Stone Bridge

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Excellent sketching.

Posted by Paul (Dixie) Dean on Sun 12 Nov 10:55:21

Very clever on all fronts!

Posted by Heather Love on Sun 12 Nov 11:29:06

Beautifully drawn John.

Posted by Spencer Lambeth-Angell on Sun 12 Nov 11:52:31

Nicely drawn 👍

Posted by PogArt Ti on Sun 12 Nov 16:35:55

They're little miracles of engineering. Well captured in your drawing.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Sun 12 Nov 18:49:30

Superbly drawn John

Posted by Cheryl Allen on Mon 13 Nov 10:56:04

Thank you all for your lovely comments.

Posted by John Johnston on Mon 13 Nov 11:31:12

Great perspective. Excellent drawing.

Posted by Sunil Mehta on Thu 23 Nov 12:29:22

Thank you Sunil.

Posted by John Johnston on Thu 23 Nov 13:38:24

Hang on Studio Wall

12/11/2023

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Driving through Snowdonia in the vicinity of Arenig Fach, I spotted this very small stone bridge. It stands no more than 5 feet high and is probably only 8 feet in length. The stream is only about 5 feet wide at that point. I was amazed at how those stones held together using nothing more than gravity and physics, and yet are strong enough to take the weight of a horse and cart.

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John Johnston

I am a very late starter, beginning my art journey almost by accident in my mid-fifty's. Fully self-taught I am very much a jack of all trades and master of none as I dabble in various media. My go-to preference is graphite, where I aim for (but never achieve) realism and second to that I'm also a…

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