sketches around the Seoul Station and Seoul City Hall

panoramic view from the food court inside the Seoul Station, (26 x 37cm), 

pen and watercolor

a scene at the food court, (21 x 29.6cm), pen and watercolor

Seoul Plaza Ice Rink, (29.6 x 42cm), pen and watercolor

viewed from the Jeongdong Observatory, (29.6 x 42cm), pen and watercolor

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Yesterday, we usk Seoul members met at the Seoul Station for the first sketch meeting this year. It was a bit cold to sketch outdoors from morning, we sketched around Food Court on the 3rd floor inside the Seoul Station. After lunch, I moved to the Seoul City Hall and the Jeongdong Observatory nearby. I sketched the fantastic scene of the ice rink in front of the city hall and the panoramic scene looking through the window on the 13th floor of the Jeongdong Observatory. It was a good sketch time in familiar places despite the cold weather.

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새해를 맞아.. 서울역의 분주한 모습과 활기찬 아이스링크처럼
서울 어반스케쳐님들의 왕성한 스케치의 한해를 기원합니다~~

Sketches at the Seoul Station, Seoul Plaza, and Jeongdong Observatory

a soldier having lunch at the food court of Seoul Station, brush pen, pastels, A 4

a scene on 1st floor of Seoul Station, pencil, watercolor, A 4

ticket office on 1st floor, Seoul Station, pencil, watercolor, A 4

ice rink at Seoul Plaza, pen, pastels, A 4

big X-Mas tree at Seoul Plaza, pen, pastels, A 4

scenery of Deoksugung(Palace) seen from Jeongdong Observatory, pen, watercolor, A 4

visitors enjoying the beautiful scenery at the observatory, pencil, watercolor, A 4

It was still cold though sunny. Seoul station has been one of our favorite sketching places for its importance as the main railroad station to most of people in nation. It was always crowded with passengers. The new building built on 2003 has many convenient facilities such as big food court, convenience shops and connected to the big outlet. And passengers to go abroad can use Airport Railroad there. Above all passengers can have food seeing the urban scenery through big pane glasses. Of course we, sketchers, have chances to capture those scenes too. I visited there so many times for sketching but I still have lots of objects to draw by moving people and kinds of demonstrations held around the station. 

After lunch time we moved to Seoul city Hall together. I tried to draw skaters who were enjoying cold weather running on ice. It was very funny enough to see them. White ice and dark buildings surrounding the rink looked strong by contrast. 

For the cold weather it was not easy to keep sketching more I moved to the Jeongdong Observatory located nearby the Seoul City Hall. It's loved by citizens for its nice view from 13th floor, where we can see the Deoksugung and surrounding scenery including beautiful Anglican Church of Korea. Having tea in the cafe we had good time sketching together in winter day. Thank you all!

오늘 새해 첫 모임을 서울역, 시청광장, 정동 전망대에서 스케치를 함으로 시작했습니다. 

여전히 추운 날씨에 참여해주신 분들께 감사드림니다.

참여하신 분 : 이용환, 윤영숙, 이충근, 백경원, 최정은, 김미옥, 김선희(새로오신분), 유병화

수고 많으셨습니다. 

sketches around Seoul Station and Seoullo 7017

the panorama of Seoul Station seen from Seoullo 7017, (25 x 42cm), pencil

a scene viewed from the old Seoul Station Square, (25 x 42cm), pen and watercolor

Shuttle Bus Boarding Area of Seoul Station, (25 x 42cm), pen and watercolor

a quick sketch of the cityscape focusing to the Namdaemun Gate seen from 

Seoullo 7017, (29.6 x 42cm), pencil

a quick sketch of railways of Gyeongui Line and the surrounding buildings, 

(29.6 x 42cm), pen

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Seoul Station is one of the most favorite sketching subjects for me. I often sketched the famous historic station several times including the 30th Worldwide Sketchcrawl on April, 2011. It was very fine last Saturday, we Seoul urban sketchers met at Food Court on the 3rd floor inside Seoul Station building for sketching around the station building and Seoullo 7017, new attraction for citizens and tourists. The Seoullo 7017 project is completed five months ago, that promotes the regeneration of Seoul Station area by remodelling the old Seoul Station overpass construction into pedestrian walkaways. There are a variety of facilities along Seoullo 7017, including an information center, cafes, gardens, and stages. Seoullo 7017 itself is open all day, every day for many visitors to enjoy at their leisure.

At first, I began sketching here and there in and out of the station building from a new perspective, looking for the new scenes I didn't draw before. After lunch, I walked up to the Seoullo 7017 walkaways and enjoyed sketching the attractive panoramic scenes of downtown Seoul. Many pedestrians and children came up to me and were very interested in sketching on the spot quickly in the crowd. I was attracted by the colorful buildingscapes and enjoyed the lively sketch time as if I were floating in the air. 

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서울역과 그 주변은 명실상부한 어반 스케치의 중심부라 하겠습니다.

구역사(문화역서울 284)와 현대식 복합민자역사 컴플렉스 하모니~~

날로 치솟는 주변 고층빌딩들과 대비되는 철길 주변의 근대 모습들,

고가도로를 개조해 Seoullo 7017로 새로 태어난 명물 공중보행로는

어반 스케쳐들의 꾸준한 작업을 위해 마련된 공간이라고 생각합니다.

Sketches at Seoul Station and Seoullo 7017

scene of food court in Seoul Station, charcoal, 47 x 32.5 cm

look down scenery from Seoullo 7017, charcoal, 47 x 32,5 cm

scenery from the side of former Seoul station(Culture Station Seoul 284),

charcoal, 47 x 32.5 cm

railroad seen from Seoullo 7017, charcoal, A 4

scenery on the Seoullo 7017-former Seoul Station Overpass)

look down scenery from Seoullo7017, pen and watercolor, A 4

piano player on the Seoullo 7017, pencil and watercolor, A 4

It was a very fine day. Seoul station is the main station for railroad. Though we had been sketching at the station we would be never tired of sketching there by moving people and changing surrounding scenery through all the seasons. Even more the Seoul Station Overpass built on 1970 was changed into a new tourist attraction this year. We took a course for sketching in the afternoon. All the bridge was full of citizens and tourists. All around urban scenery was satisfactory with Autumn fine weather. Every participant agreed that we should visit here regularly for sketching. Thank you all!

시월의 마지막 토요일은 스케치하기에 정말 좋은 날씨였어요. 서울역에서 오전 스케치를 마치고 그동안 미뤄두었던 서울로 7017로 향했습니다. 올라가기 전에 올려다 보면서 한장 그렸구요. 그런데 아쉬웠던 것은 구역사 옆 카페앞 계단에서 그리려는데 보안요원이 몇번이나 와서 계단에 물을 뿌리며 여기 앉지 말라고 하시더군요. 노숙자가 앉게 된다구요. 문화재 구역이라구요. 그래서 제가 물었어요. "도대체 문화재 관리구역에서 문화 행위를 못하게 하는 것은 말이 되느냐구요" 그랬더니 "그건 나한테 묻지 말라"고 하더군요. 아직도 우리는 멀었다하는 실망감이 또 왔어요. 전에 강남 교보빌딩안에서 그리려다 쫓겨나서 앞에서 그리려니 그 또한 교보 구역이라고 밀어낼때도 그랬어요. 아마도 몇십년 후에는 좀 나아지겠지요. 

서울로 7017 위에서의 그림 환경은 좋았어요. 공기도 그닥 나쁘지 않았던 것같았구요.

새로 오신 윤선생님 반가왔습니다. 컨디션 매우 안좋으심에도 참여하신 백선생님께도 진정 감사드립니다. 중독되면 어쩔 수가 없는가 봅니다.  감사합니다!

Sketching at the Seoul Station on Nov. 26th, 2016

안녕하세요!
날씨가 많이 추워졌습니다. 스케치 모임 알려드립니다.
11월 26일 토요일 오전 10시 30분경 서울역 3층 푸드코트에서 만납니다.
항상 생동감 넘치는 서울역에서 많은 장면을 스케치해보는 기회가 될 것입니다.
12시 반경 식사후 스케치를 계속하며 오후 3시 30분경 그림 감상시간을 갖습니다.
각자 원하는 도구를 쓰시고 회비는 없습니다. 관심있는 분들의 많은 참석 바랍니다.

We'll have a meetup for sketching at Seoul Station on Nov. 26, 2016. We meet at the food court, 3rd floor in Seoul Station at 10:30 pm. After having lunch on 12:30 pm we continue sketching in and out of station. At 3:30 pm we'll finish the meetup appreciating all the works of sketchers. Hope to see you all who have interest in sketching on the spot! 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.