Check a shoreline with three plain color blocks
A small hand-drawn exercise for separating water, land and access.
Draw three broad shapes on a blank canvas: water, land and the path onto the land. Leave out waves and stones. Look at the picture at the size where it will be used.
Ask which shape leads to the destination. If the answer is unclear, change the value or width of the path before adding detail. Put one interruption in the shoreline only when the overall boundary reads clearly.
The linked observatory is an AI-assisted finished image for comparison. This exercise uses your own shapes and does not require copying it.