A carved cathedral doorway

A study of a pointed cathedral doorway with two wooden doors and recessed stone moldings on textured paper. Establish the pointed arch and the shared center line of the doors.

A way into the drawing

1. Establish the construction

   Establish the pointed arch and the shared center line of the doors.

2. Resolve the main structure

   Nest the recessed moldings and divide the two door leaves into panels.

3. Develop the detail

   Attach symmetrical hinges and selected carved details without losing the large divisions.

4. Control the values

   Shade the arch recesses and panel edges to show their thickness.

A small thing to tryConstruct the repeated panel grid before drawing the smaller ornament.