Print Club London, Hackney, 1 April 2026

4 Apr 2026

After time-out from modelling to take two weeks travelling around Canada, this was a welcome return. I’d never been to Canada before, and neither had I previously posed here. But whereas Canada in March could get as chilly as -11°C, Print Club London warmed me in every respect.

Life drawing here is organised by model, artist and all-round serene embracer-of-life, Haffa. We’d first met during a life drawing session at The Art of Isolation in January, where I was modelling and Haffa – having been the model a day earlier – called-in to draw. Contact details were exchanged, and the rest is history; how life works.

Sessions led by people who also do life modelling themselves are invariably attentive to models’ well-being, etiquette within the group and comfort of the environment. This was absolutely the case at Print Club London. No fussing, just simple care and clarity for everybody at the outset, then we all get on with enjoying our practice.

Good music, good feeling, lots of friendliness around the room… even an unexpected encounter. I could feel this was as much a social gathering of like-spirited people as it was an art group. With so much hype and image-led marketing of life drawing around London these days, it’s lovely to find there are still little publicity-free pockets of joy.