Biography
Gozde is an architectural designer from San Jose, CA. She was born and grown up in Istanbul, Turkey and move to the US in 2016. She has a master degree in architecture, four-year professional experience in multiple architectural offices and won multiple awards. In 2014, she has founded BlackKraft to develop new ideas and inspirations with watercolor and ink via postcards. Her postcards are selling in Robinson Crusoe 389 Bookstore in Istanbul.
She has recently become a professional in the field of art after she moved in the US. She specializes in black and white ink-wash technique and watercolor drawings. She uses black ink similar to Traditional Japanese Ink Painting techniques, Sumi-e and Suiboku Technique. Because of her architectural point of view, she focuses on her drawings on architectural elements in various scales, however, she paints flowers and floral paintings as well.
San Francisco Houses (2016)
Watercolor, Paper
One of a kind artwork
Size: 12 × 12 in (actual image size)
Signed on the front
Artist's description:
The architecture of San Francisco is not so much known for defining a particular architectural style, rather, with it's interesting and challenging variations in geography and topology and tumultuous history, San Francisco is known worldwide for its particularly eclectic mix of Victorian and modern architecture. In SF Houses, I try to give these great details in its architecture from a street view. This is a black and white and square painting and has strong shadow feeling.
I use Winsor and Newton's Indian Black Ink and Uni Pin Water Proof Technical Drawing Pen on Cold Pressed Watercolor Paper. Ink helps me to develop black and white painting which gives the shadows and more inspired and emotionally strong.
**Artwork fits into following IKEA's frames: RIBBA (Frame, high gloss, gray; Frame, black) and VIRSERUM (Frame, dark brown; Frame, white).
Materials used:
Ink and Pen
Church in Hollywood (2016)
Watercolor, Paper
One of a kind artwork
Size: 12 × 12 × 1 in (unframed) / 12 × 12 in (actual image size)
This artwork is sold unframed
Signed on the front
Artist's description:
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church is a parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles located on Sunset Boulevard in the heart of Hollywood, California. The Italian Renaissance church, built in 1928, but not completed until 1954, received a historic preservation grant in 2000 for the J. Paul Getty Trust and is considered one of the most beautiful churches in the Los Angeles Archdiocese. Because of great details in its architecture, in this art, I draw the exterior perspective of this church. I use Winsor Newton's Indian Black Ink and Uni Pin Water Proof Technical Drawing Pen. Ink helps me to give the shadows and more inspired and emotionally strong.
**Artwork fits into following IKEA's frames: RIBBA (Frame, high gloss, gray; Frame, black) and VIRSERUM (Frame, dark brown; Frame, white).
Materials used:
Ink and Pen
Japanese Tea Garden in SF (2016)
Watercolor, Paper
One of a kind artwork
Size: 12 × 12 in
Signed on the front
Artist's description:
The Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco, California, is a popular feature of Golden Gate Park, originally built as part of a sprawling World's Fair, the California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894. Though many of its attractions are still a part of the garden today, there have been changes throughout the history of the garden that have shaped it into what it is today. Because of great details in its architecture, in this art, I draw the entrance of Tea Garden.
I use Winsor Newton's Indian Black Ink and Uni Pin Water Proof Technical Drawing Pen. Ink helps me to give the shadows and more inspired and emotionally strong.
**Artwork fits into following IKEA's frames: RIBBA (Frame, high gloss, gray; Frame, black) and VIRSERUM (Frame, dark brown; Frame, white).
Materials used:
Ink and pen
Budapest Dohány St. Synagogue (2016)
Watercolor, Paper
One of a kind artwork
Size: 12 × 12 in (actual image size)
Signed on the front
Artist's description:
The Dohány Street Synagogue is in Budapest is a historical building in Erzsébetváros, the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is the largest synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the world. The synagogue was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, with the decoration based chiefly on Islamic models from North Africa and medieval Spain (the Alhambra). The synagogue’s Viennese architect, Ludwig Förster, believed that no distinctively Jewish architecture could be identified, and thus chose “architectural forms that have been used by oriental ethnic groups that are related to the Israelite people, and in particular the Arabs”. Because of great details in its architecture, in this art, I draw the entrance of this synagogue. I use Winsor Newton’s Indian Black Ink and Uni Pin Water Proof Technical Drawing Pen. Ink helps me to give the shadows and more inspired and emotionally strong.
**Artwork fits into following IKEA's frames: RIBBA (Frame, high gloss, gray; Frame, black) and VIRSERUM (Frame, dark brown; Frame, white).
**Artwork fits into following IKEA's frames: RIBBA (Frame, high gloss, gray; Frame, black) and VIRSERUM (Frame, dark brown; Frame, white).
Materials used:
Ink and Pen
Budapest St. Stephen's Basilica (2016)
Watercolor, Paper
One of a kind artwork
Size: 12 × 12 × 1 in (unframed) / 12 × 12 in (actual image size)
This artwork is sold unframed
Signed on the front
Artist's description:
St.Stephen’s Basilica is in Budapest, Hungary is the most important church building in Hungary, one of the most significant tourist attractions and the third highest church in Hungary. The building was planned and built in 1851 by József Hild in classical style and continued by Miklós Ybl, who added a neo-renaissance taste to the original concepts. The inner layout and the completion of the building in 1905 are the work of József Krausz. The architectural style is Neo-Classical; it has a Greek cross ground plan. The façade is anchored by two large bell towers. In the southern tower is Hungary’s biggest bell, weighing over 9 tons. Because of great details in its architecture, in this art, I draw the entrance of The Basilica. I use Winsor Newton’s Indian Black Ink and Uni Pin Water Proof Technical Drawing Pen. Ink helps me to give the shadows and more inspired and emotionally strong.
**Artwork fits into following IKEA’s frames: RIBBA (Frame, high gloss, gray; Frame, black) and VIRSERUM (Frame, dark brown; Frame, white).
Materials used:
Ink and Pen
A Building in Santa Barbara (2017)
Watercolor, Paper
One of a kind artwork
Size: 12 × 12 in (actual image size)
This artwork is sold unframed
Signed on the front
Artist's description:
Santa Barbara's State Street is a good attractive point and I enjoyed when I have visited there. Because of spectacular details in its Mediterrian / Spanish Architecture, in this art, I draw one of the white buildings of Santa Barbara, CA.
I use Winsor Newton's Indian Black Ink and Uni Pin Water Proof Technical Drawing Pen. Ink helps me to give the shadows and more inspired and emotionally strong.
I use Winsor Newton's Indian Black Ink and Uni Pin Water Proof Technical Drawing Pen. Ink helps me to give the shadows and more inspired and emotionally strong.
**Artwork fits into following IKEA's frames: RIBBA (Frame, high gloss, gray; Frame, black) and VIRSERUM (Frame, dark brown; Frame, white).
Materials used:
Ink and Pen
San Francisco's Painted Ladies (2017)
Watercolor, Paper
One of a kind artwork
Size: 12 × 12 in (actual image size)
This artwork is sold unframed
Signed on the front
Artist's description:
The architecture of San Francisco is not so much known for defining a particular architectural style, rather, with it's interesting and challenging variations in geography and topology and tumultuous history, San Francisco is known worldwide for its particularly eclectic mix of Victorian and modern architecture. In SF Houses, I try to give these great details in its architecture from a street view. This is a black and white and square painting and has strong shadow feeling.
I use Winsor Newton's Indian Black Ink, Indian Black Watercolor, and Uni Pin Water Proof Technical Drawing Pen. Ink helps me to give the shadows and more inspired and emotionally strong.
I use Winsor Newton's Indian Black Ink, Indian Black Watercolor, and Uni Pin Water Proof Technical Drawing Pen. Ink helps me to give the shadows and more inspired and emotionally strong.
**Artwork fits into following IKEA's frames: RIBBA (Frame, high gloss, gray; Frame, black) and VIRSERUM (Frame, dark brown; Frame, white).
Materials used:
Ink and Pen
Los Gatos, The La Canada Bldg. (2017)
Watercolor, Paper
One of a kind artwork
Size: 12 × 12 in (actual image size)
This artwork is sold unframed
Signed on the front
Artist's description:
Los Gatos has a historical building which is The La Canada Building. This building at this intersection is the Hofstra Block (La Canada Building- 1-17 North Santa Cruz Avenue). It has the circular bay window with a witch-hat roof projecting out.
I use Winsor Newton's Indian Black Ink, Indian Black Watercolor, and Uni Pin Water Proof Technical Drawing Pen. Ink helps me to give the shadows and more inspired and emotionally strong.
I use Winsor Newton's Indian Black Ink, Indian Black Watercolor, and Uni Pin Water Proof Technical Drawing Pen. Ink helps me to give the shadows and more inspired and emotionally strong.
**Artwork fits into following IKEA's frames: RIBBA (Frame, high gloss, gray; Frame, black) and VIRSERUM (Frame, dark brown; Frame, white).
Materials used:
Watercolor and Pen
