English singer and songwriter Ed Sheeran, who has been getting a great response to his recently released track, Sapphire, is exploring new creative avenues.

Sheeran turned to painting as a “creative outlet” and set up a makeshift workshop in a disused car park in central London. The singer, 34, has revealed that he has been making art whenever he is on a break from touring. He is now preparing to exhibit his first collection, which will be sold in aid of his Ed Sheeran Foundation charity.

He said in a statement, “I started painting at the end of my Divide Tour in 2019 and it’s something that I’ve used as a creative outlet ever since. When I was growing up, my parents worked in art, so I’ve naturally always been interested in it, and I always enjoyed studying art at school. I was back and forth on tour last year, and I used a lot of my downtime in the UK to paint. I’d run to a disused car park in Soho each morning, paint and then run home. I’d do that daily until I headed back out on tour again.”