Westminster Quaker Meeting House, London, 30 June 2026

I had two bookings with London Drawing this week, beginning here at Westminster Quaker Meeting House in the Covent Garden area. Both came with 48 hours’ notice and were most welcome. Both also came with a warning that in soaring summer heat our numbers for artists attending might not be great.

The climate forecast was correct but the numbers forecast could not have been more wrong. No fewer than 40 artists turned up. Apparently it was only 10 the week before. But I’ve heard similar from many life drawing organisers; they might have a loyal core of regulars but overall numbers can be wildly unpredictable. Tricky business.

I take no credit for our full house as the model’s identity hadn’t been promoted. I take credit only for stamina in maintaining an extended sequence of 2-minute poses while latecomers were being checked-in throughout the whole of our first half-hour. Overall we gathered a lot of energy in the room… of the positive kind, not just the heat!

Pose minutes, 7pm-9pm

Part 1 : 10, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 10, 10, 10, 10.
— break —
Part 2 : 35.

Artworks

With apologies to artists I’m unable to credit.