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 around Insa-dong, Seoul

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at Jogyesa - temple

at Seungdong Church

Su-woon Building

at Chundogyo Central Church

pencil, charcoal, pastel, A 4

We finished all the sketchcrawls of 2011.

Thank you all!

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.

sketching with KH Lee

space back of Plaza Hotel at Taepyungro, charcoal, pastels, 27 x 39 cm

KH Lee, at the Anglican Church of Korea, Jeongdong, pencil, 37 x 26 cm

KH Lee, view seen at the gate of Deoksu Palace, pencil, 37 x 26 cm

KH Lee

In the afternoon we went to the beautiful church. After sketching moved to Deoksu Palace which was closed on Monday.  There we drew the sceneries despite of cold weather. He'll return to the army. He loved the panoramic scenery from the city hall and to the Plaza Hotel. He said that he would draw the scene later in different sized paper to fill enough. So I said to him 'How lucky we're to live in Seoul!'.

sketches at Children's Grand park & Sejong University, Neungdong

What a nice day it was! Thank you for the lunch, tea, and joyful drawing picnic!

a bazar at Jongno Culture & Gym Center, Sajikdong, Seoul

pen & pastel, 18 x 25 cm

A bazar was held in the foreground of the building for fundraising which would be used for poor villagers. Most of the visitors were the trainees of classes or swimmers. I had Chungmu Gimbab(rice wrapped by black laver) and a piece of chicken skewer. And sketched the exciting scenery.  One of the staffs said it was the first time held in the center.

sketches on small paper pad

at Nonhyundong, pen & pastels, 12 x 16 cm

removal of crane at construction field at Kukidong, pen and watercolor, 12 x 16 cm

I began to sketch the first one sitting on the terrace of a coffee shop under the awning. While keeping on adding colors it was raining. I found that the left side of trousers was wet by raindrops after I finished. And I took a photo in a hurry in order to leave the place turning the sketch clockwise by mistake!

mother under treatment

Dr. Pei Young Joon is famous all over the world for his therapeutic touch(TT) treatment.

He is the president of The Korean Traditional Health Management Association.

My mother is taking his treatment for days. She's getting better.

Hoping her full recovery I sketched the scene today. pen and pastels, A 4

(건강이상으로 피영준박사님의 기치료 시술을 받고 계신 어머니의 모습을 스케치했어요. 

완쾌를 기원하면서...피박사님께서 '잘생기게 그려달라'고 하셨는데 죄송합니다.

실제 모습이 훨씬 멋지십니다. ^ ^)

one sketch at Gongdeok-Dong, Mapo-Ku, Seoul

pen, soft pastels, A 4

It was terribly windy. I had to get on a bus at Gongdeok-Dong across the Mapo Police Station.  Before walking across the road I saw the vine wrapped the street tree to the sky. The traffic light, street light pole, and electric pole created a scene worthwhile to be drawn. Because I didn't keep the mat I borrowed some paper box to sit in the very shop where I sat under the window. After finishing I got on a bus. The skyline of Mapo-ku looked so different a lot from the shapes of 10 years ago that I felt as if I were in a foreign land.

(오늘 볼일이 있어 마포 공덕동쪽에 갔다가 많이 달라진 거리 모습에 낯설었습니다. 버스를 타려고 길을 건너기 전에 오후의 햇살에 환한 녹색잎 덩어리를 보고 그림을 시작하였습니다. 전깃줄, 신호등, 가로등들이 엉켜서 한 풍경되더군요. 깔개를 안가져갔길래 가게(그 가게 창 아래에서 앉아 그리려고 했던) 안에 들어가서 종이 박스를 얻어 요긴하게 쓰고 다시 드리고 감사를 표했습니다. 얼른 보니까 복사지 박스같았는데 주는 것도 모자라 펴주려고까지 하시더군요. 말없는 친절덕에 잘 마쳤습니다. 바람이 굉장했다는.... )