Sketches at Centro Cultural De America Latina Y Museo, 중남미 문화원

scenery from the entrance gate, pen, pastels, A 4

Maya Mural, pen, pastels, A 4

religion exhibition hall, pencil, pastels, A 4

food cafe, Taco, pastels, A 4

front yard of Taco, pen, pencil, pastels, A 4

It was a very lucky day by fine weather beyond my worrying about the typhoon Tapah. The Latin American Cultural Center-Museum was beautiful as it always has been. Being there without doing anything was just a pleasant healing. Meeting sketchers and sharing talks was another additional joy. Thank you all the participants for joining us!

다가오는 태풍 타파로 폭우가 쏟아지지나 않을까 염려했으나 다행히 적당히 흐린 날씨로 그림그리기에는 좋았습니다. 여전히 아름답고 고즈녁한 분위기안에 간직된 남미의 풍물로 그저 그 안에 있기만 해도 마음이 편안해졌습니다. 화우님들과 이야기도 나누고 그림도 그리고 즐겁기만 했구요. 그런 값진 공간을 이루어 오신 이복형 원장님 부부께 감사드립니다. 

새로 오신 분들 반가왔고 자주 뵙기 바랍니다. 

55th World Wide SketchCrawl at Buam-dong (부암동)

Changuimun Gate (창의문)

Mugyewon 무계원 (Former Ojinam 오진암)

the front view of Jahamun Tunnel (자하문 터널)

the panoramic view of Buam-dong village

Seoul Museum (서울미술관)

Buam-dong street scene viewed from Seoul Museum

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(26 x 37cm sketchbook, pen and watercolor)

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Last Saturday, it was fine to sketch outdoors. For the 55th World Wide SketchCrawl, we Seoul urban sketchers met at Buam-dong, Jongno-gu in Seoul. Buam-dong is a charming village in central Seoul that was once occupied mostly by artists and writers. 

Today, modern galleries, coffee shops, and restaurants stand side by side with old mills and barber shops on the narrow alleyways. The historic village harmonizes with Bugaksan Mountain and Inwangsan Mountain, and is famous for various tourist attractions.

On the morning of SketchCrawl day, for some unavoidable reasons, I couldn't help joining with sketchers in the afternoon. The day before, I visited for preliminary survey and drew some sketches in advance. I was absorbed in sketching colorful sceneries of important places here and there around Buam-dong village till late in the afternoon. It was very pleasant sketch time in the beautiful village with Seoul usk members.

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인왕산 기슭의 아름다운 동네~~
서울 한복판의 전원마을엔 역사의 향기가 감돌고...
예술과 멋과 맛의 흥취를 담고 자연속에 건강함을 선사하는
부암동의 다양하고 재미난 요소들은 스케치 소재로서 일품입니다.

sketches at Deoksugung Art Museum

 the panoramic view of MMCA, Deoksugung

the front view of MMCA, Deoksugung 

viewed from the Deoksugung square

the museum lobby 

art shop on the 1st floor

visitors in the exhibition hall

visitors appreciate the articles left by the artist

docent tour in the exhibition hall

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( pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm sketchbook )

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Deoksugung Palace is famous for Korean traditional palace with history in busiest downtown Seoul. The palace sits alongside a series of western style buildings that add to the uniqueness of the surrounding scenery. A fascinating mix of traditional Korean and Western-style neoclassical structures and nearby areas are very popular for visitors for the beauty and tranquility. Inside the palace, the museum building, connected with beautiful bright colored neoclassical-style Seokjojeon(석조전), was constructed in 1938. It's now the MMCA (National Museum of Modern Contemporary Art) Deoksugung,with a collection of permanent and temporary contemporary art. 

Last week, a sunny spring day, I visited the museum and enjoyed the exhibition of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Korean Modern Masters, Pen Varlen(변월룡 1916~90). Pen,Russian-Korean artist, is an important figure in Soviet socialist realism art. I appreciated his impressive masterpieces and sketched in and outside the museum with picturesque surroundings.

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덕수궁 미술관은 도심 궁궐속의 아담한 서양식 건축입니다.

서울 대표적인 명소이자 쾌적한 고궁 분위기와  편리한 접근성으로

시민들과 관광객들에게 낯익는 국립현대미술관 분관으로서

명화 전시회를 통해 예술정신을 심어주는 아름다운 샘터입니다.

sketch at the exhibition in the Seoul Arts Center

pen, charcoal, A 4

Last Saturday I visited the Seoul Arts Center to see the exhibition of the masterpieces of the British Museum under the title "Human Image". The inside was crowded with visitors of course. I appreciated every piece ranging from BC to contemporary works. There were chairs for the keepers. I sat and sketched the scenery. Charcoal was very proper material for the dark and lighted inside. It might be an excuse if I say I couldn't draw them for the rushing visitors. Ratherly I would have liked to enjoy all those masterpieces. Hope you not to miss the exhibit. Thank you!

지난 토요일에 예술의 전당에서 대영박물관 전시회를 관람했어요. 주말이고 해외 박물관 전시라 방문객이 많았어요. 점심도 미리 김밥으로 때우고 들어가서 몇시간 관람하면서 그림은 한두장밖에 못그렸습니다. 다른 관람객에게 방해될 것같기도 했고, 저도 한 작품 한 작품 꼼꼼히 보고 싶었지요. 긴 시대를 아우르는 많은 작품들을 대하면서 많은 생각과 각오를 다지고 나왔습니다.

sketches at Seodaemun Museum of Natural History, Seoul

Seodaemun Museum of Natural History,

pen, pastels, A 4

goshawk, pen, sepia conte, A 4

loggerhead, pen, sepia conte, A 4

kinds of sharks, pen, pastels, sepia conte, A 4

dad waiting for his family in museum

sepia conte, pastels, A 4

Yesterday was a sunny and hot day after a rainy Saturday. I visit museums on hot or cold days usually. By MERS infection people constrain to visit public places or to meet indoors. But I could see lots of families with their children here and there in the museum. The parents were eager to explain about the exhibited stuffs ranging from old stones, dinosaur, birds, sharks and so on. I sketched with dry materials such as pen, conte, pastels. The first street scenery with the museum was drawn before entering it. It was right this time too that I could know it more when I observe it for drawing.

지난 토요일에 시원한 비가 온 후의 일요일은 쾌청했어요. 작년 9월에 한 번 가서 공룡을 그린 적이 있었던 서대문 자연사 박물관에 다시 갔습니다. 입구에서 체온을 재고는 평시와 같이 이곳 저곳을 관람하면서 스케치했구요. 우려와 달리 가족 단위의 방문객은 생각보다 많았어요. 오후 들면서 갑자기 많아지기까지 했어요. 지난 번에는 공룡만 그렸는데 이번에는 이런 저런 풍경들도 그려보았어요. 비탈을 올라가야하지만 내려보는 풍경도 좋고 그릴 것도 많아서 좋은 시간 보냈습니다.

sketches at the museum in Goyang City

entrance of sculpture park, pencil, watercolor, 39 x 27 cm

exhibition hall of cathedral church, charcoal, 39 x 27 cm

foreground garden of the museum, drawn on 2nd visit with Mikyung Kim, May 15, 2015

39 x 27 cm

scene at the gallery of Latin countries' traditional costume

27 x 39 cm

one of the traditional costume exhibited in gallery, 27.5 x 17.5 cm

I went to Centro Cultural de American Latina Y Museo (중남미 문화원) located at Goyang City. The place was very beautiful with brick buildings such as museum, art museum, religion building, sculpture park, and so on. Shiny weather added the pleasure to walk here and there seeing the great sculptures in nice garden. Of course I could see lots of cultural sculpture works inside the museum. And there was a souvenir shop too. There were various kinds of decorative goods such as ring, bracelet, necklace, wallets which are of characteristic design of Latin America. There was a special exhibition of the clothes and textiles of the traditional wearings. The museum was originated by the former ambassador Lee Bok-hyeong who had served as diplomat in Latin american countries for 30 years. He and his wife collected lots of precious works to establish a museum. It's said that such kind of museum about Latin America is the only one in Asia. Hope you to visit there some day.

I added three sketches drawn on today, 15 May 2015, with Kim Mikyung at the museum.

The quiet atmosphere with well trimmed garden trees was good enough to heal ourselves. The museum locates not far from Seoul. By subway or bus one may be able to go there within one hour more or less according to the distance. We enjoyed the serene mood as if the garden were ours. This time I captured two at the inside of the gallery where the Latin countries' traditional clothes were exhibited. We admired the efforts of the owner seeing all those exhibited works. 

오늘 고양시에 있는 중남미 문화원에 다녀왔습니다. 날씨도 좋아서 나무, 잔디, 꽃등이 야외 조각품들과 어우러져서 아름다왔어요. 물론 실내의 전시품도 잘 보았구요. 다양한 복장 전시도 뜻밖의 소득이었습니다. 일절 실내 사진 촬영이 금지되어있고 1994년 박물관 건립 이후 많은 소개가 되어 있어서 달리 사진을 찍지않았어요. 조용한 위치에 있는 작은 종교 전시관의 안과 밖이 감상하기 좋았습니다. 가끔 가서 그림도 그리고 휴식도 취하면 좋겠습니다.

********** 오늘(5월 15일) 김미경샘과 함께 그린 스케치들을 함께 올렸습니다. 여전히 조용하고 아름다운 분위기의 문화원에서 실내 풍경을 그리느라고 애를 먹었어요. 백에 넣은 물이 쏟아지고...서서 그리다가 급기야 바닥에 앉아 마감을 했구요. 가끔 들러서 많은 조각품들도 그려보면 좋겠습니다. 먼데 오셔서 함께 그림 그려서 즐거웠어요! 맛난 김밥, 약밥도 감사했구요! ^ ^ ***************************

scroll painting of Gaeamsa exhibited at the National Museum of Korea

scroll painting of Gaeamsa(temple located at Buan, Jeonla Bukdo), which is exhibited at the National Museum of Korea, Yongsan-gu, Seoul

A 4

Two days ago I visited the National Museum of Korea. In winter season I go often there to appreciate lots of national treasures and special exhibition. I could see the above scroll painting with 1,317 cm height and 868 cm width. Though it looked very hard to imitate I tried to do on A 4 paper. It's one of national treasure, no. 1269. Color was brilliant in spite of that it was produced on 1749. Because such kind of scroll paintings were so big to hang inside the temple it was used for the praying outside the temple building. For the height of the painting it was hung in the open space through two floors. It looked so statios that I stayed for long in front of the painting.

며칠 전 국립 중앙 박물관을 방문하였어요. 겨울이면 추위를 피할 겸 보물들을 감상하려 자주 갑니다. 마침 박물관에서 순차적으로 전시해주는 괘불 그림을 볼수 있었어요. 이번 작품이 아홉전째 것이라는군요. 지난 번에는 흥국사 괘불을 그려본 적이 있던터라 다시 도전하여보았습니다. 역시나 어려웠지만 흉내만이라도 내어 본것이 만족스러웠구요. 이런 저런 국보급 보물들을 만나는 것이 감사하고 소중한 기회였습니다.

A watercolor painting in Chungdong First Methodist Church ( 정동 제일교회), Jung-gu, Seoul

Last Saturday, the fall weather was so fine for sketching. I visited Jeongdong Street (정동길) for sketching with Seoul urban sketchers. Chungdong First Methodist Church is Korea's first Protestant church built in 1897 by Appenzeller and constructed with red brick, country Gothic style. The church is located in the center of the beautiful Jeongdong Street, and is especially beautiful in autumn, when the leaves fall from the trees that line the street. And the shadow of external brick wall of the church varies from hour to hour rhythmically.
I was impressed by the attractive scene, and painted in watercolor standing up in front of the church half a day.

Chungdong First Methodist Church, pencil and watercolor, 54 x 74cm 

quick sketch before watercolor painting, brush pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm 

another quick sketch on the same spot, bruch pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

Seoul Museum of Art (서울 시립미술관 SeMA), pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

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가을 단풍 바람에 흩날리며 그림자와 함께 붉은 벽면을 스쳐가는
정동 제일교회는 아름다운 정동길의 작은 보석 같습니다.
정동길 따라 그리는 것은 어반 스케쳐가 누리는 작은 행복입니다.

#38th World Wide SketchCrawl at the National Palace Museum of Korea

Grand Ceremonial Robe of the Consort of Imperial Prince Young (영친왕비 대홍원삼)

Children's Coat with Multicolor Striped Sleeves (까치 두루마기), Early 20th Century

Ceremonial Hairpins of the Consort of Imperial Prince Young, Early 20th Century

Phoenix Palanquin (봉황 가마), Joseon Dynasty

Palanquin of the King, Joseon dynasty

Barrel Drum with Splendid Decoration, Joseon Dynasty, Replica, 건고

Bell Chimes with Restored Stand, Pyeonjong (편종)

children who were writing reports after visiting the museum at the resting place in the museum

Gwanghwamun Gate seen from the museum

A 4

It was not cold rather than we had expected. Lots of citizen including children visited the National Palace Museum of Korea located inside the Gyungbokgung.  Special exhibition "Late Princess Deokhye" was on show apart from the permanent exhibition of royal family's clothes, vehicles, furniture, and musical instruments, and so on. Six sketchers participated in including a new comer Kim Goo Young who was very enthusiastic in sketching. Thank you all the participants, especially, our old friend Kim Mi-kyung. Hope to see you and your great drawings often!