Six Months

Posted on 31 January, 201931 January, 2019 by David Meredith

It's six months to the day since I resolved to do something creative every day. At that time, the resolution was partly an attempt at distraction. So, therapy, in a sense. It was also partly an attempt to reconnect with...Read More

Candle Making

Posted on 27 January, 201927 January, 2019 by David Meredith

It's very straightforward. You need wax, wicks, a few containers, some sort of double boiler, a jug and a thermometer. I bought my wax and wicks from NI Candles. Cheap and incredibly quick service. It's soy wax so it's sustainable...Read More

I Made a Bench Hook

Posted on 27 January, 201927 January, 2019 by David Meredith

A bench hook is a device that one can use on one's table/bench/desk, that holds a piece of work steady while one works on it. One end of it has a piece underneath that hooks on to the bench and...Read More

Breakfast and other things

Posted on 23 January, 201923 January, 2019 by David Meredith

Yesterday morning, Christine and I breakfasted in Cinnamon in Ranelagh. It was an expensive but unexceptional breakfast. You can read about it here. Today's creative efforts included writing that blog, playing the ukulele and practicing some strokes with the Chinese...Read More

Bzzzz

Posted on 22 January, 201923 January, 2019 by David Meredith

Bee in gouache on pebble.

Pebble Revisited

Posted on 22 January, 201922 January, 2019 by David Meredith

When I had another look at the actual pebble that I painted on yesterday evening, rather than a photo of it, I kind of re-evaluated my view of it. The photo distorted my view of the size of it and,...Read More

On a Break

Posted on 21 January, 201921 January, 2019 by David Meredith

Taking a break from my Chinese brushes. Just a short one mind. We were out for a walk the other evening and there was a full, or nearly full, moon. Down by the weir on Lower Dodder Road, the effect...Read More

Shakshuka

Posted on 20 January, 201922 January, 2019 by David Meredith

Made it. Ate it. Blogged about it.

Progress

Posted on 18 January, 201918 January, 2019 by David Meredith

It's been quite a week at work. But otherwise some progress has been made and I've managed to do something creative everyday. Yesterday, I received some brushes I'd ordered from China. With my low level of skill, I didn't really...Read More

Busy

Posted on 16 January, 201916 January, 2019 by David Meredith

I took the ukulele out for a road test last night. Christine and I went to Ukulele Tuesday, a weekly event held in the upstairs lounge of the Stag's Head in Dublin. We got there at about ten past eight...Read More

Better than TV

Posted on 14 January, 201914 January, 2019 by David Meredith

Came home from work, made the dinner (merguez sausages in a harissa tomato sauce with pasta) and raced up to the attic. First on my agenda was to have a go at the ukelele (see yesterday's entry for context). I...Read More

Moving on a bit

Posted on 13 January, 201914 January, 2019 by David Meredith

Very interesting morning. I've been thinking about doing things with pebbles for a while. Two things actually. One, drilling holes in them in order to string them together, either as sort of hanging cairns or interspersed with drift wood, as...Read More

Life and Movement

Posted on 11 January, 201911 January, 2019 by David Meredith

Still waiting for those books on Chinese brush painting to arrive. I’m feeling frustrated that they’re taking so long to come. In the meantime this came from the improbably named Robin Wood. It’s a hook knife, very sharp, designed to...Read More

Messin’ wit’ me brushes

Posted on 7 January, 20197 January, 2019 by David Meredith

Just that really. I've ordered a few books on Chinese brush painting but while I'm waiting for them to arrive, I'm just experimenting with different paints, brushes and paper. Goldfish. Gold gouache. Acrylic brush. Goldfish. Gold gouache. Chinese brush. Gouache....Read More