Finding shapes within

Recent detailed observation of photographs of Sydney, Australia, has led me to complete these two pages of  closely-drawn shapes (a pleasure to make and photograph during an extremely wet winter weekend).

In the first example, I worked mainly from the second of the two photographs shown in the post as it seemed to have a particularly detailed and interesting set of shapes and effects made by its internal lights, its occupants and the reflections from surrounding buildings and the ever-changing sky. 

The second drawing turned out to be rather different, though still drawn in black and white. Much less of a grid pattern emerged and there were some different structures to reproduce.

I'm hoping that several small images from each of these studies will prove useful in my planned work. Next, I will make up simple print blocks using the ones that seem to promise the most and then see what happens.