Small Sketch

Here's a new gouache sketch (2.5x3.5). This is a color sketch of a painting that is currently in the "block-in" stage. The larger painting will be a 16x24 oil. I try to stay fairly simple with the color sketch, working out a possible palette, but mostly value patterns. I do not always do a color sketch, sometimes just a small b/w thumbnail sketch, but with this one, I wanted to work out a few things before going to the canvas. Just a bit of insight into my working process. As a side note, gouache is an opaque watercolor paint, but unlike transparent watercolor paint, it does not dry permanent. It allows the painter to "go back into" the painting and re-wet and rework areas.