss gathers near the water.

Techniques

• Arches on piers
• Cutwaters
• Weathered stone
• Gate tower
• The river

The steps

1. Dig the river
2. Stony banks
3. Piers in the river
4. Cutwaters
5. Arches and spandrels
6. Abutments and ramps
7. Steps on the deck
8. Arch rings
9. Parapets
10. Refuges over the piers
11. Lanterns
12. Gate tower
13. Passage vault and floor
14. Upper tower
15. Crenellations
16. Slate roof
17. Water
18. Lily pads and reeds
19. Rowboat
20. Gravel road
21. Willows
22. Boulders and flowers

How each technique is done and every step explained, in 3D: Learn (members).

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