Composition

The video tutorial explains how to create a viewfinder using heavy paper or card stock. It guides viewers through folding and cutting the paper to form a viewfinder, which can be used to frame and crop scenes for artwork. The tutorial demonstrates using the viewfinder with different scenes, adjusting distance and orientation to find the best composition. It encourages creating thumbnail sketches to decide on the final artwork layout.

What is the first step in creating a viewfinder?

• Cutting out the center of the paper

• Folding the paper in half

• Drawing lines on the paper

• Measuring an inch from each side

How does moving the viewfinder closer or farther affect the scene?

• It makes the scene look different

• It alters the lighting of the scene

• It changes the size of the viewfinder

• It changes the color of the scene

What can you do to change the orientation of the viewfinder?

• Add more lines

• Rotate it to portrait

• Fold it again

• Cut it into a circle

What is the purpose of creating thumbnail sketches with the viewfinder?

• To create a final artwork

• To decide on the best composition

• To practice drawing skills

• To test different colors

What should you do before creating your final artwork?

• Create several thumbnail sketches

• Choose the largest viewfinder

• Draw a detailed background

• Select the brightest colors