Memory Drawing Prompts

There is no doubt that having a trained visual memory is a great benefit for representational artists. This website exists to reinforce that statement. Proof, however, is best experienced personally and so this article begins an extended series of memory drawing prompts. If you choose to participate you’ll discover not only how important your visual memory is, you will also see why training it is necessary.

This is the second prompt in the Memory Drawing Prompt series. This week’s prompt image is Corot’s painting, A Torrent at Romagnes. As is often the case I have needed to crop it a little so that it fits the format of the prompts.

This is the third prompt in the Memory Drawing Prompt series. This week’s prompt image is Corot’s painting, The Ford with Five Cows. As is often the case I have needed to crop it a little so that it fits the format of the prompts.

This is the fourth prompt in the Memory Drawing Prompt series. This week’s prompt image is Corot’s painting, Seine Landscape near Chatou. As is often the case I have needed to crop it a little so that it fits the format of the prompts.

This is the fifth prompt in the Memory Drawing Prompt series. This week’s Memory Drawing Prompt image is a photograph I took while looking out over Lake Superior during a misty morning.

This is the sixth prompt in the Memory Drawing Prompt series. This week’s Memory Drawing Prompt image is a painting by American artist George Inness, Evening at Medfield, Massachusetts.

This is the seventh prompt in the Memory Drawing Prompt series. This week’s Memory Drawing Prompt image is a painting by American artist George Inness, Olive Trees at Tivoli.

This is the eighth prompt in the Memory Drawing Prompt series. This week’s Memory Drawing Prompt image is a painting by American artist George Inness, Sunrise.

This is the ninth prompt in the Memory Drawing Prompt series. This week’s Memory Drawing Prompt image is a painting by American artist George Inness, Hastings.