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  17th November 2023 Beena   Hello guys. I hope all are doing well. I painted this Common Buckeye Butterfly after I saw a photo on Pradipbaiju’s Instagram page. I  was attracted by the shadow cast on the leaf by the wings of this gorgeous-looking butterfly.   I painted this with watercolour. I bought the…

10th November 2023 Beena   Hello, I was not ready to write for nearly two weeks. However, this morning, I received bizarre comments about my painting🤣🤣🤣🤣.   This is a chair in my living room. I love to watch the shadows cast on the wall and the chair by the morning sun while I sip…

31st October 2023 Mr Mani Menon   The lissome lass stood unmoving Her eyes fixed on the distant horizon Who was she waiting for so patiently Even as the strong breeze whipped her hair around her face And the pallu of her green saree danced and clung to her  

…is the devil’s workshop. We recently uprooted ourselves and moved to a new city. I’m in my mid-thirities and this is the seventh time I’ve gone through this over the course of my life, each time having lived in one place for five years or more. You’d think by now I’d have gotten a hang…

26th October 2023 Beena Hello everyone🤗🤗. We have finally reached the 300th story. I posted this painting by Kala as I felt it embodied the challenges one faces in life and when we paint😊🙏. Kala painted this on Procreate.    I have realised that reaching this target was possible because of the contributors. This year,…

23rd October 2023 Mr Nandakumar   I posted this painting of a surfer. I painted this in acrylic. I don’t know of any of my friends or family who is a surfer, But I always wanted to be one🤣🤣.   I know surfing is a dangerous sport. However well-prepared you are, nature is unpredictable. That’s…

23rd October 2023 Navneet Krishnan and Beena Hello guys. I am posting a pencil drawing of a train by Navneet, a signal engineer, and maybe that’s why he could draw this so well😊😊. He has beautifully captured the feeling of a moving train🫠🫠. The background looks far away from the train.   The history of…

20th October 2023 Beena Hello guys. I received many comments about this beautiful home that I painted. It is a watercolour painting. You may notice how vibrant those colours I used are. I bought watercolour paint recently when I went to India. I went to this old shop in Trivandrum. When I entered the shop,…

19th October 2023 Beena   Hello guys. I received many comments when I posted this still-life painting of the tomato, pear and a paintbrush🤔🤔. Nevertheless, I found all comments relevant to address them in my musings here😊.   For one, he was upset I posted this bright painting when there was utter chaos globally. He…

19th October 2023 Lavender and Beena   Hello everyone. I have posted a painting by Lavender. She painted “The Eye” with poster colours. They say,” The eye is the window to the soul”.   I have mentioned on numerous occasions that I find poster paint difficult. The reason is that some colours are opaque. Even…