On Sunday at the Queen of Hoxton rooftop bar in Shoreditch, amid the glorious sunshine Lend Us Your Hands, a charity fundrasier comprising a day and night of art, music, crafts, food and cocktails all in order to raise vital funds for the Tsum Valley region devastated by the Nepal Earthquakes took place. A vast part of the day and certainly our main interest in this fun day for a great cause was the Paint Jam which took place, with the live painting organized by The Hidden Streets Of London and with all works contributed by the artists available for sale with proceeds going towards funds raised.

The event was very much a success, with by mid-afternoon the lovely rooftop venue being crammed to full capacity and everyone enjoying the fine weather, the superb live painting and the food and drinks on offer. The artists were in fine spirits taking a rather casual approach to the days festivities, donating their time and works and in the process collectively offering up a range of artistic styles and works to view upon. All in all it was a superb event, set in a fantastic location and was certainly nothing short of a success, we don’t know how much money was raised, but it’s hard to imagine that all expectations weren’t matched or almost certainly bettered by the impressive and vast crowd the event pulled in.

Amara Por Dios & Flesh031 at work on their tribal infused illustrations set to a colourful background.

Zina at work on her delightful piece, sporting a different colour palette from her trademark blue-scale works and interesting to see her working without the use of spray paint and purely by brush.

Seeds One starting out his character for the day, alongside work-in-progress from The Real Dill.

Flesh031, Amara Por Dios, Ali Hamish, Vanesa Longchamp & Zina all at work in the glorious weather.

Perspicere at work on his first piece of the day, a real pleasure to witness some of the process that goes into his exceptionally intricate and mesmerizing works. 

Work-in-progress from The Real Dill.

Vanesa Longchamp at work on her piece, very interesting to see a reduced colour scheme from Vanesa Longchamp with her work that took on a more sketch like quality.

Captain Kris at work on the background to his collaboration with Ali Hamish.

Work-in-progress from Ali Hamish & Captain Kris.

Works-in-progress from Ali Hamish & Captain Kris, Vanesa Longchamp, Himbad and a completed work from Zina.

Mish finishing up her summer fuelled work.

Perspicere working on his second board of the day.

Work-in-progress from Himbad, offering up a cheery incarnation of his trademark character.

The Finished Pieces:

Collaboration work by Amara Por Dios & Flesh031.

Detail of work by Amara Por Dios & Flesh031.

Detail of work by Amara Por Dios & Flesh031.

Detail of work by Amara Por Dios & Flesh031.

Collaboration from Ali Hamish & Captain Kris.

Detail of collaboration work by Ali Hamish & Captain Kris. 

Work by Vanesa Longchamp.

Detail of work by Vanesa Longchamp.

Work by Himbad.

Detail of work by Himbad.

Work by Zina.

Detail of work by Zina.

Work by Mish.

Work by Fanakapan.

Work By The Real Dill.

Work by Seeds One.

Work by Mish & Fanakapan.

Work by Fanakapan & The Real Dill.

Work by Perspicere, his first of the day, a nice addition of the hand in the work considering the theme of the fundraiser.

Work by Perspicere, his second of the day.