Framestore, London, 14 October 2025

25 Oct 2025

To follow my long-pose booking the evening before, there could hardly be more of a contrast than this session with Cosy Life Drawing at Framestore. Here it’s all about energy, variety, inspiration and character, with no pose lasting more than 15 minutes, and most taking considerably less.

Pose durations are predetermined from start to finish – even being programmed onto an app that calls out instructions in its quaint monotone voice: “1-minute pose, let me know when you are ready…” When I reply “Ready!“, I suspect it’s a human finger that actually starts the timer, rather than artificial intelligence. Fingers aren’t obsolete yet.

Knowing the full scheme of durations in advance allows me to plan whole sequences of connected poses instead of thinking perhaps only two or three moves ahead. With these I made liberal use of Framestore’s creative props: two poses with an arrowless bow, four with a long-handled padded mace, five with a foam scimitar… it’s great!

Best of all, I really enjoyed it. As a general rule I prefer sessions with lots of quick-fire changes that encourage imagination, but here I felt particularly happy and engaged. I could sense myself becoming more playful and inventive as we went on, only dialling back to more traditional poses for longer durations at the end. Lots of fun.