THUMBNAIL Sketches: Tutorial for Self-Taught Artists and Beginners

[@halcy7190]

I just love these bite sized videos!!

[@artprof]

I'm so glad they are helpful! -Prof Lieu

[@artprof]

Watch our full length video on thumbnails, which includes a drawing demo: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYXMg5KarJyZp6s

[@ant11368]

I found this video extremely useful due to its brevity. all the videos you make are grand but often they're quite long and I struggle to find the time to watch them all the way through. This kind of synopsis, though would be fantastic! thanks!

[@artprof]

Really helpful feedback! We actually do have a lot of 2-10 min videos, (I just haven't cut any recently) so you can find them in these playlists that I made recently. Prof Lieu 2-3 min videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHqbdnl4hb6rmbc 5 min videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z5aQpZt3bN-Dnrc 7-10 min videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6fNdImZrdGDiZY

[@cousinjesse4450]

Thank you for the insight very valuable. I have been working on developing/learning watercolor painting skills the last few years. I am learning composition planning is a must and mine is lacking.

[@JumpPanda]

I found this video while looking up how to do thumbnails for a illustration project and I found this very helpful. Very quick and concise! Thank you

[@artprof]

Glad it helped! Thank you for tuning in, we're glad you enjoyed it :) - Mia, Art Prof Staff

[@joe_now_here_]

Oooh professor, you're going to be proud. I do thumbnails now. And you were right. It saves so much time, tears and energy. Hahaha. Also it's so fun to do!

[@artprof]

Oh yeah!! Thumbnails are the BEST - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

[@ltwig476]

I tend to not waste a lot of time with sketches, mostly just some lines and spheres and rectangles for placement (arial space). Since I tend to paint 40 inches or larger canvas, I typically cut my drawing paper to scale of my canvas. I tend to write notes all over my sketch, such as run this off canvas, greyed out Persian blue here, develop this area before deciding that area with directional arrows. Then I will be half way through the painting and jump out of bed in the middle of the night, make a new quick sketch and new notes. Some of the notes I never use.

[@mrchristian8782]

this is really helpful, I searched thumbnail sketches because of Andrew Loomis =)))

[@artprof]

Awesome!! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff

[@richardbaker112]

Is gesture drawing generally used in thumbnails?

[@artprof]

Yes, any kind of fast work is useful when making thumbnails! - Mia Rozear, Art Prof Staff