Sketches at the pro/con rally about abortion rights

pen & watercolor, 18 x 25 cm

A week ago I could pass the rally of pro/con for the abortion rights in front of the Constitutional Court located at Jae-dong, Jongno-gu. Lots of groups gathered for their opinions to affect the vote of judges about the constitutionality. The result was "unconstitutional". I could hear the shouts and sighs from both sides while drawing these. I felt just complicated though my pen was running on papers. I tried to put myself to others' shoes. I added colors at home later. 

지난 4월 11일에 헌법재판소를 지나게 되었어요. 근처에 볼일이 있어 들렀다가 그날이 마침 낙태에 관한 헌재의 결정이 있는 날이라 많은 찬/반 시위자들이 모여 있더군요. 촛불집회에서도 수차 스케치를 했었으나 사안에 대한 느낌은 달랐습니다. 군중을 피해 이리 저리 옮겨가며 펜으로 그리고 집에 와서 물감 칠을 했습니다. 그리는 동안 함성이 들리더니 '헌법 불합치'로 결론났다는 말을 들었습니다. 마음 속이 복잡한 것은 사실이었습니다. 시대가 변하는 현장에 있게되어 두서없는 스케치로라도 동참하였기에 몇장 올려봅니다.

Sketches at the Geumsunsa(북한산 금선사)

sketch in the process of ancestral rite, brushpen, pastels, A 4

right side of the praying room, charcoal, A 4

outdoor scene of two buildings in the temple, pen, watercolor, A 4

Yesterday there was a special praying event to pray the peaceful rest of the ancestors. It was held to celebrate the finishing of the new big painting of seven buddhas at Banyajeon(praying hall). Lots of believers participated in the ceremony. It kept for three hours. During the service I drew two between bowing and reading ceremonial texts. 

After having delicious lunch I did one seated on bench under warm sunlight. The air was really fine. I could feel the coming of spring. Though I didn't much I enjoyed the most wonderful atmosphere of the temple in Bughansan.

Thank you, Leeky, for joining to such special event! We were pleased so much by your being together. 

Because I didn't draw many yesterday taking rest I add the previous drawings I'd done before as follows.

Every temple would be decorated by colorful lanterns on Buddha's birthday. I go there to celebrate and enjoy the beautiful scenery in spring season.

Ansimdang under construction

Though the scale of the temple is not big the nice features of big and small rocks make great scenery. I did this one with pencil.

I drew these ones during the ritual ceremony for my late father.

pencil sketch with lotus lanterns

There is a space under big rock where water springs. 

When water flows enough scenery is good too. 

Thank you!

Sketches around Insa-dong, Jongno

scenery of the alley by the side of the Nagwon Musical Instrument shopping mall,

brush pen, watercolor crayon, watercolor, 40 x 27 cm

a couple and a piano at the Maru building, 

pen and watercolor, 40 x 27 cm

a family taking a photo at Noindang of Unhyeongung, 

sepia conte, oil pastels, 40 x 27 cm

big jars at Gyeongin Gallery garden, 

pencil and watercolor, 17.5 x 27.5 cm

women talking at the Gyeongin Gallery garden, 

pencil and watercolor, 17.5 x 27.5 cm

It was a little cold and cloudy but not terrible. There are so many nice places around the area such as Jogyesa temple, Unhyeongung palace, big musical instrument shopping mall, Bukchon Hanok village, and so on. Naturally lots of group tourists visit there. Streets are full of citizens and visitors. But nice sketching spots are there. And it's another joy to find them among crowded town. 

오늘 날이 흐리고 추웠지만 손이 얼 정도는 아니라 다행이었어요. 일찍 도착해서 텅빈 인사동 거리를 거닐며 경인 갤러리에 도착했더니 '이수억 탄생 100주년 기념전'이 열리고 있었어요. 귀한 그림들을 감상할 수 있어서 정말 좋았습니다. 이층에서 그분의 많은 드로잉과 스케치를 영상으로 볼 수 있어서 더욱 뜻깊었습니다. 

안사아트센터 5층 테라스에서 그림 강상을 하고 하루의 스케치를 마쳤습니다. 참여하신 분들 반가왔습니다. 

Sketches on a beautiful Sunday

Sketches by Lee Yong Hwan

pencil, pen, oil pastels, watercolor crayons, A 4

pencil, watercolor crayons, 32 x 24 cm

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Sketches by Yoo Byung Hwa

17 x 25 cm

pencil, oil pastels, watercolor crayons, 19 x 26 cm

I began to learn billiard months ago registering a beginner program. It was interesting though very hard to hit two red balls. I think it's far more difficult than drawing on papers. It seems like to be of science, especially physics. These days I practice it at the billiard room often. Today YH Lee and I visited there we used to go for playing with other senior members. This time we planned to play by oneself and to have time for sketching while the other plays practicing the billiard. It was very good for both. I used two kinds of art material which I bought the other day. Watercolor crayons(12 colors) were nice to use and easy to carry on small bag too. Oil colors(12 colors) seemed to be useful and to make the drawing simple for I had to solve the color matter within narrow boundary of 12 sticks. Any time pencil was a good friend to me. 

This week might be the most beautiful season in palace ground. Unhyeongung was like that with colorful leaves. Citizens with Korean traditional costume were enjoying taking photos with their family or friends. We were happy together on a fine Sunday.

요즘 당구 배우느라 고생 많이 합니다. 선배님들과 섞여서 시간 축내고 처음 해보는 당구의 묘미를 맛보고 있습니다. 그림이야 종이위에 마음대로 그려도 누가 뭐라 하지 않겠지만 당구는 그렇지가 않은듯하구요. 과학이지 싶습니다. 운동역학이라고나 할까요. 복지관의 여러 고수들 틈에 잠시라도 시간을 축내지 않으려고 개인적으로 당구장에 시간 날때마다 갑니다. 두시간도 순식간에 지나는 것같아요. 오늘은 이용환샘과 함께 30분씩 나눠서 그림과 스케치를 번갈아 해보기로 했는데 여러모로 유효했습니다. 두시간 보내고 운현궁에서 잠시 쉬며 아름다운 풍경을 담아보았어요. 며칠전에 산 재료도 테스트해았는데 간편하고 좋았습니다. 

아름다운 가을 소중하게 보내시기 바랍니다. 감사합니다!

Sketches at the Sewoon Shopping Center, Seoul

front view of the Sewoon Shopping Center from Jongno 3-ga, pen and watercolor, 

(36 x51cm)

scenery of the the cityscape of old and new buildings viewed from the rooftop 

garden, pen and watercolor, (36 x51cm)

scenery of Cheonggyecheon viewed from the bridge on the 3rd floor between  the Sewoon Shopping Center and  the Daelim Shopping center, pen and watercolor, 

(36 x51cm)

 entrance of the electronics shopping mall from sidewalk and road, 

pencil and watercolor, (36 x51cm)

the Daelim Shopping Center viewed from the bridge on the 3rd floor, pencil, 

(30 x 42cm)

a quick sketch of the Sewoon Shopping Center, pencil, (30 x 42cm)

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Last Saturday weekend, our Seoul urban sketchers met at open square in front of Sewoon Plaza building in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Sewoon Shopping Center (세운상가) is the most famous electronics shopping area located between Jongno 3-ga and Toegyero 3-ga, which was well-known place as a symbol of the modernization of the electronics industry from the 1960s. But the Sewoon Shopping mall complex became old and deteriorated over the years, it has been remodeled from time to time as the need arises. Recently, The Dasi Sewoon Project (다시세운 프로젝트) transformed the old Sewoon Shopping Center into a hub of new industry through urban regeneration(도시재생).
It was so fine weather for sketching the newly renovated Sewoon Shopping Mall. I was impressed by the mixture of old and new buildings under the colorful urban skyline, walking along the three-story overhead pedestrian bridge between Sewoon Shopping Center and Daelim Shopping Center, which provided us with various attractions. Furthermore, Sewoon Plaza rooftop garden on the 9th floor is the best place to sketch colorful panoramic scenes of Seoul in all directions. I sketched the various scenes spread out horizontally before my eyes. While sketching the urbanscapes along the high-level pedestrian bridge and the rooftop garden, I experienced the diverse feeling of different eye level, new perspectives, free spaces from the crowds and vehicles, and so on. It was a pleasant and valuable sketch time in the bustling downtown Seoul.
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서울 역사도심 속 50년 전통의 세운상가~~
경제발전 세월의 성장통에 녹아있는 전자상가 상징물..
낡은 주변과 소음 보행로, 슬럼화 되는 복합빌딩 연결 이미지가
도시재생을 통해 "다시세운"상가로 거듭난 모습입니다.

남북으로 길게 이어진 3층 보행데크와 9층 옥상정원를 거닐면서
새로운 시점에서 보는 넓고 다채롭게 펼쳐진 도시경관 요소들~
어반스케치를 위한 "이동식 갤러리 스튜디오"라 하겠습니다.

Sketches at the Sewoon Shopping Center, Jongno-gu, Seoul

scenery seen from the left side of the Sewoon Shopping Center on 3rd F

pencil, watercolor, 38.5 x 26 cm

scenery seen from the bridge between the Sewoon Shopping Center and the Daelim Shopping center, pencil, watercolor, 38.5 x 26 cm

Sewoon Shopping Center has become the hot place for the visitors, students, and the urban sketchers to drop in in order to see how the urban renovation to change the scenery not hurting the original structure on a large scale. We could enjoy better environment to appreciate the beautiful scene on 9th rooftop. 

At first I captured the old scenery of the area around the building remembering the previous shape covered by big awning materials. On the bridge connecting two shopping malls I sketched the bottom one. The air was not bad because it was a weekend and most of the stores on both streets were close. The weather was really good. 

Thank you all!

아름다운 가을 날씨에 바뀌어진 좋은 환경에서 스케치하고 왔습니다. 새로 오신 분들 반가왔어요. 종종 만날 수 있으면 좋겠습니다. 감사합니다.

Pianos at the Nagwon Music Arcade

pencil, 13 x 17.5 cm

Last month I dropped in the Nagwon Music Arcade, Jongno-gu. On 3rd floor I found a piano shop where lids of grand pianos were open. The angle made by lids, piano planes, and prods looked good to me. I drew it looking through the window standing there. Maybe the features those grand pianos made if one is to be sold and new one to be set. I would like to visit there again to see new scene those pianos would create. 

지난 3월 낙원 악기 상가를 들러 이리 저리 둘러 보며 스케치 해보다가 3층의 그랜드 피아노 가게에서 열려진 피아노 뚜껑과 지지대가 이루는 멋진 모습이 눈길을 사로 잡았습니다. 종이가 좀 작아서 아쉬웠지만 연필로 그려 보았어요. 멋진 물건이 이루는 풍경을 보러 가끔 들러야 겠습니다.

Two sketches on a rainy day at Jongno

charcoal, conte, 19 x 26 cm

Today it rained so much. After lunch I dropped in Burger King Jongno district branch, Susong-dong as usual. Because the views seen through the big pane glasses on both sides is so great that I like to sketch the changing scenes by buildings under construction and colored leaves on trees. It was nice to see the colorful umbrellas inside having a cup of coffee. It got darker in heavy raining and got lighter after pouring. While drawing the second one a middle aged woman came to me and addressed to me. Her daughter is studying art in univ. She said that I looked so nice sketching alone. We shared talking about kids and ourselves. Though it was a short time the memory we shared might go long. 

오늘 오전에 비가 많이 왔지요. 조계사에서 채식 식사를 하고 근처의 버거킹에서 시원한 커피를 한잔 하며 비오는 거리를 그렸습니다. 거의 칠흑같은 분위기도 내다가 곧 밝아지기도 하는 등 참으로 자연의 조화가 장관이었습니다. 비록 도심의 풍경이지만 올라가는 건물의 변화하는 모습과 가을색으로 바뀌기 시작하는 나무 색으로 또 한해가 가는구나 하고 느끼며 그렸습니다. 두번째 그리는 중에 옆으로 중년 부인께서 앉으시며 그리는 모습이 멋지다고 인사를 했어요. 딸이 그림을 하니 아무래도 관심을 갖게 되셨나 봅니다. 이런 저런 이야기를 하고 일행이 있어 자신의 자리로 돌아갔습니다. 그림 한장이 사람의 마음을 열게 하는 묘한 역할을 합니다.

Works done in Workshop 1 at Nagwon Instrument(Musical) Mall

We exhibited these works all together in Topgoal Art Center. 

Hope you to enjoy them expecting more in Workshop 2!

See you on 1:30 pm, August 23rd, 2017 at the Senior Welfare Center of Seoul, 

we will move to sketching place together!

함께 전시된 어르신과 참여하신 전시작가님들의 작품을 한장씩 따로 찍어 모아 보았습니다.

필력, 구도 감각, 색상등에서 놀라게 되며 2차 워크샵에 거는 기대도 더욱 커집니다. 

그날 뵙겠습니다. 감사합니다.