15th April 2024 Madam Lim and Fen Nee Once again, we are fortunate to have a drawing from Madam Lim. Her daughter, Fen Nee, wrote the thoughts. “Let your imagination run with this drawing. Madam Lim’s drawing evolves as she’s drawing it. A boy comes into being. Wait, what is he holding? A…
Author: Beena Devi
Sunny Sunflowers
5th April 2024 Kala & Beena Hello guys! Today, I am sharing a digital painting of a sunflower field created by my friend Kala. They look like smiling flowers😊. When Kala painted this beautiful field of flowers, she asked herself a question: would she feel fabulous waking up to a field of sunny,…
Brilliance of Nature
5th April 2024 Beena Hello everyone! I’m excited to talk about my painting of a recently completed cardinal. I lacked inspiration, so my friend Pradip Baiju, an excellent photographer, sent me some photos of birds to help. I was mesmerised when I saw the cardinal and decided to paint it. In the photo,…
JOY
25th March 2024 Kala & Beena Hello everyone! I am excited to share with you a beautiful crochet work by Kala, who has contributed a lot of her art to this website. She recently took up Granny Square crochet and has poured enormous energy into it💃🏽. To make this table runner, Kala had to…
Complement??
24th March 2024 Beena Hello everyone. I wanted to share my experience of painting oranges. It was challenging as I had to work on many shadow colours🤔. I used watercolours, and it is essential to remember where the light source is for painting shadows. However, I tend to forget that when I paint, which…
Reflections of Life
22nd March 2024 Cheng Hwai Jen The feelings this picture evokes in me are as follows. If the building represents the seniors who have retired, the foreground represents the young people who are thriving in activities, studies, work, socialising, raising families, supporting the old folks, and busy serving their countries. Looming in the background would…
The Indian Dancer
18th March 2024 Mathew & Beena Hello, everyone. Today, I am posting work by my friend Mathew George. I am elated by his cross-stitch work of the Indian dancer. He used stranded cotton (Floss) on Aida cloth for this embroidery art. He has captured the beautiful nuance of the Bharatnatyam dance. He took four…
Tree of Hope
10th March 2024 Beena Hello, guys; it has been a while since I posted my musings. I received many comments on my painting of the “Tree of Hope.” I painted this at an art workshop on the Tree of Life before the Lunar New Year 2024. The aim was to depict a tree with…
One with Nature
21st February 2024 Mr Nandakumar Today I post a sketch that I did of the Oorali Appoppan Kavu. It is situated 10 km from Konni, on the Anchenkoil road. It has incorporated the elements of nature with a thatched roof, surrounded by more than a hundred years old trees in the Kaleli estate. It…
Carefree Days
16th February 2024 Beena Hello guys. Today’s painting of the red Vespa scooter set many down memory lane. Many felt that those good old days were better and carefree. I painted this with watercolour. My challenges were the buildings behind the scooter and the door opposite the scooter. Initially, my scooter was bigger than the…