Here’s an all time first. I’ve been staying the last fortnight with friends in their Indian Ocean paradise. As usual, I packed enough sketching gear to meet the needs of an entire art class, but more unusually, I packed my old oil paint travelling plein air case because I was in highly productive mode before I came away, putting in 12 hour studio days, and I couldn’t afford to lose momentum with a show coming up in October. Part of me thought I probably wouldn’t do much, but

Been drawing this scene in idle moments for years. Surreptitiously. I’m supposed to be concentrating and listening and absorbing. Soon there will be a question in my direction so I’d better reconnect with what in supposed to be doing. #dailylife #musiclesson #Sketching