Tag: Istanbul
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Analyzing Patterns #1: Part II
In the previous post, I wrote and posted a setp-by-step video on how to draw the pattern as shown in the reference photo. In this post, I will move to the painting part and begin by explaining the process I used. In Ottoman pattern painting, It’s important to outline your pattern and motifs. However, for…
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Analyzing Patterns #1 Part 1
It’s about time I start a new series of analyzing patterns. It’s not until I observed some of the photos I took when I traveled to Turkey that I better understood the patterns used in most of their decor and designs. Being able to reach such a level is true happiness that me studying the…
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The Magnificent Suleymania Cami
Follow my blog with Bloglovin May 9th, 2017 It was a coincident, but a beautiful one. While I was searching for the old books in the Grand Bazaar of Turkey, I visited the Suleymania Cami for the first time ever. It was a bit far from the Misri Bazaar that my parents and I were…