Thumbnail sketches

Sheep Shearing thumbnails One of six 8 1/2" x 11" pages I filled with drawings Howard Pyle taught his students that every painting should ...

These videos explain and demonstrate the process of how thumbnail sketches work within the artistic process. ‘ There are many benefits of thumbnail sketches: they can save you time when working on a final piece of artwork and allow you to explore more options for composition. The demonstration shows simple strategies on how to crop […]

Thumbnail sketches, fast drawings, shorthand for artists

Sketch 1 (limit 3 values) for comp sketchbook

Some thumbnails from my sketchbook from a year ago that I did for a king and queen character. I spent anywhere from about 10 to 30 seconds o...

Effective and fun exercise 🔥 Probably my favorite. ✨Draw quick thumbnails✨ Thumbnail is a miniature, a doodle, a rough quick sketch. ✍️ Draw several rectangular frames on your page and sketch several objects around you in them, without thinking about aesthetics. Quickly, in 1-5 minutes. Then you can draw from your photos, from the show you are currently watching, from photos from the Internet, from your favorite board on Pinterest. We are not chasing perfection they will look beau...

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I love this way of collecting composition ideas. Each little thumbnail drawing takes about ten to fifteen minutes and so it allows me to try lots of possibilities before making a commitment in paint.

Here is another snapshot of my thumbnail project. I wanted to go with the cordycep/foliage theme. Each sketch was timed for 1 minute.