So here is the basic well. Then I pushed the challenge a little further and used basic shapes to do a house. Only shape is the base cube.
In the lighting challenge, I used the house, instead of the well. : )
Great series and enjoying learning Blender. It’s been on my radar for a decade but has only been since 2.8 I really was curious about the modelling and texturing.
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Nice work. It is good to have creative and talented people in our community 
Thanks so much! Looking forward to the rest of the series, especially the chess set. Normally I model and texture in Zbrush but have heard so many good things about Blender 2.8. Always nice to have a new tool in the arsenal. : )
Looking forward to seeing your work as you get more familiar with Blender. 
Hopefully Michael will be including a section on sculpting (the Zbrush-ish part of blender) in a as-of-yet unreleased 2.8 remake-section… I’m sure there is much people will be able to learn from your submissions once those lectures get released.
