Simplicity

Posted on 20 July, 202020 July, 2020 by David Meredith

The guitar practice continues. I have a short list of songs I like to play which improve my fingerpicking fluency. And then there's a shorter list of songs with very specific fingerpicking patterns that I'm learning to play both because...Read More

Picking

Posted on 15 July, 202015 July, 2020 by David Meredith

It's been ages since my last post. Not a great deal to show for the gap and it might look as if I've been doing very little creatively in the meantime. But, to be honest, I've been playing a lot...Read More

International Women’s Day

Posted on 8 March, 202028 January, 2023 by David Meredith

Happy International Women's Day. It's been big in our house. Christine held a coffee morning yesterday. She had baked a variety of her customary luscious and interesting cakes and biscuits. It was in aid of Merchant's Quay Ireland and she...Read More

Wonky

Posted on 17 July, 20199 October, 2019 by David Meredith

The spirit is willing but the skills are weak. They'll get better. I know they will. A bit of discipline and plenty of practice. I'm a bit disappointed that this is not better than it is but I know what's...Read More

Tribal

Posted on 16 July, 20199 October, 2019 by David Meredith

Went down the rabbit hole of the internet this morning. Knots, macrame, mandalas, doodles, tangles and ... tribal motifs from south America. I like them and I put a few simple ones on pebbles this evening. Yesterday, I painted a...Read More

Moonlight

Posted on 10 July, 201910 October, 2019 by David Meredith

Still working on this ... You know, at some stage, I'll get it right. That stage clearly hasn't been reached yet. No worries. There are elements of each of these that are OK and I'll keep going. In the meantime,...Read More

Frustrated

Posted on 4 July, 201910 October, 2019 by David Meredith

I've written before about my inability to make watercolours work for me. I won't give up on them because I love some of the effects you can produce with them, especially at the delicate end of the spectrum. I tried...Read More

And Again

Posted on 24 March, 201924 March, 2019 by David Meredith

It's been a while since I painted with my Chinese brushes and it shows! Fish! I'm still working towards fish on a used tuna can. This is a bit too formal maybe. Not the worst though. Meanwhile I've been strumming...Read More

Out of the loop

Posted on 10 March, 201910 March, 2019 by David Meredith

Phew! It's not that good but it represents, for me, an escape from paper flowers and a return to some painting. And painting on teabags. And using gouache and brushes. I'm a bit relieved. Why? Well, because I went through...Read More

The North West

Posted on 15 February, 201915 February, 2019 by David Meredith

My work often takes me to the north west. Last week it was Derry. This weekend it’s Letterkenny. It usually takes about three and a half hours to drive up: M50, M1, across to Ardee, N2, Monaghan, Aughnacloy, Omagh, Strabane,...Read More

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