I do worry that it’s really rude to draw people, especially when you’re in a meeting with them. Presumably if it were a meeting of illustrators, we’d all be drawing each other, so it wouldn’t matter. But it wasn’t, so I’ve probably broken every rule in the business etiquette book.
The thing is, I don’t always get a chance to attend life drawing classes, and it’s really hard to resist when there are all these people sitting (almost) still right in front of me.
And – this is the crucial part – I can draw and listen at the same time, honest.
After a weekend of meetings and drawing, these are the results. I wasn’t striving too much for accurate likenesses, so I hope that if any of the attendees are reading, they won’t take offence. For me it was all about the joy of practising – and the joy of the meetings themselves, too, of course.
[Above] Bit of Photoshop added for lazy colouring-in, at home.
[Above] Biro, giving a particularly harsh representation of people who are perfectly attractive in real life. : )
[Above] When the people-drawing starts seeming too intrusive, there are always the trees outside the window.
Myfanwy Tristram 
I always doodle in meetings – it helps me concentrate and actually listen to what is beinfg said. Otherwise i look at them and my mind drifts…
Yes, that’s my experience. There’s also the bonus that when you look at them later, you can remember what was being said at the time. It’s like the ultimate visualising memory technicque.