22nd December 2022 Kala and Beena Hello everyone😊😊. I was awestruck by this painting by Kala, who did it on Procreate. The lilac flowers in the foreground attracted my attention. The first recorded use of lilac as an English colour name was in 1775, with various hues of lilac in nature; pale, rich, deep…
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Nothing Goes to Waste
17th December 2022 Dr Shobha Panicker I love to recycle most of the stuff that I find. When I do collect the item, I am clueless about the creation🤔🤔🤔. The above design is shells that I picked up from the beaches of Goa, India. I used wedding cards to make those Christmas trees😆😆. As…
Impermanence
15th December 2022 Beena Hello guys😊. I painted the snowman. I have always been fascinated by snowmen from a young age. Even though they are out in the cold weather, they seem lifelike😉😉. They appear to survey the happening around them. I used even to think that they could hear us😆😆. Sadly, just like…
Confidence
10th December 2022 Beena Hello guys😉. It has been a while since I posted my musings. Sometimes, being busy is good, but I had no time to reflect😤. I had not painted with watercolour for some time in the art class; we tend to paint mostly with acrylic😉. Hence, I got back to my favourite…
Wise Birds
10th December 2022 Ms Vasanthi Arasoo Drink where the horses drink; the horse never drinks bad water. Put your bed where the cat sleeps; it loves calm. Whatever fruit the worm has touched but not penetrated, it is always looking for the ripe fruit. And plant your tree where the mole digs, for…
A Xmas Gift
12th December 2022 Ms Juny Abraham I love Christmas. Hence, when I saw this Christmas tree design, I decided to make it😊. Macrame is a form of textile using knots; the most common knot is a square or reef knot. The earliest recorded ones were in the carvings during the Assyrian and Babylonian times….
Waiting…………….
25th November 2022 Beena Hello everyone…………. yes😊. It has been a while since I painted in acrylic on my own. The most challenging part was the sari folds😒😒. For my non-Indian readers, you may not fathom the intricacies of wearing 5 to 6 metres of cloth and making it look presentable🤣🤣🤣. It is…
True to Myself
18th November 2022 Mr Navneet Krishnan Pisharody Nurture your interests as you would a plant Care for them. Tend to them. Help them grow. Even if life’s storms ravage their tender shoots, even if they do not bear fruit, you can still say at the end of your life, “I was true…
Good in the Bad
18th November 2022 Mrs Elizabeth Tang The world always says…. find good people and let go of bad people! But the fact is, No one is born perfect. So….. “Find the good in people and ignore the bad….!!!”
Baby’s Breath
18th November 2022 Beena Hi, this painting is by Ms Lavendar Jong. She has created Baby’s Breath so breathtakingly. In this watercolour painting, she used masking fluid to capture the tips of the flowers. I can almost feel the lightness of the flowers. It is so realistic😊. Some may wonder, what is…