26th August 2021 Ms Lo Yen Nyuk On 22/8/2021, Ming, my sister who lives in New Zealand, Whatsapped the above image to me with the message “Nyuk, do you remember this?” Of course, I do! I replied to her, “The Pakhribas fireplace! But you were never there. Did Yen paint it?” Yen is my youngest…
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Look Up, Let Hope Soar High
22nd August 2021 Dr.Beena Hello guys Yes, look up. I love this painting. It is like you are standing or lying on the ground looking at the tree. Have you done that? Most times, we walk with our heads looking down. For me, I need to look at the ground as I have fallen too…
Onam
21st August 2021 Dr. Beena Devi Hello everyone. Today is Onam. I wish those celebrating a Very Happy Onam, more so because of our challenging time. Onam is when families unite for the festive occasion. Onam is celebrated in Kerala as a harvest festival after the monsoon or the terribly wet season. It is a…
Quiet Contemplation
14th August 2021 Dr. Beena Hello everyone. The Olympics is finally over. Hmm, you must be wondering what the Olympics has to do with the above picture. I painted this as part of Paul Clark’s weekly tutorials. I did wonder about the place where the fisherman is? Can anyone enlighten me on which…
Free as a Butterfly
6th August 2021 Dr.Beena Everyone loves freedom. We may not realise it, but sometimes freedom is taken for granted. I was inspired to paint this picture of a butterfly and a flower from a photo sent by Shobha. It was a photo of a Marble white butterfly on a Mexican wine flower. However, I was…
La Gomera and Communication in Art
30th July 2021 Dr. Beena Hi everyone. Hope everyone is good and safe wherever you are. Today let me describe a bit about my painting. It is a picture of La Gomera (pronounced La Yomera). It is one of Spain’s Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa. The island…
Learning Never Ceases
20th July 2021 Dr.Beena Hello everyone, hope you are well and safe wherever you are. Let us begin with the above painting first. When I started painting, I had a reference photo of the flower that I was supposed to paint. However, when I completed it, it was well not the same as what I…
Take a Break and the Cauliflower effect
14th July 2021 Dr Beena What a lovely way to start the topic today. Take a break. Exactly, that is what we will discuss today. The above picture is a loose watercolour of poppies. In watercolour, it is advisable to take a break after you have painted for a while, have a cup of tea,…
Schadenfreude
