Today I worked on some of the detail on the bench top and the pots etc. There is still more to do but it needs to dry before the finer details can be added. When I work on the details, I sometimes finish the session by completing the underpainting to a larger area. I think that it gives a psychological feeling of more progress but is necessary anyway so that the details can be added when it is dry. 

I will need to make some adjustments to the hand that appears in front of the young lady's head, but I am content with the progress on the lady standing behind. There are many different perspectives to this work which, combined with the angle of the painting on the easel, can present some unusual optical effects. In these cases you have to trust your eye and make a few minor adjustments as you complete the work.