Painting update

So Ive added another painting to my list. It is of Gayathri. I learned her mantra and its constantly in my head. Tomorrow Ill go buy a book on this elusive goddess who's been running through my head.

The Traditional Mysore style of painting includes gold embossing. So i have been busy this week first adding the embossing (painting on a cement like substance in various shapes and patterns) and then gluing on solid gold leaf (very fine and very tricky). Here are Vishnu and Gayathri in beginning phases...