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…
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Why We Love aTrain Journey
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…
Home is where the Heart is
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,…
Simplicity in Life
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…
The Eye
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…
Shallow Vintage?
17th October 2023 Mr. Nandakumar I have always loved Vintage cars. I drew this in pencil long ago and found it in my archive and wish to post at this website. Why is everyone fascinated by vintage? But surprisingly, people are enthralled by anything ancient. We like to tell others, “Do you know…
Creative Stones
17th October 2023 Mr Mani Menon I love to create something with anything. This creativity is somewhat therapeutic. Hence, I painted these pebbles. I will explain the process below. Firstly, you need to clean all the pebbles or rocks you intend to paint thoroughly with soap and brush to remove all traces of…
Cuppa Tea Anyone?
17th October 2023 Kala and Beena Hello everyone. I posted this artwork by Kala, who creates beautiful pieces on Procreate. This work depicts a setting for tea. We all love tea times, don’t we?😍😍 I have loved wrought iron even as a child. There is something magical about how iron is twisted and…
Waterfall
17th October 2023 Mr Nandakumar This is a watercolour painting of waterfalls. For those unfamiliar with watercolour, it is not easy to paint white. For other forms of medium, white is often painted at the end, layered above other colours. Watercolours are transparent by nature, so white will not be visible. Most artists will…
Embrace Peace
17th October 2023 Kala I read this quote the other day and it made me think about the fear most people have of being alone. Especially as we grow older, our desire for community comes to the forefront. I find it amusing that as a young person, I just wanted to get, away from…