"It's called That Room Will Go On Without Them, it's mainly a standard love triangle, but the characters are entertaining because they are artists and not courtiers, so their social gaffes are more believable and relatable. It's been nice though, but I haven't been able to get back to it as I've been practicing music more."Kaikoga Fujiko wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 12:27 am"Oh, the real art in making such a portrait wouldn't be in changing the model, but either putting their good points to the front so that the bad are ignored, or simply making it so the bad parts aren't in the composition." She then realised what she'd said. "Um, I mean... I've read Sei Douji's pillow book, recently. While I don't know if that would be to your liking as I don't know your tastes all that well, I must say that the relations between all those ladies at the winter court are described in a very entertaining way."
She took a careful sip of her sake and checked to see how Hikimasu's cup was doing.
"What are you reading at the moment?"
If he picked up on the bits about bad qualities for a painting subject, he had ignored it.