at Cheongryangri Market ahead of Lunar New Year's Day

13 x 19 cm sketchbook

I went to Cheongryangri Market located at Dongdaemun-ku to buy some groceries. I walked from Kyeongdong oriental medicine market to feel the all the bustling of big markets. Roads were so filled with customers who came to buy foodstuffs for Lunar New Year holidays that it was hard to pass easily without touching other's shoulders. Policemen were there for helping traffic regulation.  Korean people cherish ancestors with foods and memorial service. During sketching these one man addressed me. He told about that his uncle was the famous artist in Korea, "Oh Ji-ho".  He told that his father was good at art too. Sketching presented an unexpected communication in such a crowded market.

sketches at Seoul Folk Flea market (서울 풍물 시장)

wooden chest, pen and watercolor, 21 x 15 cm

metal decoration on wooden chest

straw shoes

cow's nose rings

statue

phonograph

Stephen Kopp

Lee Yong-hwan

Song Hae-jeong, Park Ji-woong

Jung Kyoung-won, Song Hae-jeong

Though the weather was cold outside we could sketch well inside the market building where stoves heated the air. We thanked Susie and Stephen Kopp to join us every time they visit Korea.

See you soon!

sketches at Seoul Folk Flea Market(서울 풍물 시장) and at Seoul Dongmyo(서울 동묘)

Lee Yong-hwan, Seoul Flea Market building located at Sinseol-dong, Dongdaemun-ku, Seoul

pen and watercolor, 25 x 35.2 cm

Lee Yong-hwan, Donggwanwangmyo(동관왕묘), Soongin-dong, Jongno-ku, Seoul

pen and watercolor, A 4(21 x 29.7cm)

Yoo Byung-hwa, statues at Seoul Flea Market, pencil and watercolor, 30.5 x 22.9 cm

Yoo Byung-hwa, back of the above statue through the window, pen and watercolor, 30.5 x 22.9 cm

Yoo byung-hwa, At wine shop in Seoul Flea Market, pencil and watercolor, 30.5 x 22.9 cm

Yoo Byung-hwa, At Dongmyo located at Soongin-dong, pencil and watercolor, 30.5 x 22.9 cm

Lee Kyu-hwang, At Seoul Flea Market, pencil, A 4

Lee Kyu-hwang, At Dongmyo, pencil, A 4

Though we've plan to sketch at Seoul Flea Market building, we visited there with KH Lee during his holidays in army. On the way coming home we dropped in the Dongmyo for drawing some. Due to the cold weather we just finished one for each. All the street from the Seoul flea market to Dongdaemun Gate was busy with customers and merchants. And we found a good place for sketching, the Dongmyo which was built in honor of the 3rd century Chinese military commander, Guan Yu on 1601, among flea market on street of Soongin-dong.

sketches at Yongmun Five Day Market, Yongmun, Kyunggi Province

cyclers at subway

bikes of cyclers

Yongmun church

The following pieces were drawn at Yongmun Five Day Market.

charcoal, pencil, pastel, A 4

It took one hour from Oksu Station to Yongmun Station by subway. KW Jung, HS Song and I kept sketching people in subway. We had hot soup and rice as lunch in temperorary snack booth and had other delicious snacks of course in the afternoon. We bought cheap and fresh vegetables after sketching. Thank you!

sketches from a bus window going to market

at Kyungdong Market, Jegi-dong, Dongdaemun-ku, Seoul

pencil, market, 10.5 x 18 cm sketchbook

I kept sketching vehicles on streets. The market was lively with customers and merchants as always. Capturing the sceneries with withered awnings in old markets was very exciting too.

경동시장으로 가는 버스의 앞자리에서 창으로 보이는 자동차 오토바이들의 재미난 모습을 내내 스케치했어요. 참으로 역동적이지요. 쉴새없이 움직이며 다양한 모습이 연출되는 것이 사직동에서 제기동까지 도착하는 40분 가까운 시간이 전혀 지루하지 않았구요. 시장...더 말할 필요도 없는 삶의 원천같은 곳이구요!

sketches at Chungryangri Market

pen, graphite, pastels, 18 x 25 cm

The market was always crowded with merchants and customers from all over the city, nearly all over the nation, I guess. I bought some kinds of vegetable and dried jujube for tea.

Wandering around the market seems to give a lot of energy to live.

at Yongsan Electronics Market(용산 전자 상가)

The market was a real big site consisted with a lot of buildings for electronic materials and goods.

Hoping the prosperity of sellers and buyers, we enjoyed sketching many features despite of cold weather. Thank you always for joining!

Six sketches at Noryangjin Fish Big Market

Size : 15 * 10 , pencil & marker , local : Noryangjin Fish Big Market

By park ji woong

                            very happy times ..  thank you ~~  our seoul urban sketchers all members.