Harmony Hall, London, 2 March 2026

8 Mar 2026

Monday 2 March: the start of a lean week for life modelling. My one and only booking was this evening. If you’ve got only one booking for a whole week, you want it to be a good one. And so it was: with Walthamstow Lifedrawing.

“Good” is determined by the feeling it gives me. It doesn’t have to be the best paying, the best attended, the most prestigious or the most glamorous. If it energises me and leaves me feeling happier than when I arrived, then it’s a good ‘un.

The pose durations were well known to me from previous visits yet I arrived with only two or three poses in mind. The rest were inspired in the moment: one wholly original and another an old favourite; the rest all new hybrids of bygone arrangements.

Warm room, warm hearts. I did indeed leave happier than when I arrived. Not that I’d been at all unhappy upon arrival, it’s merely testimony to the ability of a good session to raise my spirits higher. Week’s work done, I walked out my full 6’4″ height.