sketchbook explorations

A sketchbook page.

I like this photo I took of a boatyard, the shapes were almost abstract.

I think I can zoom in and crop and get more abstract.

I drew two rectangles, divided them into 4, and divided the photo in four too.

First I drew the pen version, going quadrant by quadrant.

Then I wanted to try building the scene by blocking in colors, which seemed like a job for gouache.

I don't have much experience with gouache and thinned it out too much, I guess, not getting the opacity and covering power I expected.

But I can see its use as a sketching medium and as a tool to maybe simplify shapes and values.

May do it again in black and white!