Notional Space PP designed for DVI by Camilla S. Haneberg
Practice using your movable viewfinder. Notional Space Practice using your movable viewfinder. Adjust the viewfinder to determine the notional space, name the shape and identify the orientation.
Hold up your movable viewfinder Notional Space Find the space around the lettuce, touching the very top, sides and bottom-most points Hold up your movable viewfinder
Notional Space horizontal vertical
Notional Space vertical rectangle notional space
Ready? Go!
horizontal rectangle Sweet potato
Use that viewfinder…
Horizontal rectangle bell pepper
Next…
vertical rectangle Bartlett pear
How about this one?
square orange
Last one…
vertical rectangle Chile pepper
Think of the notional space as the rectangular shape that fits closest on all sides around the object you are drawing…
…like this cake in a box…
…or this make-your-own pizza in a box…
Notional space is the beginning of the drawing process. subject matter drawing