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Less is More Thumbnail Challenge

✏️ Embrace the power of simplicity with Josh Clare’s Less is More Thumbnail Challenge. In this 30+ minute course, Josh returns to the fundamentals, creating quick, loose thumbnails—both oil and digital—using the same trusted limited palette he’s relied on for years. This isn’t about perfection; it’s about practice and building your artistic instincts.


You’ll learn how to:

🖌️ Warm up with mini sketches to boost confidence and clarity
🎨 Simplify your palette without sacrificing impact
🌟 Recognize why “bad” thumbnails can be the most instructive
📐 Sharpen your instincts through repetition before tackling larger works


Perfect for oil or digital painters looking to loosen up, build momentum, and rediscover the joy of the creative process.

🕒 Runtime: 30+ minutes

  • Josh Clare

    Instructor

  • Fundamental

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Meet your instructor

Josh Clare

Josh Clare grew up drawing and was rarely without a pencil and paper, but it wasn’t until he began studying art at BYU-Idaho that he began painting. That first oil painting class included a trip to the galleries in Jackson Hole (his first visit to an art gallery or museum) and completely changed the course of his life.
Josh has been supporting himself and his family with art since 2007 after graduation and he thanks God every day for that remarkable blessing. He figures that if he can paint all day, every day, for the next 20 years, eventually he’ll paint something pretty decent.

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