Author: Beena Devi

  28th March 2023 Navneet and Beena   Hello everyone. Today, we have this painting by Navneet. He painted his cousin in watercolour and captured her very well. Portraits are one of the most difficult to paint, whether human or animal. The anatomy of the face is one aspect. The other is to capture the…

27th March 2023 Beena     Hello guys😊. When Riccardo sent me the photo that he took in Trieste, I was determined to paint it. I always wanted to paint street lights and never knew how to do it. Riccardo took the photo at twilight, and hence it was pretty dark. I assumed it must…

17th March 2023 Beena    Hello everyone. Yeap, today let us look at the imperfections in my painting😂😂😂. The above picture is a watercolour with salt added to create an effect. Unfortunately, the salt was too wet since we had incessant rains for weeks😢😢😢😭. But I was ignorant of the outcome. So when I finally…

14th March 2023 Beena   Hello everyone😊😊😊. I hope everyone is well. When I painted this sunrise, it did cross my mind, will it look like sunrise or sunset? I painted this in watercolour, trying to create a fiery sky. I drew the Sun with a pencil but forgot to rub it off before I…

5th March 2023 Beena   Hello everyone😉😉. Yea, lately, I am stuck with no thoughts. But then, this waterfall painting made me think of something about life🤨🤨🤨. I did this painting following a tutorial where the artist created the waterfall by painting upside down🤔🤔. Have I confused you?   Yeap, you draw the horizon line…

5th March 2023 Mr Navneet Krishnan   The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.   Khalil Gibran

24th February 2023 Mrs Annie Teo   It was one of those mornings when I needed to fight hard not to give in to a rather dark mood. Thankfully there is a natural weapon always available to anyone who cares to conjure it: good memories. One of those came from a wishful conversation I had…

21st February 2023 Mr Mani Menon     The humidity of summer ensures that sweat plasters the clothes of pedestrians to their bodies. They hurry to reach the cool welcome of their workplace after their lunch break.    The leaves of the Ginkgo trees sway languidly in the slight breeze. The few people standing under the…

21st February 2023 Tia and Beena     Hello guys. Today I wish to introduce Ms Tia Zacharia, our youngest contributor to our website😆😆. Tia is very talented for her age. She sings, dances, creates art and craft work, and paints. Above all, she is a doting sister to her baby brother😍😍.   Her painting…

20th February 2023 Kala and Beena   Hello everyone. Today, I wish to write about bananas, yes, bananas😉😉😉 when I saw this painting by Kala of the banana vendor. In India, especially in Kerala, bananas are essential for daily consumption. We have a wide variety of bananas in Kerala for different purposes. We eat the…