Started on the details of devotees listening to Abhinavagupta in the Painting

Started on the details of devotees listening to Abhinavagupta. I wasn’t sure if women and men should be sitting separately, as it is the custom now in most of the ashrams, so I decided to mix it a little.

Continued on the layers in the background and some more distinguished brushwork on land, and I think it is coming together like I envision it to be, slightly foggy water and the mountains fading into the distance, the fields with the different greens and yellow saffron… I also painted frames around the lotus ponds, looks more pulled together, and continued the steps leading from the stage which were still hanging in the air.

I wish I could finish it before going to Australia for a month but that seems very unlikely. Well then, I will have to just keep going until it is done just like everything else in life.