Chapter 2 | CARVED OUT OF STONE
With the following decorations (ornaments) it’s almost hard to imagine that they are carved from stone. Carving stone is tremendous hard labor! Some though look like feathers or leaves.
Exercise 1: To draw this first symmetrical decoration it’s best to start with the two construction lines (drawn here in red for clarity): one through the center and one for the outline of the leaves or feathers . Then you can fill in the details and color the decoration.
Exercise 2: The next classic corner ornament almost looks like an animal. Also try to copy this decoration. Start with the S-like shape with the curled ends.
In the horizontal strip at the bottom of the decoration a Meander motif is drawn. The name Meander comes from a strongly winding river in Turkey. Do you recognize that winding in the motif ? There’s also a wavy version of it (next image).
Exercise 3: Draw the Meander motif, straight and/or wavy.