sketches at Cheonggyecheon and Jogyesa by Chung Hae-kwon from Texas, USA

 

Eric Ngan, Chung Hae-kwon, and Andy Oh from left at the Jogyesa(temple)

Sketches by Eric Ngan from New Zealand

scenery with bridges on Cheonggyecheon

"Spring" by Claes Oldenburg and Coose Van Bruggen

sketch at Jogyesa (temple)

Eric Ngan sketching at the temple

Eric Ngan had an experiencing time of making Songpyeon(Korean traditional rice cake on Chuseok-Korean thanksgiving season)

Eric Ngan and Chung Hae-kwon posing at the temple after sketching

having dinner at Korean dimsum restaurant "Koong"

Sketches by Mona Kwon at Cheonggyecheon

Lee Yong-hwan

Mona Kwon 

This was my second sketchcrawl with USk Seoul. This is a very cozy and welcoming group; I'm grateful for their hospitality. I am slowly getting more comfortable sketching outside in public. I am also still exploring what kind of tool I like best. I mostly used Staedtler Pigment Liner 0.7, but I also explored a little with the Pentel brushpen.

I look forward to sketching with you on 24 October. Please keep me updated on the time and place. Thank you!

some sketches at Cheonggyecheon, Seoul

 a picturesque scenery sketched at Cheonggye Plaza, watercolor, 37 x 52cm

the buildings beyond Gwangtonggyo Bridge (광통교), pen and watercolor,  37 x 52cm

 symbol sculpture of Cheonggye Plaza, "Spring" sculptured by Claes Oldenburg, 

pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

Cheonggyecheon stream under Mojeongyo Bridge (모전교), pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

artificial waterfall at the fountainhead of Cheonggyecheon Stream, brush and watercolor, 

21 x 29.6cm

a portrait painting of Miss Kate from Russia, watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

Korean traditional musical band playing at the stream, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

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Cheonggyecheon (청계천) is an 11 km long stream that rises near Bugaksan Mt. and Inwangsan Mt. and flows from the west to the east of downtown Seoul. Created as part of an urban renewal project, Cheonggyecheon is a restoration of the stream that was once there before during the Joseon Dynasty. It's very serene with small waterfalls, and nearly two dozen overhead bridges. Cheonggye Plaza(청계광장) in Sejong-ro(세종로), one of the busiest boulevards in Seoul, is situated at the fountainhead of Cheonggyecheon Stream. There were overflowing with colorful sceneries and crowds including lots of foreign tourists.  

The weather was so fine, I sketched with Seoul usk members around Cheonggyecheon Stream and Plaza. We enjoyed sketching several fantastic scenes such as buildings, stream, waterfall, people, streetscapes, and so on.

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600년 서울의 중심이며 치수사업의 본원인 청계천이 어둠에서 나와 시민의 품으로 돌아오고~~이제는 관광명소로 거듭나고 있습니다.
안락한 쉼터, 상징 광장와 각종 행사, 갖가지 볼꺼리들. 주변의 다채로운 도시경관들...20개가 넘는 다리와 긴 웰빙 산책로를 따라 엄청난 스케치 소재들~~ 시리즈 작품을 해 볼만한 좋은 장소입니다.

Sketches by Kate from Russia at Cheonggyecheon

Kate

Thanks!

Sketching meetup at Cheonggyecheon, Seoul

sketch looking down the fall in stream, 35 x 25 cm

sketch looking to the direction of Cheonggye 2-ga

sketching the opposite of Gwanghwamun area

under the bridge over Cheonggyecheon stream

pastels on colored paper, 27 x 37.5 cm

traditional band playing at the stream

pencil, watercolor, 35 x 25 cm

Korean traditional musical band 

35 x 25 cm

new comer, Kate from Russia

guards in Korean traditional clothing

lunch time

exhibition on-the-spot

Cheonggyecheon has been the subject of water control projects since Joseon dynasty. The stream began to be covered around 1930. And high-level road over the covered way was finished on 1970. But the environmental pollution and old structure of the road had been raising matters about safety.  So the road was removed by two years' demolishing work from 2003 to 2005. Now 5.8 km section of the stream was recovered and changed into walking road and green area. 

It was very crowded by citizens and tourists after several days' raining. We enjoyed sketching too with 14 participants including new comers, Kate, John, and Lee Jeong-hee. Much thanks!