Overcome your cronic fear of painting/drawing in public by making use of this trick I accidently discovered over the weekend. Before going out for the evening I was taking advantage of some great weather to sketch a local landmark (the Scientific Anglian) and sat on the corner of a street with pad and pencil wearing an outrageous white shirt covered in bright red and orange passion flowers.

Suddenly I ceased to exist - absolutely noone wanted to come near me, let alone have a peek at the pad. I spend a very pleasant hour and a half drawing before getting down to the pub.