A stone arch bridge

A study of a single-arch stone bridge with cobbled paving and curved parapets on textured paper. Set the receding roadway and both parapet edges in perspective.

A way into the drawing

1. Establish the construction

   Set the receding roadway and both parapet edges in perspective.

2. Resolve the main structure

   Construct the arch opening and place its wedge-shaped stones around the curve.

3. Develop the detail

   Build selected masonry courses across the bridge walls.

4. Control the values

   Deepen the arch interior and use grouped texture on the lit stone faces.

A small thing to tryAim the arch-stone joints toward the center of the arch curve.