The palette

White calcite walls, dark slate skirts, grey sloping stone, white gravel, pink cherry blossom. White walls under dark flared roofs is the 'white heron' look; the blossom is the only warm colour.

Techniques

• Sloping stone base
• Tiers getting smaller
• Flared skirts
• Triangular gables
• Moat and red bridge
• Cherry trees and lanterns

The steps

1. Flat ground
2. Dig the moat
3. Moat outer bank
4. Stone base: footing
5. Stone base: course 2
6. Stone base: course 3
7. Stone base: course 4
8. Stone base: course 5
9. Stair walls
10. Stone stair
11. Courtyard paving
12. Fill the moat
13. Bridge piers
14. Bridge deck
15. Bridge railings
16. Courtyard wall
17. Wall cap
18. Turrets: walls
19. Turrets: skirts
20. Turrets: upper tier
21. Turrets: roofs
22. Gate posts and beam
23. Gate roof
24. Keep base
25. Keep base: top
26. Keep: first tier walls
27. Keep: first roof
28. Keep: first gable
29. Keep: second tier walls
30. Keep: second roof
31. Keep: third tier walls
32. Keep: third roof
33. Keep: third gable
34. Keep: fourth tier walls
35. Keep: fourth roof
36. Keep: fifth tier walls
37. Keep: top eaves
38. Keep: top roof
39. Keep: lanterns
40. Stone lanterns
41. Cherry trees in the courtyard
42. Cherry trees round the moat
43. Petals and path

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