Stop overworking your drawings. Start thinking smaller.

In this class, you will learn how thumbnail sketching can dramatically improve your creativity, composition, and confidence. By working small, fast, and often, you remove pressure, generate more ideas, and make better art.

This is not about perfect drawings. It is about experimentation, and building a repeatable habit that actually moves you forward.

Using a simple, structured processes, you will explore creative doodles, focused studies, and small compositional thumbnails that lead to stronger finished pieces. You will leave with a stack of ideas and a practical method you can use daily.

The key skills you will learn

Generate more ideas through fast experimental doodles
Use small sketches to improve focus and observation
Build confidence by lowering the stakes
Create powerful compositions using thumbnails
Turn tiny studies into stronger finished artwork
Develop a simple sketching habit that sticks

What you will create

Creative and experimental doodle pages
Focused mini studies to sharpen your skills
Thumbnail sketches designed to strengthen composition
Small finished pieces built from your best ideas
And there is a downloadable handout packed with additional thumbnail prompts and exercises

Who is this class for?

Beginners who want a clear, low pressure way to improve
Artists who feel stuck or overthink their work
Urban sketchers who want to generate better compositions
Anyone who wants to sketch more, think more creatively, and improve faster

Ximena Zamora

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