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Meeting

I tend to doodle quite a bit at meetings - but I never attempted to draw the crowd and the presenters before today. One of the big problems I have with drawing people is that they are either constantly in motion or very much aware that they are being watched. In a setting like this, I have a room full of people who are sitting still and looking away from me. Whenever someone new came up to the front to speak, I would make a few attempts at capturing their features - then I would move on to random people in the audience.

Some of these turned out pretty good - a great record of that particular moment in time. Others, well, they look pretty nightmarish. Portraits are the thing I would say I am least comfortable with. I suppose that means I need to try drawing (or painting) them more.

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