Pintar Rapido

Underpainting finished

I took part in the Pintar Rapido (Painting Quickly in Spanish) event in London at the weekend. Nearly 400 artists painted en plein air all over the borough of Kensington and Chelsea on the Saturday, everybody having to get their painting back to Chelsea Old Town Hall on King's Road by 8.00 pm ready to hang. The exhibition was put up overnight and opened on Sunday at midday with Ken Howard judging the £1000 prize. The exhibition ran to 6.00 that evening with all unsold work taken away by the artists at the end. I reckon they sold 35-40% of all the work, I sold mine 20 minutes before the end.