Hagoromo Tennyo

It's been a while, but we're finally getting back into this one.  Did the head dress to cover more of that old tattoo, the jewelry, and started the sash and the wings.

The blue and white so far in the wings represent 2 of the five imperial, or auspicious colors.  The others are yellow, red and black.  In doing research into this type of feathered rode, it is stated that the wings are adorned with these five colors, and I have every intention of finishing them out according to tradition and give it that extra symbolic oomph...

I will give a more detailed explanation as to the meaning of each color in another post...

Water Woman

Did a bit more on this one the other day.  I was almost a little worried about too much blue before, but I think it works and really like it.  Still more to go to wrap it around the back of the arm, and next time we'll fix up that rose at the bottom (that I didn't do)...

Cherry Blossom Branch

Did the color on this one the other day (the outline was done exactly one week ago).  It was a pretty great session.  We started at the bottom and worked our way up and it took about 3 1/2 or 4 hours.

The catch is that there were no breaks whatsoever.  Not for the bathroom or water or anything.  We just started and the next thing you know, we were done.  

I think we were both just really zoned in on it and the time really flew by.  She was totally relaxed the whole time and I felt great afterwards.  Usually after a session like that, both the client and myself are feeling pretty run down, but this was one of those times where everything seemed to click and flow well.

Kudos to her for being such a great client...