62nd World Wide SketchCrawl at Seoul Folk Flea Market

front view of the flea market building, pen and watercolor, (36x51cm)

viewed from hall around ramp on the 2nd floor, pencil and watercolor, (36x51cm)

a herbal shop on the 2nd floor, pen and watercolor crayon, (29.6x 42cm)

traditional Korean restaurant on the 1st floor, pencil and watercolor crayon, (36x51cm)

a quick sketch of indoor scene, fountain pen, (29.6x 42cm)

Last Saturday, for the 62nd World Wide SketchCrawl, we Seoul urban sketchers met at Seoul Folk Flea Market (서울풍물시장), Sinseol-dong (신설동), Dongdaemun-gu. The market is well known as the largest flea market in Korea, and all the street around market were crowded with customers and vendors all the year round. There are lots of sketching subject matters such as various kinds of regional specialties, antiques, craftworks, pottery, variegated necessaries of life, rare objects and many others.
It was very cold and windy outdoors, but inside the market building was so warm by many heaters and vibrant atmosphere for enjoying sketch pleasantly. I've visited here to sketch many times before, so all the colorful scenes were not stranger to me. I tried to sketch the familiar scenes in and out of the interesting flea market with a new perspective. It's a certainly useful experience to repeat sketching on the same spot many times.
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찾아갈수록 세월의 켜가 쌓여가는 서울풍물 벼룩시장~
훈훈한 옛날시간 속으로 들어가 변해가는 오늘을 보는 장소..
일상의 흔적이 담긴 생활소품들에서 추억이 새록새록
골동품, 중고품, 갖가지 희귀한 잡동사니가 뒤섞이면서
그려도 그려도 소재가 넘쳐나는 생활 스케치의 명소입니다.

Sketches at the Seoul Folk Flea Market

I began with this scene of pairs of socks, shoes, men's jackets hung on the column. 

I asked this man who was selling and repairing bags whether I could draw him(Yang Jo-Wook) using his stool. He permitted with a smile. And he told me that he was an oriental painter and showed me his figure paintings which were great. We kept talking about his life for painting till I finished this one. It was meaningful time and rare. 

Contrabass and accordions

While I was drawing this one a woman began to sound with a accordion next to me. I stopped this one and tried to sketch her. After finishing her playing I added colors to this one again.

Accordion player, Kang Eun-Ja, kept playing while I was drawing her. Those pieces were so good to hear and the passengers stopped to see her play and to see my work too. All of us might not forget the happy time we shared together. I thanked her too. 

People can buy every kinds of paintings. Oriental, western, big and small...

pen, pastels, A 4 

I tried to go out to capture the street sellers and customers. Big scale stone sculptures were stood in rows. And it was so crowded as much as inside. 

We had the first meetup this year at the Seoul Folk Flea Market. It was a usual cold day of January. But inside temperature was good enough for sketching. Merchants told they refurbished the ceiling for better environment. It was good to see the market develop day by day. The food court space was divided by transparent doors from the selling zone And the covered ceiling kept the indoor temperature warmer. We could feel the distinguished features clearly for we visited after one year for sketching. We thank for the participants despite of cold weather and hope to meet again soon. 

아직 추운 날씨에도 불구하고 참여하신 서울어반스케쳐스 여러분들께 감사드립니다. 새로이 변모하는 서울풍물시장 덕분에 따뜻한 실내에서 즐거운 스케치를 하였어요. 항상 활기 넘치고 재미있는 공간이 있어 든든한 마음입니다. 새로운 마음으로 참여하신 분들께서도 자주 만날 수 있기 바랍니다. 

아울러 오늘은 세계의 여러 도시에서 제 62차 WW SketchCrawl이  행해지는 날이기도 합니다. 링크된 페이지를 방문하시고 스케치크롤에 그림 올리는 법을 참고하셔서 Seoul, Korea [Results]에 오늘 그리신 그림들을 올려주시면 멋진 나눔이 되겠어요. 수고많으셨습니다!

2019년 1월 모임 안내

벌써 한해가 저뭅니다. 쏜살같이 흐르는 세월에 한점 한점 그림을 그려나가며 스케치로 서울을 알리는 일에 참여한다는 것에 커다란 힘을 얻으시기 바라며 내년 1월 모임 내용을 공지해드립니다.

장소 : 서울 풍물 시장(Seoul Folk Flea Market)
날짜와 시간 : 2019년 1월 26일(토요일), 오전 10:30 - 오후 4:30
만나는 곳 : 서울 풍물 시장 2층 내부의 작은 무대앞

이번 모임은 #62 WW SketchCrawl 에 참여하는 행사입니다. 연결된 페이지 방문하시고 ID 만드신 후 그림 올리시는 법을 참고하시고 그림 공유해주시면 좋겠습니다.

새해를 맞이하며 새로운 마음으로 갖는 모임에 처음 참여하시는 분을 위한 안내를 블로그 오른편(데스크탑 웹버전)에 올려 놓았습니다. "하고는 싶지만 해본 적이 없어서, 배운 것도 아니고..." 등등의 많은 이유를 접으시고 하고 싶으신 분은 용기 내어 첫걸음을 내딛으시기 바랍니다.

오후들며 매우 혼잡할 것으로 예상합니다. 날씨가 좋으면 건물 밖의 거리 시장도 좋습니다. 시장도 구경하고 그림도 그리시고 기억에 남을 날이 되었으면 합니다. 아울러 아쉽게 남은 며칠 잘 마무리 하시고 복된 새해 맞이하시기 바랍니다. 감사합니다.

We'll have a new year meetup at Seoul Folk Flea Market on Jan. 26, 2019 participating in the #62 WW SketchCrawl event. Meeting spot will be the small stage on 2nd floor of the market building. Hope all to join us in the first meetup of new year! Thank you.

sketches at Seoul Folk Flea Market, Sinseol-dong, Seoul

a scene of antique shops on the 1st floor, (36 x 51cm), pencil and watercolor

food court on the 2nd floor, (29.6 x 42cm), pen and watercolor

rear side entrance of the market building, (26 x 37cm), pen and watercolor

a scene of small shop on the 2nd floor, (26 x 37cm), pencil

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The Seoul Folk Flea Market is the largest flea market in Korea. It is a place alive with typical Korean folk items, souvenirs, traditional food, everyday goods and many others. Those are very interesting subject matters for sketchers.

It was a little cold and rainy yesterday, so we usk Seoul members sketched together enjoying the various kinds of interesting things inside the market building during the day. I often visited to sketch the marketplace many times, so I drew some new scenes which I didn't before in and outside the crowded market.
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우리 주변의 일상생활이 모두 스케치 소재라면
서울 풍물시장의 매력은 빼놓을 수 없겠습니다.
삶의 흔적들이 묻은 골동품과 생활도구들 속에서
사계절 만물상같이 넘쳐나오는 스케치꺼리가 일품입니다~~

Sketches at Seoul Folk Flea Market (서울 풍물 시장)

pen, brush pen, watercolor, 27.5 x 39.5 cm

Weather was fine though cold in the morning but it changed. Near the noon it began to rain till we ended the sketching. So most of us couldn't go out for sketching. The market was always busy with visitors and antique lovers. Drawing old goods was funny and the shop owners helped us providing chairs or showing interest in our blog. One owner asked me to give the blog address for visiting. I thought that the sellers seemed to be generous to customers selling old goods. Today we greeted four new comers. Hope them to join us as often as possible. 

오늘 오전은 날씨가 좋았는데 오후들면서 눈비가 비로 바뀌면서 바깥 그리기가 어려웠습니다. 안은 언제나처럼 방문객으로 복잡했으나 이곳 저곳에 의자와 난로 덕분에 큰 어려움없이 즐거운 스케치를 했습니다. 새로 오신 분들 환영합니다. 자주 뵙기 바랍니다.

참가하신 분들 : 이용환, 윤영숙, 한정선, 정영경, 오창환, 최정은, 강은정, 이현숙, 김준일, 정초혜, 정동채, 박지연, 유병화

모두 수고 많으셨습니다. 감사합니다!

Sketching meet up at Seoul Folk Flea Market (서울 풍물 시장) on Nov. 25, 2017

날씨가 많이 춥습니다.

이번 11월 25일에는 서울 동대문구 신설동에 위치한 서울 풍물 시장에서 모입니다. 날이 따뜻하면 길거리 시장 풍경도 그리기 좋습니다. 식당은 시장내 1층, 2층에 여럿 있어서 편리합니다. 시작시간은 종전대로 오전 10시 30분이며 오후 4시 30분에 2층으로 오르는 램프에서 그림 감상을 하도록 하겠습니다. 아침 모임은 주 출입구에서 2층 램프로 올라오는 곳에서 갖습니다.

오시는 길은 서울풍물시장 홈페이지에 나와 있는 이용안내를 참고하시기 바랍니다.

다양한 풍물이 있어 볼거리도 많고 그릴 것도 많은 서울풍물시장 스케치에 관심있는 분들의 참여를 기다립니다. 감사합니다.

(We'll have a sketching meet up on Nov. 25, 2017 at Seoul Folk Flea Market located in Sinseol-dong. Sketching will be on from 10:30 am to 4:30 pm. Hope anybody who has interest in sketching together to join us! Thank you!

sketching with Susan Robertson from Vancouver, Canada

     By Susan Robertson

     

 sketch at Seoul Station

sketch of stainless cup at Seoul station Food Court

sketches at Seoul Flea Market

indoor sketch at Doota Building Food Court

 Deuksugung seen from the observatory, Seosomun annexed building of Seoul City Hall

 Susan presented this beautiful apple sketch to me.

           

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by Yoo Byung Hwa

I sketched one at the waiting room in Seoul station. A 4

scenery including the Seoul Culture Station 284, A 4

sketch of the food court, Seoul Station, ㅁ 4

bakery scenery at Doota building, A 4

citizens resting in Seoul Citizens Hall, A 4

scenery seen from the observatory in Seosomun annexed building of Seoul City Hall, A 4

Though the weather was not warm, our outings were great. At Seoul station Rian, Susan's friend, joined us too. In spite of her busy working weekdays she was so eager to sketch Seoul, which inspired us so much. She enjoyed Korean food too. We had Korean traditional pancakes even at Gwangjang market, so crowded one. Much thanks for all her generous understanding about Korean culture and people. Hope her to come again soon and to be able to sketch all together! 

Thank you so much, Susan, for your pretty presents and drawing too! 

네번에 걸친 수잔님과의 스케치를 마치고 이제 그림을 올립니다. 추운 날씨에도 불구하고 주중에는 영어 선생님으로 일하시면서도 주말에 쉬지도 못하고 스케치에 임하는 자세를 보고 감동받았어요. 외국 생활을 많이 하셔서 우리나라에 대한 이해도 높았으며 특히 한국 음식을 아주 좋아하셔서 식사가 즐거웠습니다. 캐나다에서는 김치도 담가서 드신다고요. 광장시장에서 많은 인파로 긴 줄을 선 끝에 빈대떡을 사서 청계천에 나가 먹은 기억이 오래남겠습니다. 그림뿐만 아니라 많은 이야기를 하면서 즐거운 시간을 보냈으며 선물까지 마련해 오시기까지 해서 감동받았습니다. 앞으로도 한국에 자주 오셔서 많은 분들과 스케치 할 수 있기를 바랍니다.  감사합니다! 

sketches in downtown Seoul with Susan

Departure lobby of Seoul Station (서울역 대합실), pen and watercolor

Main concourse of Seoul Station( 서울역 중앙홀), pen and watercolor

Antique shops of Seoul Folk Flea Market (서울 풍물시장 상점들), pen and watercolor

Tank motorcycle (탱크 오토바이) displayed in the Flea Market , pen

a scenery viewed from Doosan building near Dongdaemun Gate (동대문 두타빌딩에서), 

pen and watercolor

Open Lounge for concert at Seoul Citizens Hall (서울청 콘서트 마당),

marker pen and oil pastel

Newspaper publishing companies around Sejong-daero (세종대로) viewed from Jeong-dong Observatory (정동전망대)on the 13th floor in Seoul City Hall Seosomun Building,

 pen and watercolor

Sejongno Catholic Church (세종로 성당), pen and watercolor

Figure painting of Susan Robertson (수잔에게 즉석 스케치 선물), pencil and watercolor

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( 21 x 29.6 cm sketchbook )

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Recently Bh Yoo and I met Susan Robertson from Vancouver, Canada. We sketched at some well-known sites in downtown Seoul from Jan. 9 to 17 on weekends.

She seemed to be fascinated by colorful attractions in Seoul. We had a pleasant sketch time despite the cold weather.
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1월 초 서울 스케치에 관심을 가진 캐나다 뱅쿠버의 스잔님과 함께  2주에 걸쳐 (토 일요
일) 주말 도심 스케치를 하면서 서울의 풍물을 소개하는 시간을 가졌습니다.
많은 분이 참여하지 못해 아쉬웠지만 스케치를 통해 국경을 초월하는 교감을 느끼는 것을
체험한 소중한 시간이었습니다.