6th August 2021 Dr.Beena Everyone loves freedom. We may not realise it, but sometimes freedom is taken for granted. I was inspired to paint this picture of a butterfly and a flower from a photo sent by Shobha. It was a photo of a Marble white butterfly on a Mexican wine flower. However, I was…
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A Glimmering Backwaters Memory
A Happy Memory from December’19 My standard recipe for a trip home with my family looks like this: Wake up at the crack of dawn (read 6:00 am)/ Sip on a cup of hot Bournvita while nibbling on a piece of bread slathered with a thick layer of homemade butter/ Shower and wear my most…
La Gomera and Communication in Art
30th July 2021 Dr. Beena Hi everyone. Hope everyone is good and safe wherever you are. Today let me describe a bit about my painting. It is a picture of La Gomera (pronounced La Yomera). It is one of Spain’s Canary Islands, located in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa. The island…
Flowers In Abundance
20210723 by Vasanthi Arasoo Flowers make us happy and inspire us at times. What more than being greeted by a field of flowers? This beautiful painting brings to mind a saying that says, ” The very best relationship has a gardener and a flower. The gardener nurtures and the flower blooms.” In the case of…
Learning Never Ceases
20th July 2021 Dr.Beena Hello everyone, hope you are well and safe wherever you are. Let us begin with the above painting first. When I started painting, I had a reference photo of the flower that I was supposed to paint. However, when I completed it, it was well not the same as what I…
Take a Break and the Cauliflower effect
14th July 2021 Dr Beena What a lovely way to start the topic today. Take a break. Exactly, that is what we will discuss today. The above picture is a loose watercolour of poppies. In watercolour, it is advisable to take a break after you have painted for a while, have a cup of tea,…
Schadenfreude
When in Rome do as the Romans do
Schadenfreude
9th July 2021 Dr.Beena When I first read this word, I was clueless. Once I learnt the meaning, I felt wow, the nasty side hidden from plain view. Just as an example, I remember being laughed at when I sang off-tune in school. It was worse when the music teacher told me that I was…
Contentment
8th July 2021 Ms Vasanthi Arasoo Most people adore things of beauty and this painting is indeed one that displays beauty of sorts. It’s a self-portrait of Dr. Beena and her two lovely companions, Zara and Mika. As I scrutinize the painting, all that comes to mind is the feeling of peace, calmness, joy, delight,…