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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May 27, 2015 at 16:53
Welcome back! It’s been a hectic few months of travelling for me and I feel alive 😄
May 27, 2015 at 16:52
The ottoman exported the Tulips to them! We both learnt something new 😄
May 27, 2015 at 16:51
Will do! 😄
May 25, 2015 at 23:29
(I also understand that tulips were so valuable in Turkey that export was prohibited, until someone smuggled a few bulbs to Holland)
May 25, 2015 at 23:28
A very nice rendering of a tulip. 🙂
(Found your colours back again?)