On this task we were allowed to deviate from our topic, this was good for me because I was getting bored with fashion as i found it hard to create personable characters. For this task I drew some roughs and knew before I made it that I wanted to experiment with gouache on this. For this reason, most of the first drafts involving a mermaid were not considered for the final because i realised after experimenting with the gouache that it would take a long time to dry and create scenes like I had planned. 
I looked at Mikkel Sommer again for this because I think he has a real sense of composition and frame in his work as well as consideration of media.
There is an obvious foreground, midground and background in his work and when I was getting stuck thinking about them his work helped me draw more roughs.
Instead I tried to think of some simpler scenes, I created my roughs in sequences of 3 so I could be thinking about a long shot, mid shot and close up and what I could include in these. This came from looking at Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarintino films where frames are heavily considered and every element is essential to the shot. 
I finally decided on one where my gouache would work in the backghround but there was also consideration of mid/foreground. I created the gouache background first using cellotape to keep it out of areas I wanted to marker over, then I created the buildings and finally I tipexed in buildings to the background. I think it worked reasonably well and if I was to do it again I would perhaps think the colour palette through a little better but I was pleased with how it turned out. I think if I did it again I would probably make something bigger to emphasise it being closer. 
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