We were going to go fishing, but that was when it was still sunny; of course, it rained, and it was far too windy for fishing anyway (the cast out would have blown back into our faces).

“What would you like to do instead?” I asked our friend Roland.

“What do you suggest?” he replied.

“Well, we could all stay at home and play games,” I began.

His face dropped.

“Or we could watch Calamity Jane on the television…”

Roland pulled a face like King Kong.

“Or Chris and I could carry on with our work as per usual and you could watch something to your taste on the television…”

“I don’t really want watch television,” he said, pulling another face.

“I have work to do anyway,” said Chris.

“Why don’t I paint your portrait in a day?” I suggested, “But it might not be very good because it normally takes me weeks – I expect it will have to be very loose or impressionistic.”

So that’s what we did. Roland sat very patiently (most of the time) while I spent six hours painting to my heart’s content, and this is the result…