And so it goes........

The second last EIM word for the year is Evolution. I am on the verge of the last phase of this evolutionary scale  :)

Moo Mania & More have Christmas as the theme this fortnight. Being Jewish, this is how I celebrate this holiday:

And some more practice on my iPad:

Oil paint effect

Another attempt at gem effect

And, again, gem effect

Zentagle

The drawing is completely mine. Materials used:  Smooth drawing paper, inking pen, gel pen graphite and colour pencils, markers, stump and tortillion, oil paints & brushes, palette for colour mixing. eraser. None of these materials used specifically here exist in the physical world, only on my iPad.

Locomotive and a chain of other stuff

Locomotive is the keyword on EIM this week. Here is a locomotive road sign.

I am joining Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge this week. Their topic is "Add Antlers". Mine is a Hannukah deer, with 9 candles.

As per the last Diva challenge for the year, here is a gift of zentangle to myself - my iPad Pro with the magic Apple pencil. All drawing is completely electronic, done on my new iPad using the Apple pencil.
Doesn't matter that the lines are awkward and wonky. I am learning how to hold this pencil, how the art program operates.

And an attempt at a water drop on the iPad:

And my first attempt at gem effects........   all still on the iPad. Everything below the deer is done completely electronically.

My second gem attempt:

I'm in Love!

Not so pretty, a bit awkward and totally, completely electronic.
I got the iPad Pro together with the Apple pencil. This is my very first attempt - for the Diva challenge 247.

Here are some more attempts:

I'm off to get the pro version of this art app.

Gourdgeous

Love this new tangle, must practice ad-nauseam. Can't wait to see everyone's interpretation in Diva Challenge 242.

Various Autumn Moods

And it's not even autumn here  :)

For the Diva challenge, which requires leaves this week, I found the perfect background:

Do you know what the leaf is  -  an ad from a real estate agency that was left in my mailbox. The reverse is disgusting with all the contact and show off detail.

Then I just went for it with other tiles. Another autumn look:

The above tiles, as well the Moo below all qualify to make an appearance on Moo Mania & More, where the challenge this fortnight is Autumn Mood.

And here are the other tiles:

Munchin

is the tangle to try on Diva Weekly Challenge #239. I am on a grey kick at the moment, trying out Strathmore toned grey artist cards.

Zenbrain and a Little Leopard

Labyrinth is this week's homework on the Diva challenge. You can't get more twisted than the brain. Here's mine:

The word on Every Inchie Monday this week is Leopard. My husband drew this cute little face. How could I resist it?

Awwwww, it's Love!

Love my mum and it's her birthday coming up. She has a thing about taking notes all the time and writing a lot. So I decorated a notebook for her.

Quilled front with mum's initial

Tangled back

Of course mum'd be expecting a card (I make them for all her friends). The lilies are based on a tutorial you'll find here:  http://stranamasterov.ru/node/212113?t=587

More love.
EIM's word is Love. OK, I admit it, I love my cat. This is the print he left in my heart:

You must check out one of my cybermate's site - http://krazyjaynes.blogspot.com.au. Sally is publishing a magic series of inchie-ATC pairs each week. I am doing the same this week, as Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge for the week is Cute Creatures. My ATC is double sided.

Cat front and bottom

Cat walking away

The Moo this fortnight is Blackbird. What a beautiful topic. I have an albino blackbird on my Moo. And, if you don't believe me about those existing, have a look here:  https://www.google.com.au/search?q=albino+blackbird&biw=1579&bih=1228&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=LoruVOTWD5OF8gXO14KoBg&sqi=2&ved=0CBwQsAQ&dpr=1

Or google "albino blackbird" yourself.

And that brings me back to my albino cat. Love!

Talk about lots of stuff

Coming up soon is my parents' wedding anniversary. I quilled for them a melting Dali clock. They love showing off all my work. You can check out his paining with the melted clocks, The Persistence of Memory here.

I really struggled with this one. So did my husband (we really enjoy this family game). Suddenly he had this idea for Talk on EMI. Of many olden media, the radio is still surviving. Why, what it is about radio? Anonymity? Can't be tracked as easily as we can be via the internet? Useful in the car, at work, in the shower, whenever we can't look but only listen? What do you think?

On Wicked Wednesday ATC, the theme this week is Pink & Black & White. Here is my tangled ATC in a pink frame:

Today, January 26, is also Australia Day. I found this pic that shows the more beautiful side of this country:

Finally got some drawing done

At Art Journal Journey, the year begins with Inspired by the Masters pt. II. I really enjoyed part I. In this instalment I have Van Gogh's Starry Night (the first Starry Night he painted). This painting pushed me into dropping everything and moving to Europe, where I lived for a few years. I really wanted to see the original. I did see it and it was good. However, what a surprise it was to find that I was knocked off feet by another painting that I never expected would impress me, nor did I ever find the reproductions interesting.

When I got to Paris, I sped through the Musée d'Orsay and flew into the Impressionists' section so I could finally see Starry Night. And there, in my face was an enormous Water Lilies canvas. Yep, the Water Lilies. Stopped me dead in my tracks, I gasped audibly and blurted out:  "Is this the original?". It was STUNNING!!  And these are the kind of surprises I love - the last thing you'd expect, blows your mind. So here's to Starry Night for changing my life!

Oil pastels layered and scratched through

And I finally got to do some tangling. This tile is for Joey's challenge #42 (I hope it's OK that I used tangles other than Lucky; not sure whether this challenge is a mono-tangle) and Diva's challenge #199.

Happy Holidays!

I love the new tangle Arukas, which the Weekly Challenge on the Diva.! And I love what my cyberfriend, Annette Carlo, created for this tangle - have a look here. Inspired me to tangle for the holiday I will celebrating starting next week - Hanukkah.

Knightsbridge?

Having a go at Joey's weekly tangle challenge, which, this week, is a Knightsbridge monotangle. This is not a new drawing. I know, not exactly just Knightsbridge, so I am really cool if you remove it from this challenge. I just really like this tile.

Zentangle & Moo

Over at Moo Mania (& More) it's Metal. Here is mine, created with hammer and anvil.

Looks like Damascus steel here

Homework on the Diva challenge is the monotangle Betweed.

And this is just a drawing. I love Judaica in all its expressions.

Colourful Moo and Black & White Tile

The Moo's theme is Bright & Cheerful. I have a quilled Moo with typical Christmasiana, but in the fluorescent version of the usual colours.

3mm & 1.5 mm (1/8" & 1/16") paper strips

The Diva challenge this week is use the tangle Yuma. I mixed it up with a few other recent ones: