Catherine has promised to complete my portrait over the course of the bank holiday weekend.   I like being back in the studio and realise that I’ll miss the sittings when they’re finished.   At half time when I’m allowed a cup of coffee and a stretch, I realised that she has a spectacular array of tubes of paint.   I asked how much a tube costs.    She picked up a tube of red paint which cost £120.   She let me photograph the tools of the trade.   First, the tube of red paint:

More tubes:

Then the palette from which she’s working:

Lastly, the trunk of turps: