20210610 by DrBeena Why are we riveted by imperfections? In the painting of the bird above that I painted from a picture that a friend sent to me, I was unaware of my mistakes till I watched the tutorials by John Muir Laws. In his tutorials, he explains why it is crucial to understand the…
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Floyd, Virginia USA
NEGATIVE PAINTING
Now isn’t that a bizarre word for something creative. Many of my friends including me could not fathom why that word is used ☹. However, I have reflected on that word for a while now since I did paint a couple of negative art. They gave me tremendous amount of peace while I was doing…
SURREALIST ART
Surrealism art Beena I began dabbling in art starting with acrylic painting sometime last year during the start of lockdown in 2020. It began as a way to spend my time. Being a new skill, I found I needed to focus and to me this was akin to meditation. Of course, for serious meditators it…
ISLAND OF ANTIGUA
VELIKO TARNOVO BULGARIA
STORY OF BIRDS
Story of Birds THE GREAT BACKYARD BIRD COUNT AROUND THE WORLD Hi. Today I want to tell you a story about a special sister of mine. She is not REALLY my sister; she is my wife’s sister. But because I met her when she was about 8 years old and because I do not have…
BASKET BOATS HOI AN VIETNAM
Fishing in VIETNAM country side. COULD VIETNAM AND WALES POSSIBLY HAVE ANYTHING IN COMMON? I woke up this morning and read in the newspaper that there was a military coup in Myanmar. A coup is the strange word grown up people use when one group of people illegally and using guns takes over a country…
TAIPEI TAIWAN
Taipei, Taiwan. BEAUTY AND HUMANITY IN LIFE IS IN ITS LITTLE IMPERFECTIONS (TAIPEI, TAIWAN) Hi. It’s Grandpa Allan again. My friend Beena just sent me a few new paintings and, as you might have guessed, that got my imagination flowing. That makes me SO happy . Here’s what this painting of the National Palace Museum…
BRUGES BELGIUM
SCENES FROM VILLAGE LIFE – BRUGES, BELGIUM Hi! My name is Grandpa Allan. I like to use words to imagine what is and what might be. I have a friend. Her name is Beena (isn’t that a funny name? It makes me laugh, which is a good thing). She also likes to imagine things, but…