Author: Beena Devi

3rd November 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone. Jen requested my thoughts on Deepavali/Diwali. Hence, I had to paint something. I painted this little turquoise blue glass lamp with a glowing flame on khadi paper. I wrote about this paper some time ago.  Now we know Diwali is a festival celebrated by Indians everywhere. I just learnt…

2nd November 2021 Dr Beena  Hello everyone. Today I am so excited to share with you about this painting. I became so engrossed in it that I forgot to eat or drink😊. I watched the tutorial by Diane Antone. She was using cling film. Yes, the one that we use to wrap our food. Firstly,…

1st November 2021 Dr Beena Devi Hello everyone. I hope everyone is safe. Today my musing is about mushrooms. I am sure many of us love to eat mushrooms. Today’s painting is from a photo posted under Margot’s challenge from Art by Paul Clark. I found this early morning photo of mushrooms a challenge. I…

21st October 2021 Dr Beena Hello guys!  I am going to muse about something that I discovered recently. I found this paper called khadi paper made from recycled tee shirts. The world got to know about khadi through Gandhi. In 1918, Gandhi began this movement of hand-spun cloth as a way of self-reliance from foreign…

16th October 2021 Suchitra Narayan  The parched earth looks up, Hands stretched out – Reaches out to the glowing star. In the distance too far, Its brilliance outshines Others in the firmament. The star itself is a figment of a brighter constellation, Recreates in its own way the brilliance of its master. What pure joy…

15th October 2021 Dr Beena  Hello everyone, it is time for the next musing😊. The above painting is the avenue of Spanish chestnut trees in Herstmonceux, near Hailsham, in East Sussex. Herst means a clearing in the forest. In the 1200s, a lady Idonea de Herste married a nobleman Monceux and named the manor Herst…

9th October 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone. Today let’s discuss a rather unusual topic. Yeah, it is about Chinese Opera. My friend Cheng Hwai Jen painted this beautiful Opera Lady. However, in her view, the standard of this painting is that of someone who is five years of age☹. I disagreed with her. At last,…

4th October 2021 Dr Beena   Hello guys. Today am going to write succulents. The painting by my friend Esther Ng is about succulents. Due to the pandemic, she picked up this habit of growing succulents. From just two pots, she now has 100 pots of succulents😊😊. I had no clue about succulents and did…

4th October 2021 Dr Beena Hello everyone. Today I am writing about Koi fish.  My neighbour and good friend Mrs Elizabeth Tang painted this beautiful picture of koi fish. She used watercolour and negative painting techniques. To write this story, I did some research and came across some interesting facts about koi. Koi is a…

21st September 2021 Dr. Beena   Hello everyone. I hope all are fine and safe. Today’s painting is about the Blue Bird-of-Paradise. I painted this some time ago and forgot all about it☹. If you wonder why I chose to paint this unusual bird? Well, I was drawn by that fabulous blue colour of the…