OJAIGallery: Ojai artists plan out this year's mandalaThe design of this year’s Ojai Day mandala incorporates elements of the numbers two and five, as this is the 25th Ojai Day. The mandala will be drawn and painted on the ground at Signal Street and Ojai Avenue on Friday night; it is expected to be finished by the time Ojai Day begins the next morning.RICHARD QUINN/SPECIAL TO THE STARRiver Sauvageau shows one of the templates that will be used for this year’s Ojai Day mandala, which will painted in the intersection of Signal Street and Ojai Avenue on Friday night. It is expected to be finished by the time Ojai Day starts on Saturday morning.RICHARD QUINN/SPECIAL TO THE STAREvergreen Hericks cuts out templates for the Ojai Day mandala.RICHARD QUINN/SPECIAL TO THE STAREvergreen Hericks (from left), Mary Kennedy and River Sauvageau work on the design for this year’s Ojai Day mandala, which will be drawn and painted on the asphalt in the intersection of Signal Street and Ojai Avenue on Friday night. It is expected to be finished by the time Ojai Day begins on Saturday morning.RICHARD QUINN/SPECIAL TO THE STARMary Kennedy goes over the penciled drawing of this year’s Ojai Day mandala with black ink.RICHARD QUINN/SPECIAL TO THE STAR