Arts Theatre, London, 3 June 2018

After a couple of weeks away from London, I resumed modelling exactly how I had left it – at a portrait session for City Academy, on the top floor of Arts Theatre. We were expecting eleven students yet had only two with just a minute to go until our 10:30am start time. A flurry of latecomers brought that total to eight. As per three weeks ago, this was to be a full day session finishing at 4:30pm with an hour for lunch.

Aside from a few minor variations in pose times, the format of this class was identical to the previous one. The only significant difference was climate. Temperatures were in the high 20s; there was very little breeze outside and even less air conditioning inside. Portrait work can be soporific at the best of times, but these circumstances made for an even tougher test. I just about got through it without nodding off… I think!