DRAWING + PAINTING CLASSES: VIEWFINDER

Using lightweight cardboard 6 x 6 inch square...

1. With your pencil and ruler, draw two L-shapes along the edges of your cardboard. The width of your ruler is a good measurement to use.
   
2. Cut the L-shapes out. Now you have two halves of a frame.
3. Hold the shapes together to make a whole frame. What shapes can it become? What sizes?
4. Use this to help determine your composition-- and deciding on either using your paper as a vertical or horizontal space.

Of course, as discussed in class, you can also simply use your thumbs and fingers to create a handy viewfinder, although it may be a little less accurate.