Sketch of the day in my monologue art journal is of the super cool Batfish (Platax Teira)
Continuing my series of spices from the spice trade..Today’s sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal is of Black pepper. The humble spice and seasoning.
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Sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal is the Clove. The spice that was worth more than gold.
Cloves originated from Moluccas, the spice islands in Indonesia. In the 16th century, the Dutch, Portugese and the Spanish fought over control of the islands to secure a monopoly over the highly lucrative clove and nutmeg trade. The British arrived in the early 18th century focused more on Malaya.
Cloves are the aromatic flower buds that are dried and used as a spice to flavour meats, sauces and drinks. The clove can be smoked as well and is popular in Indonesia. It is called Kretek,
Cloves have medicinal properties and used in ayuverdic and Chinese medicine to aid digestion.
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Today’s sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal is of a red peony flower. Paeoniaceae Paeonia.
Peonies are one of my favourite flowers and it is featured a lot in Chinese and Peranakan textiles and porcelain as a symbol of good fortune, happy marriage and fertility.
Flowers are like friends. They bring colour to your world.
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Today’s sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal is of a a botanical illustration of a pink lily cactus, Cactaceae Echinopsis mamillosa from Turkey.
“Hard words can not touch a soft heart
But soft words can touch a hard heart,
So choose carefully how you decide to speak to others”
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Today’s sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal is a red Tulip with pointed petals. The Tulip is Turkey’s national flower and is indigenous to the country. The flower symbolises perfection and beauty. Considered the king of bulbs, the Ottoman’s were so in love with this flower that it was incorporated into all designs during the tulip period. Iznik designs use a lot of tulips in their decoration.
The tulip was exported to other European countries where they have been grown to have round petals
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Happy mother’s day!
Today’s sketch of the day is day 600 in my moleskine art journal are more wild flowers from Buyukada, Istanbul.
“I’d rather wear flowers in my hair than diamonds around my neck”
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sketch of the day no 596 in my moleskine art journal: wild flower in Buyukada Istanbul. “Very little grows on jagged rock. Be grounded. Be crumbled so wildflowers will come up where you are” ~ Rumi
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Yesterday i visited the Princess island around Istanbul. I went to Buyukada which is the largest island. The place is beautiful. Today’s sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal are botanical illustrations of some wild flowers on Buyukada island, Istanbul, Turkey
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