Ilford Art Society, Goodmayes, 25 February 2026
Week Three of three in February sitting for portraits with Ilford Art Society. After this, no more sitting with my chin resting on my fist! It was only ever intended as a novelty pose for just the first session, yet here we were three weeks later.
The one artist who’d wished to work on a single painting of the same pose over three sessions was focusing only on my upper body. This meant I could at least amend my leg positioning to create a modicum of variety for other artists.
After two weeks of sitting with legs crossed I opted to stretch out with my left leg fully extended. Yeah, let’s finish with a foreshortening challenge! It went very well. Whilst I won’t miss my chin-fist pose, I’ll miss February Wednesdays with these gentle folk.
Pose minutes, 7:30pm-9:30pm
Part 1 : 60.
— break —
Part 2 : 41 continuation.
Artworks
With apologies to artists I’m unable to credit.
Artwork by Jolanta.
steve ritter 