Summer Camp

I got the shapes for this by zooming in on a beach scene

 and taking the people out. 

"Summer Camp"

12 x 16 

Below is the first version, 

but the shape of white surf 

didn't read well. 

And there wasn't enough value contrast 

in the blues. 

NOTE: 

Before I made any changes

 I used the Brushes App on my I pad 

to experiment with different designs and colors. 

Here are some of them:

It's a great tool to quickly compare and "try on"

different colors together 

before diving in.