Day1, Wednesday June 22, 2016 Sun on Glastonbury Mud, towards Leftfield, oil on board, 12×10in (30.5×25.5cm). Five hours after arriving I had started my first painting. I worked as the sun came and went, sparkling on the sloppy mud. Some lads were really keen to pose and I got one of them squatting, looking at his phone – his two mates standing nearby. They were so pleased and any nerves I had of painting in this new environment were gone. The problem with crowds is that you instinctively try to paint every figure, which is impossible, so I try to look at the mass in the distance and ask myself: ‘What does it look like?’ Very often I answer it with a single mid-tone and some speckles of colour