POSTCARD CHALLENGE WEEK 13~ TURKEY

This week I had  more time to work on my card & book   - So I returned to more of my hand done artwork- Also because I knew at the beginning of this challenge what I would use as my topic for the country of Turkey- TROY;  I was able to complete my card quicker. I love all  the ancient ruins,  the  history of the glorious & romantic stories of  the Trojan Wars - Who wouldn't Love Achilles, Helen of Troy and all the gladiators in their wonderful armour? This land also has many hidden clues about my male character's  legacy (as the story progresses it will all make sense).
 But better yet, the  poet Homer wrote beautifully of the area in his books "Iliad & Odyssey"- The quotes/poems from these books are some of my favorites . So as Homer wrote about Troy:

"It was built  against the will of the Immortal Gods, and so it did not last for long"

But this challenge will last and I can't wait for the next country!!

Front of Card

Used a photo of a  sunset over the Black Sea (internet)

Lower left corner has a photo cut out of the Trojan Horse used in the movie Troy.

Lots of black Pitt pen over the top of this to get details. Lower right

corner has an outline of the ruins left at the city of Troy.-all done with markers.

(sorry for glare but the  markers turned out glossy on photo paper)

Back of card

Back ground of card is a tile mosaic of a Turkish rug pattern -white wash over top

Quote reads: "The roaring seas and many a dark range of Mountains

lie  between Us" ~Homer

Correspondence reads:

"Melite,

WOW so strange that we were just across the

Mediterranean Sea at the same time...I'm on a holiday

visiting a land so Dear to my heart-Troy, Turkey. This

ancient land is amazing- so many ruins and great beaches,

Turkish carpets & mosaics like this one!

Alexander.

Page in Book

The main building is a water colored picture of the

'Blue Mosque'- Lower left corner is a sample

of the gorgeous beaches in Turkey- Center item

is a pack of the world famous Murad Turkish

cigarettes - Lower right corner is a bust of the writer Homer

By the way TURKIYE is the proper way to write Turkey

Page with Postcard in Place

Well this week was fun -hope everyone had a great week

Happy Creating!

Fotojoy/Joyce