Small Gorge · Interlocking Spur Overlap

SUBJECT
A small rocky gorge with two main cliff spurs and one narrow stream. A nearer spur projects inward from image-left; a farther spur projects inward from image-right behind it. The stream winds between their bases and disappears briefly behind the nearer spur.

COMPOSITION
Use a slightly elevated view into the gorge. Place the nearer left spur across the lower-left and center, and the farther right spur above and behind it. Let the visible stream enter at the lower-right, turn behind the left spur, and reappear as a short upstream segment near the upper-center.

STYLE GUIDE
1. Shape & line
Build both spurs from broad angular rock masses. At their central overlap, keep the nearer left spur’s contour continuous and stop the farther right spur’s contour against it, forming a clear T-junction that establishes which landform is in front.

2. Color & light
Light upward-facing rock planes with muted warm ochre and paint inward-facing walls in cool slate blue. Keep the stream lighter than the shaded walls so its visible segments remain readable, while preserving the overlap with distinct neighboring values.

3. Texture & material
Use matte, opaque gouache patches with a few broad broken-brush marks following each rock face. Concentrate these marks on exposed planes and simplify them near the overlap; paint the stream with smoother horizontal strokes so stone and water have visibly different surfaces.

4. Composition
Make the left spur large enough to conceal the middle section of the stream and part of the right spur’s base. Align the downstream and upstream water segments along one plausible winding route, and leave an open gap above the overlap that leads the eye farther into the gorge.

PRIORITY
Preserve the requested identity, count, action, composition and output settings. Apply the style rules within those constraints; a style reference must not replace the subject or layout. Within the style: Prioritize readable landform overlap and the stream’s disappearance behind the nearer spur.

AVOID
Avoid tangent contours or a stream painted continuously across the foreground rock.

OUTPUT
Create one landscape-format image in a 3:2 aspect ratio, rendered as an opaque gouache landscape study, without lettering, captions, borders, or watermarks.

SELF-CHECK
Check that the left spur visibly interrupts both the farther contour and the stream’s middle section.