Exercise 1
To begin you will need to create a viewfinder. A viewfinder is a small piece of paper with the central rectangle cut out. You want this to a perfect rectangle as it will match your paper.
Use your ruler to draw a rectangle within your a6 sheet of paper with the line one centimeter away from the edge of the paper. Fold the paper over and cut along the line with your scissors.
The outside frame with a rectangular hole will be your viewfinder. The viewfinder will help you draw your compositions and not be distracted by things that are outside the page.
Exercise 2
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Look at the grid above. You can see a demonstration of various kinds of compositions. Bear these in mind when you begin the next exercise in which you try to build as many compositions as possible.
Exercise 3
Take your A5 sketchbook, pencils and viewfinder and go to a park or outdoor space you would like to draw.
Look through your viewfinder to section off an area you would like to draw. Move your perspective slightly to find the exact angle you like. Try to do as many different compositions like the image above.
You will create ten quick sketches in this fashion. Do not concern yourself with details, this instead about the raw blocks of space.
This is called thumbnailing and allows you to quickly find a composition.
Exercise 4
Select the thumbnail sketch you find most engaging. Now draw it again using the viewfinder but on a sheet of A3. Notice that the composition and proportion stay the same but you can now draw adding details and gestures.