A Gothic tracery window

A study of a pointed Gothic window with three lower panes, trefoil tracery, and weathered stone on textured paper. Establish the pointed outer arch and its vertical center line.

A way into the drawing

1. Establish the construction

   Establish the pointed outer arch and its vertical center line.

2. Resolve the main structure

   Divide the opening into mirrored tracery branches and trefoil shapes.

3. Develop the detail

   Give the stone surround and tracery a consistent recessed thickness.

4. Control the values

   Shade inner recesses and selected weathered stone planes.

A small thing to tryBuild the main tracery geometry before adding small decorative curves.