Biting the bullet . .

It's no good - I've had to 'bite the bullet' as they say and make a start  . .  . using stippling.

Have no idea where this will lead to  . . . like Topsy, I guess it will just 'grow and grow.'
Says she - hopefully.  The hard part is linking the four blocks up with something more interesting than stippling . . .hmm . . .