Plan with Thumbnails

Want to make better paintings? Plan. You have heard if you fail to plan, you plan to fail? Well, same deal here. Thumbnail drawings are the answer.

Thumbnails are small compositions usually in pencil. These drawings are miniature ways to work out your ideas on paper before going to all the work of a finished painting only to discover a composition flaw.

Here's a quick guide to making thumbnails work for you: start with black and white drawings using pencil or markers.