The Art of Isolation, London, 19 April 2025

22 Apr 2025

After a busy 11-day programme of family Easter Art Events, The Art of Isolation was able to resume its regular weekend life drawing; albeit only the Saturday slot as there could be no class on Easter Sunday.

Uncertainty always hangs over likely attendance numbers for any event in the middle of Easter weekend, but pleasingly there was a strong turn-out this Saturday. Possibly the lack of a Sunday option made a difference… who knows?

Saturday sessions are usually dominated by a single long pose, and so it was on this occasion too. Of course, we scampered through a handful of short warm-ups first but then I settled into the seated position I would hold for an hour and fifteen minutes.

35 minutes into the long pose, we had a break for tea and biscuits. Upon resuming, a few artists switched positions to start a fresh drawing but most continued their work. I remained comfortable throughout, needing no further breaks or stretches.

Straightforward stuff really; which is in no way to diminish the joy or high standards of all the sessions run by artist Rod Kitson here. It remains a favourite venue for me so fingers-crossed for returning to pose on a non-Easter Sunday later in the year.