Nature is one vast panorama of contours and space.Everything is form, set into space. If we were to cut a rectangular opening in a piece of cardboard and look through it, nature would present us with a picture. Within the four limits of the opening, the space would become divided by spaces in contours. To that spacing and arrangement of contours we will give everlasting attention, for it is the basis of all pictoral approach. The novice snaps his camera carelessly at nature. The artist seats to arrange it. From the artists approach, almost anything is picture material, since it is to design and arrangement that makes pictures, regardless of subject. Cut a cardboard so as to make a "picture finder". an opening of 3 by 4 inches is large enough. look through it. Jot down, in miniture compositions, the linear arrangements you find. your sense of arrangement is the first real indication of your creativeness. Walk about the house or the grounds with a small sketch pad. Don't go any farther until you have done a dozen or 2 small roughs.