Drawing in Munmyo located in Sungkyunkwan Univ.

August meeting of Seoul Urban Sketchers was held in Seoul Munmyo which is located inside of Sungkunkwan University. Sungkunkwan was the best educational institution in Choseon dynasty. In the Seoul Munmyo, there are many buildings such as Daesungjeon, the place of serving Confucius and scholars, Myongryundang, the place where lecture took place, Dongjae and Seojae, dormitories for students. In addition, giant ginkgo tree that is more than 400years old is in Munmyo. Many urban sketchers participated and painted various scenes in Munmyo in nice weather. I personally think that I want to visit once again to see and feel the autumn color of the gingko tree in the fall.

Seoul Munmyo Seojae & sideview of Myeongryundang (41*13 cm, pen & oil-color pencil)

Tangpyeongbigak & Hamabi (21*13 cm, pen & oil-color pencil)

 Tangpyeongbigak is a monument house built in front of Seoul Munmyo and this was built by King Young-Jo to protect the Tangpyeongbi from political strife. Hamabi is a monument located in front of the Munmyo, it means that everybody has to come down from the horse and be respectful.

Some buildings in Sungkyunkwan University (25*18 cm, pen & water color)