Some years ago, when I often travelled in the Valencian Metro, I had the habit of studying fellow passengers. I tried to remember how the head of a particular person looked like. At home I tried, from memory, to draw the head. Today I came across a sketchbook of that period with some of these doodles. I was reminded, that I had to be careful because people soon notice when you eye at them for a longer time. I am pretty sure I did at least sometimes and it must have looked strange.
Once in a blue moon I had to draw from memory during the model-drawing lessons from Father Beatus Nijs, my unsurpassed art teacher. We had to observe the model for five minutes. Then we made the drawing from memory. A great experience! I did not preserved any of these drawings. Later I participated in more than one group to study nude models. There I proposed sometimes to do the same exercise. The drawing is from the 80s.
That’s actually a fun way to draw as an exercise. when i was younger my friends and i would look at some super hero comic books then put them aside and try to draw what we remember.
thanks for bringing back the memories,i am going to have to try this again 🙂