Waterloo Action Centre, London, 11 April 2026 – part 1

15 Apr 2026

Perfect timing! I’d been set for a week with no life modelling when with just four days’ notice, Anne of London Drawing got in touch to ask whether I was free for Saturday sessions at Waterloo Action Centre, from 1:30pm to 3:30pm, and 4pm to 6pm.

What made this timing perfect was that I already had a 7pm ticket for the ‘Turner and Constable’ exhibition at Tate Britain that evening. So, work till 6pm at Waterloo, then take a leisurely stroll along Thames footpaths to enjoy some quality gallery time.

With Andrea Voisey working as the tutor for both sessions, perfection was complete. As always, this first session with short poses was busier than the second (long pose) session, but to me it seemed artist numbers were pretty solid for both.

Indeed, attendance has been so good here recently that models now have to pose in the round rather than with their backs to one wall, thus allowing an extra row of seats to be provided for artists. Such is the demand.

So with artists on all four sides of our creative space and bright spring sunlight falling from its high windows, I pivoted merrily through the 18 poses of ‘part 1’. None longer than 20 minutes, but a 40-minute pose awaited those who stayed on for ‘part 2‘…