1st October 2022 Dr Beena Hello everyone😊😊. I hope you will enjoy the little story about this family. I painted this picture from a photo of Mr Chiam’s hens and a single cockerel. They were all feeding from a single tray. I thought, what a lovely family. Hence the inspiration for my painting😄😄. Mr Nori…
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Perspectives
16th September 2022 Dr Beena Hello, today I will discuss something that I find perplexing🤔. For this week, when I wished to paint this picture of two peacocks standing on a wall, I could not get that wall correctly😒😒. I did many drafts. When you look down, the wall seems fine, but when you look…
Mandala
9th September 2022 Dr Beena Hello there🙏, I hope we are hanging in there despite the sad news of the passing of Queen Elizabeth, the longest-reigning monarch in British history. When I sent this mandala greeting this morning, one of my friends commented that there is no symmetry. He said mandalas have symmetrical designs. A…
Poo Kolam
Poo Kolam 8th September 2022 Dr Beena Hello, everyone; today is Onam, the harvest festival for Malayalees😊😊😊. It is not a well-known festival like other Indian festivals, but for us, it is a special occasion. I wish to reveal a secret here; I nearly forgot until one of my young friends reminded me that he…
Self Worth
3rd September 2022 Ms Kala Pohl Self Worth The only one who gets to decide your worth is you. It doesn’t come from your bank account or the number of friends you have. It doesn’t come from what someone else says you are worth. It’s called self worth for a reason -it…
Waves
2nd September 2022 Mr Nandakumar I would love to share my thoughts on waves. I love to watch waves at the beach. When I painted this, it occurred to me that the word “waves” have a much-varied meaning. For example, I can wave to a friend; seeing an old friend, I was filled with waves…
Waves
2nd September 2022 Mr Nandakumar I would love to share my thoughts on waves. I love to watch waves at the beach. When I painted this, it occurred to me that the word “waves” have a much-varied meaning. For example, I can wave to a friend; seeing an old friend, I was filled with waves…
Mundane Serenity
2nd September 2022 Dr Beena Hello there! I hope you are reading the stories others wrote, and please give your comments as we love to read them😍😍. Today I wish to share something new about this painting. It was my art classwork. It is called Pointillism. In 1886, George Seurat and Paul Signac developed this…
Heartbeat of Kuching
30th August 2022 Ms AnnSu Hi, I wish to describe this “heartbeat” 😍. Kuching is the capital of Sarawak. The name of Kuching has many interpretations. One is that it is a Malay word for a cat, or it is named Cochin, the generic term for a trading harbour. Another theory states; “Ku” means Old,…
A Niche
29th August 2022 Dr Vineeta J Malayil I painted this using oil paints on board 12x16inches in 2019. It depicts a landscape scenery. I love painting scenery as it is timeless, and anyone can relate to a serene scene. I felt the following inspirational quote was befitting my painting. On Letting Go…