17th October Mr Mani Menon Navratri greetings from me. It is an annual festival celebrated by Hindus for a period of 10 days. Though theoretically, there are four seasonal Navratri festivals, only the post-monsoon autumnal one is celebrated. The central theme is about the victory of good over evil. Let us hope for peace…
Author: Beena Devi
Diversity is the Constant
14th October 2023 Beena Hello everyone. I like to begin with a quote from John Stuart Mill, who said in 1867, ” Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends than that good men should look on and do nothing.” It has been challenging for me to write about anything. I always…
Kintsugi
6th October 2023 Shobha and Beena Hello guys😊😊. Today, I am excited to post a creative work by my good friend, Shobha. She loves to repair anything that is broken. As you can see from that post, she had fixed a jug back to its beautiful old self; I would add, even better than…
Spicy Red
29th September 2023 Beena Hello guys. Why do people love the colour red? As you can see, my two red chillies received many compliments. My regular critique gave me 100 marks😂😂. Of course, I was thrilled by the marks💃🏽💃🏽. Even the emojis are in red. Looks like we can’t get enough of red today….
Onions and Onions
29th September 2023 Lavender and Beena Hello, guys. I have posted a painting by Lavender. She painted onions with poster colours. They look like a watercolour painting. She has demonstrated the transparency of the onion skin remarkably well. There are many varieties of onions with varying tastes and uses. I love onions and…
Hanging Lobster Claw Heliconia
Hello everyone, I am posting “The Heliconia”, painted by Angela using poster colours. I love the vibrant colours that she used for this beautiful plant. She must have layered the colours multiple times to get those vibrant colours😂. I find poster colours challenging as blending is not as easy as watercolour. This one is the…
The Beach
24th September 2023 Mr. Nandakumar I painted Kovalam Beach in Trivandrum using acrylic paint. Kovalam Beach became famous for tourists in 1930. Since then, we have seen tourists flocking to this beautiful piece of paradise every year. The beach is situated on the Arabian Sea and is ideal for swimming, surfing, parasailing or sunbathing….
The Odd One
24th September 2023 Mr.Mani and Beena Hi guys. Another masterpiece by Mr. Mani Menon. I loved this one as it reminded me of Princess Diana’s Black Sheep jumper created by the company Warm and Wonderful. She wore that jumper soon after her engagement to convey that she was the odd one in the family😎😎….
Doing Nothing
23rd September 2023 Hello everyone😊😊. I painted this garden of flowers using acrylic paint. The original version is by Emil Nolde (1867-1956). It was oil on canvas titled Grosser Mohn. He was a German artist who painted these lovely poppies. I don’t think I did enough justice to the poppies 😰😰. Nevertheless, I…
The Seed
22nd September 2023 Beena Hello everyone. It has been a while since I posted my thoughts. This painting of a green capsicum and yellow apple is still life. Still life means you draw from non-living objects arranged in a specific way to create an impact. In my case, I painted from a photo using…