Barbara Muir, the Canadian portrait artist, has been using Skype for quick draws.

She recently drew some people attending the International Consumer Electronics Show. She was in her Toronto studio. They were in in a dark meeting room in Las Vegas--showing that what happens in Vegas doesn't always stay in Vegas.

In this video, she describes her techniques:

She explains at her blog, Barbara Paints:

"With a program called 'Capture,' on my Mac I can photograph the people I'm talking to on Skype. So when I talk to my son in Korea, I can take his picture as often as I want. And I have been. Some interesting drawings have resulted from the casual, intimacy of
the Skype visual image."

She enjoys unusual lighting and camera angles resulting from Skype sketching.

Check out her blog for more of her work.

Here are some more Skype sketches: