Author: Beena Devi

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

9th February 2024 Beena   Hello everyone. I received many comments about the cute little Dragon that I posted. I painted this cute Dragon with watercolour. Though I thought it would be easy, I struggled with the shadows😨. Nevertheless, some of you assumed it was a male dragon🤔. No, it is not. Some of my…

7th February 2024 Mr Nandakumar     Elephants are the largest land animals. They are classified as African, Asian, & forest elephants with fascinating facts: the long trunk or proboscis helps in eating and drinking, and the large pillar-like legs allow it to stand as early as 20 minutes after birth. Asian and African elephants…