26th January 2023 Mr Mani Menon Years ago, when I had worked as a Medical Representative in Trivandrum, in Kerala, my work took me to Nagercoil, situated in Tamil Nadu. As I rode my Bullet motorcycle, I would look forward to a stunning sight a mere 10 kilometres from Nagercoil. That was my thrill…
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Just Lines Blossoms
24th January 2023 Mr Mani Menon We needn’t go to a park or a garden or a park to see flowers. They’re all around us. We get to see them in the unlikeliest of places too! Here in Chennai where I live, women invariably wear a ‘gajra’ (garland) of fragrant multicoloured flowers in their…
Sunset
24th January 2023 Ms Kala Pohl A painting a day is getting to me. I don’t like schedules. So, something really simple today. Have a great weekend. Painted on the iPad using Procreate.
Just Lines Vrish
24th January 2023 Mr Mani Menon Trees are such fascinating creations indeed! It’s not just on account of their soothing verdant presence nor the welcome shade they offer from the hot sun or a sudden downpour. That a tree is an entire ecosystem by itself escapes most of us! It produces flowers and…
Xin Nian Kuai Le
22nd January 2023 Beena Hello everyone, the annual Chinese New Year (CNY) is back, and with that comes festivities and feasting💃🏽💃🏽💃🏽. As this is the year of the Rabbit, I did mine using colour pencils. I was pretty happy that I could create that furry look😆😆🐰. After all these years, I noted that…
Black and White
18th January 2023 Dr Mani Menon I introduce Mr Mani Menon, a self-taught artist, who has been inspired by pen. He used Micron pens of varying sizes to create this beautiful picture of flowers. Though we are used to seeing colour, I find a certain charm in black and white that speaks volumes about…
Cheerleaders
14th January 2023 Mr Nandakumar I painted these flowers, commonly found everywhere, as I feel happy seeing their vibrant colours. It made me think; we all need cheerleaders in our lives, right? These flowers are named Nasturtium, which means nose twister. I thought that was funny. But the original meaning of this name…
Choose your Role
14th Jan 2023 Ms Kala Pohl Someone asked me once; why my paintings don’t have people in them. I just want to create the scene. You get to choose the role you play in it, and who you play it with. It’s not my story, it’s yours. Painted on the iPad…
Happy New Year
14th January 2023 Ms Kala Pohl Happy New Year Another new year begins, and I’m grateful. We don’t get to choose our family, our upbringing, whether we see the cup half full or empty. So, I often think about how fortunate I am that I see the world as a benevolent place. That most…
Happy 2023
1st January 2023 Beena Happy New Year💃🏽💃🏽, I hope 2023 will be better for all! I wanted to paint a New Year greeting from me and my gals. But I was struggling with what I could paint as I was unsure of my skill🙄🤨🤔. Finally, I decided to paint fireworks with us watching it😊….