Sligo Maids and fingerpainting

My latest Corel Painter experiment. Click on image for a bigger version and details.

I very much enjoyed reading all your answers to my instrumental music poll in my Livejournal message board and Blatherchat, especially your individual approaches to vocal vs instrumental music. Really, REALLY wish we all lived closer together...think of the fun instrumental jams and ensembles we could have!

Speaking of music, looks like I finally slugged The Sligo Maid into submission. Learning Drowsy Maggie now. The big interval leaps back and forth make it a challenge, but I actually do recognize this tune so I'm excited about learning it. According to the comments about the song in thesession.org, sounds like this tune is supposed to go pretty fast.

I figure I'm playing ALL the tunes way too slow right now, but plan to gradually speed them up and add some twiddles as I get to know them better. Sure wish I knew someone in Toronto who was learning these tunes at the same time; it would be fun to be playing them with someone. Anyway, I'm up my seventh tune in five days. The first three were pretty straightforward since I already knew how to play them from sheet music. Now I'm getting into uncharted territory so it's going to be slower. But still fun. :-)

I'm continuing to experiment with Corel Painter and my Wacom Artpad. I will never be pro at this (though I have had the occasional person want to pay for me for my doodles, which always is a shock), but I get SO much satisfaction out of doodling. For me, it's the equivalent of fingerpainting as a child, except with not nearly as much mess to clean up after.

In addition to photos, I'm going to be gradually uploading some of my experiments to my Flickr page, if you're interested.

Have a great weekend, everyone!

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