cave, London, 5 June 2018

Good to see yet more new faces this month joining the merry group of artists at cave in Pimlico. As ever, head cave-dweller Karen cheerfully made each one feel welcome and dispensed art materials before calling the familiar pose times – five of 1-minute to get us warmed-up, then two of 5-minutes and two of 10-minutes.

For the first 10-minute pose I sat on a low stool and leaned back with my head on the floor. This inversion caused a certain number of vexed sighs but also resulted in some effective sketches. As a compassion to us all I kept the next poses simple. Red wine and scones with jam were dispensed during our interval – oh, I do like it here…

The session ended with two sitting poses of 20-25 minutes-ish. It hadn’t been hot day yet it was warm enough for the door to remain open all evening – perfect conditions to model. I can’t recall all the CDs that were part-played as background music but it was pleasing to hear a few tracks from The Stones Roses debut again. It’s been ages!