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Author: Kitaye, Contributing Editor
| Don't worry if you have less than perfectly straight lines or lines that are thicker in some places than others. You are creating the mortar between the stones. The negative space between the lines will become the stones. Imperfections will increase the realistic appearance of the stones.
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| Now that the supports are done we can ink the arch. The arch stones are done in exactly the same fashion and pen size as the support stones, with one exception. It is important to remember that the support stones will be "in contact" with passersby and will be worn smooth, unlike the higher arch stones. To create rounded, less worn stones, we draw scalloped edges like those shown in the image to the right. The scallops can be as deep or as shallow as you desire. The deeper the scallop, the less worn the stones will appear. |  |
 | The final step in inking the arch stones is to ink each stone face, just as we did with the support stones. In the close up image to the left, you can see the curved corners in each face and the thickness of the lines between each stone. |
| Remember in the introduction that I mentioned that walls were built in layers? We have to create the layers of the wall. Using a pencil, lightly draw horizontal guidelines across the page. The space between these guidelines should equal the height of two support stones.
Now we have to ink the layer guidelines. Use a 03 size or larger pen to ink these lines. It doesn't matter if the lines are imperfect since they are the mortar and will lend to the effect of hand dressed stone blocks. Let the ink dry for an hour or so, and then erase the last of the pencil marks. If the ink smears, STOP. Let it dry longer. With the Micron pens it may take longer if your studio is humid or cold. Once the inking is finished and the pencil is erased, your image should look like the one to the right, except, of course, for the pencil shadows that appear in my picture. |  |
| When creating your wall face, always place your stones between your layer guidelines. I have found the easiest way to do this is to build the wall from the bottom up, completing each layer before moving to the next.
There are two ways to create the stones that make up the wall. The first is to draw various sized rectangles stacked on and beside each other and then to shape those stones to created the rounded corners. You can see the drawn rectangles in the image to the right. |  |
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