Sketches around Myeong-dong, Seoul

Sketches by Yoo Byung Hwa

Sketch at the meeting place near the exit 3 of Myeongdong Station, pen & watercolor, A 4

A sketcher in front of Noon Square building at main street of Myeongdong, 

pen and watercolor, 10.5 x 15.5 cm

Scenery of bridge between Lotte Young Plaza and Lotte dept.,

pen & watercolor, 10.5 x 15.5 cm

People on bench in front of Noon Square building located at Myeongdong,

pen & watercolor, A 4

Scenery with cafe(You Are Here Cafe) and convenient store(Seven Eleven),

pen & watercolor, white chalk, 10.5 x 15.5 cm

Money exchange shop near Hana Financial Group building,

pencil(8B), watercolor, A 4

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Sketches by Lee Yong Hwan

Scenery with bridge between Lotte Young Plaza and Lotte department,

pen and watercolor, 36 x 51 cm

Buildings seen from Hana Financial Group building, 

pen and watercolor, 36 x 51 cm

Sketch at the meeting place near the exit 3 of Myeongdong stn.,

pen and watercolor, 29.7 x 42 cm

We had a meeting last Saturday. Though we couldn't gather in a massive group it was a happy time after months since last April. And we were glad to see Daniel Thomas Faller again. He came from Switzerland and had interest in Korean culture and our sketching group. 

The weather was really fine with light blowing. The allies and streets were not busy with travelers because of COVID. But we felt sorry to see vacant shops with "For Rent".  We started sketching at the meeting place with benches under shadow of big trees. Lots of sketchers gathered to share greeting and departed soon to their sketching places at Myeongdong. Offline sketching made us feel alive. 

Hope this pandemic to be ended as soon as possible and see you all!

 

오랜만에 모임이라 많은 분들이 참여하셨고 예쁜 선물도 주셔서 감사했습니다. 작은 크기의 패드에 그림도 그려보고 즐거운 시간 가졌습니다. 관광객의 감소로 거리는 전과 달리 복잡하지 않아서 좋았지만 빈 상가들이 눈에 띄여 어려움을 실감할 수 있었구요. 하루빨리 정상적인 생활로 돌아갔으면 하는 마음으로 돌아 왔습니다. 건강히 지내시고 다음 모임에 뵙겠습니다. 

#57th World Wide SketchCrawl and USK Global 24hr Sketchwalk around Myeong-dong

the Bank of Korea Money Museum(한국은행 화폐 박물관), (36 x 51cm), 

pencil and watercolor

Namdaemun Market, (29.6 x42cm), pen

a scene of Myeong-dong street, (25 x 42cm), pen

a scene of the colorful buildings, (36 x 51cm), pen and watercolor

at Myeong-dong Cathedral, (29.6 x42cm), pencil

a quick sketch of the rear side of the cathedral, (29.6 x42cm), pencil

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Last Saturday, the 57th World Wide SketchCrawl clashed with USK Global 24hr Sketchwalk, celebrating 10 years of Urban SKetchers. The weather was fine to sketch the hustle and bustle of Seoul. We urban sketchers promised to have free sketch time for themselves around Myeong-dong and the surroundings. All the sketchers dispersed and drew here and there from morning to the afternoon. Then we met at 4:30 pm at the main hall on the 1st basement floor of Myeong-dong Cathedral, and appreciated many of our works, sharing pleasure with one another. 

I've sketched a lot of the scenes around Myeong-dong and the surroundings long before, so I could easily sketch the scenes of the famous places which are familiar to me. I started sketching the Bank of Korea Money Museum, Namdaemun Market and Myeong-dong street, looking down from the 7th floor of Lotte Young Plaza department. After lunch, I sketched the colorful buildings in the heart of Myeong-dong street viewed from the Baerongnamu Cafe on the 12th floor rooftop garden of UNESCO House building. Then I moved to Myeong-dong Cathedral and sketched evening scenes of the cathedral building. We had a good sketching celebrations at Myeong-dong Cathedral!

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명동에서 남대문을 잇는 서울 100년사의 발자취를 따라 걷는
스케치로의 여행은 차곡차곡 새롭게 쌓아가는 시간의 비망록입니다.
발딛을 틈 없이 그리다 보면~ 한도 끝도 없이 나오는 새로운 그릴거리들.....
쏟아져 오는 인파들과 요란법석한 빌딩 사이사이로 비치는 햇살처럼
틈틈이 따사로움과 고요함이 깃든 공간들은 명동만이 갖고 있는 낙원입니다~~

Urban Sketchers Global 24hr Sketchwalk and #57th World Wide SketchCrawl around Myeong-dong

I started sketching at small space(traffic island) in front of big department, Sinsegye and the Bank of Korea. There were bicycles for citizens for free. Peoople could use any time. I saw people came to use it and bring back after use. 

the Bank of Korea

Namdaemun Market began to be busy though it was before noon. In front of Samick Fashion Town an advertising guy who was wearing Korean traditional clothing for catching eye of customers kept shouting "Visit the shoe shops in this building!" 

a scene at Namdaemun market

It was fresh to see resting stools for tired shoppers at Young Plaza, Myeong-dong. 

In busy downtown such as Myeong-dong it's very rare to find this kind of rooftop garden, 12F of UNESCO House. The place was changed from machinery room into roof garden. It's a very calm and nice place to look around the urban scenery having tea in and out of Baerongnamu Cafe.  24.5 x 31 cm

Myeong-dong Cathedral, A 4

We displayed our works at the '1898 Myeongdong Cathedral'.

Myeong-dong may be the commercial center of Seoul. It's crowded with visitors. It's always crowded with people. You can guess by the location of big departments such as Lotte, Sinsegae and Namdaemun market, the Bank of Korea, Korean Air Lines, cathedral church and so on. We sketches this area several times. But there are lots of subjects untouched still. Buildings keep remodeling. We will love to go there any time for capturing new hot features. 

Thank you all the participants in spite of cold weather!

오늘 많이 추운 날씨에 10주년을 기념하는 Urban Sketchers Global 24hr Sketchwalk 행사에 많이 참석해주셔서 감사드립니다. 멋진 그림들 많이 올려 주시기 바랍니다. 그리고 sketchcrawl.com 의 #57th World Wide SketchCrawl 페이지에도 올려주시면 감사하겠어요. 올리는 요령은 여기를 눌러 참고하시기 바랍니다.

#53rd World Wide SketchCrawl at Myeong-dong

Royal Hotel (로얄호텔) and the surroundings, pen and watercolor

Young Plaza(영플라자), Lotte Department Avenuel and the surroundings, 

pen and watercolor

Korean National Commission for UNESCO (유네스코 회관) building, 

pen and watercolor

Baerongnamu Cafe (배롱나무 카페), pen and watercolor

outside of the Baerongnamu Cafe connected to the rooftop garden, 

pen and watercolor 

back garden of the Myeong-dong Cathedral (명동성당), 

pen and pastel

altar of the cathedral viewed from the back garden, pencil

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( 21 x 29.6 cm sketchbook )

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Last Saturday, for the 53rd World Wide SketchCrawl, we Seoul sketchers gathered around Myeong-dong which is one of the most famous tourist attractions. We met and sketched at the Baerongnamu Cafe on the 12th floor, rooftop garden of UNESCO House building. After lunch, we moved and sketched freely here and there near Myeong-dong Cathedral.

I sketched some colorful sceneries around the cafe and the fascinating Myeong-dong street. It was such a nice autumn day!

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청명한 가을하늘 아래... 밝은 마을 명동이 활짝 열리면

크고 작은 다채로운 빌딩과 휘황찬란한 색상이 뒤섞여

낮에는 햇살따라 밤에는 조명따라 변해가는 모습과

실핏줄같이 얽힌 골목에서 쏟아지고 흩어지는 인파의 물결

낭만과 유행, 소음과 경건함이 얽힌 도심의 오케스트라~ 

명동은 언제 보아도 살아있는 스케치 천국입니다.

#53rd World Wide SketchCrawl

By Kim Yeon-jae

Thank you!

#53rd World Wide SketchCrawl, Myeong-dong

Myeong-dong cathedral with Namsan Tower in the background. This was my first experience drawing with fellow urban sketchers and I highly enjoyed it. 

A view of the Chinese school in Myeong-dong. We started the day at a beautiful rooftop cafe that had many great views over the nearby shopping distract.

Everyone collected their work together at the end of a great day. We were really lucky with the weather and there was plenty of inspiration around. I would highly recommend coming along for the next SketchCrawl Seoul.

#53rd World Wide SketchCrawl, Myeong-dong

By Yun Hyang-ran

어제 새로 오신 윤향란님의 스케치입니다.

#53rd World Wide SketchCrawl at Myeong-dong

four nuns at the Baerongnamu cafe 

broom and bride taking photos at the Myeongdong Cathedral yard

Myeongdong cathedral

bazaar for sharing love held in cathedral

back feature of cathedral

musician playing in Myeongdong street

William sketching at the rooftop garden of UNESCO House

JS Lee sketching in front of cafe

sketch of JH Yi 

It was very fine neither hot as of last summer nor cold or windy. 10 sketchers gathered including five new comers. We started at the Baerongnamu Cafe located at the 12th rooftop garden of Korean National Commission for UNESCO(유네스코한국위원회). Myeong-dong is one of the most frequented downtown in Seoul where lots of tourists visit to see and experience lively mood of Seoul. There the building stands in the busiest street. But the rooftop garden has somewhat different atmosphere by seemingly natural feature though it was artificially cultivated. Nobody would imagine how the machine room was changed into such a nice space. 

After having lunch we kept sketching here and there. On the way to the cathedral I found a big bazaar was held at the ground of cathedral. People were busy to see and buy goods. I sketched two seated on chair comfortably. Because the church is beautiful and historical it's loved by newly wedding couple for taking photos. While drawing the church a couple was posing by the order of photographer. I captured them too.

At 3:30 we met at the backyard to see our works. Sharing and appreciating was there.

Participants : Lee Yong-hwan, Yun Young-sook, Lee Joung-sook, Kim Yeon-jae, Yoo Byung-hwa, new comers - William, Yun Hyang-ran, Park Ha-young, Park Hyoun-sook, Yi Ji-hyun. 

Thank you all!

오늘 날씨가 매우 좋았어요. 좋은 계절에 좋은 공간에서 그림 시작을 하고 멋진 곳에서 마침을 하였구요. 새로 오신 윌리엄님, 윤향란, 박하영님, 이지현님, 박현숙님도 반가왔습니다. 앞으로 자주 참여해주시기 바랍니다. 참여하신 분들 모두 감사드립니다. 

다음 54차 월드 와이드 스케치크롤은 내년 1월 28일입니다. 장소는 따로 공지하겠습니다.

추워지는 날씨에 건강히 지내시고 스케치 많이 하시기 바랍니다.