A swirling zentangle and a beautiful fly

I finally got my grotty hands on a white pen that will write on black. I've been wanting to get one for some time, but when you have small children, shopping can sometimes be happenstance and I haven't happened to be in the right place to purchase one until yesterday.

This isn't what I bought it for, I have some other plans in the zentangle zone, but I played with it for a while to get a feel for it and test what it could do. This is what I ended up with.

Swirling, white gel pen on black card, approx. 60 x 60 mm.

It's seems to be moving and staring at it too long can boggle your eyes.

It was fun and I have plans...::cackles madly while rubbing hands together eagerly::

This evening, Hubby discovered that there were a lot of ladybirds on our continental parsley plant which is currently flowering (we let it go to seed so we can collect some for next year, it was a great performer). While I adore ladybirds and was quite happy to see them, something else a little less expected also caught my eye.

It appears that I could only get a really clear shot of its butt, but since that was the prettiest part of the fly, I don't mind too much.

And here is a ladybird that I found just too posed to resist :D

I hope you're all having some goodly arty times. I did some Christmas shooping today, so this is all I have to share. Hopefully more tomorrow.

Nutty
(considering a shower)

Drawing Lab Challenge results - my tunnel

It's been one of those weeks for me. Being sick and stuck at home has not been conducive to art work. So my entry for this week is rather poor and was thrown together on a vague idea in this last hour or so between hanging out the washing and mum duties. I type this fast hoping that Izzy stays asleep just that little bit longer. I guess my topic source is pretty obvious.

Apologies for the poor reproduction. It was too large to scan. It doesn't quite fit the bill for the challenge, but that is what I came up with. My other idea was to use cogs, lots of them, but I couldn't get a 'machine' to gel out of the idea.

I hope you all did better than I did. Show me and cheer me up :D

In better news, I do have another piece of work that is gelling well for the moment. It's not finished, but as experiments go, it's looking okay at the moment. Hopefully I'll get the chance to finish it soon.

In the meantime, have a gander at this little guy I found while hanging out the washing.

Get the feeling I was being observed while observing?

Nutty
(mmm, lunch)

A snippet of thought

A single star on the darkest night
With a sparkle, can light your way,
But a single friend with a helping hand
Can lead you through the darkest day.

- Nutty, July 2005 

Photo - Sunset behind Port Lincoln, South Australia, 2003.