Wanstead House, London, 14 January 2015

It seems incredible that it’d been over a year since I last posed at Wanstead House. Some of my earliest bookings were here when I was just starting out as a life model, so it felt good to be back again.

Six artists were expected, and six arrived promptly in time for a 7pm start. The pose plan was simple: two standing poses of 15 minutes apiece, then 30 minutes seated on a chair, followed by a nice long break, and finally 30 minutes seated on the floor.

My only Wanstead visit in 2014 had been to help group organiser Patrick promote his classes during a Wanstead Art Trail event at the local library. In a very nice gesture at the end of this session, he kindly gave me the portrait he drew of me that day. It remains one of my favourites.