sketches at Saemal Cafe, Hannamdaegyo of Han River, Seoul

a complete view of Hannam Saemal Cafe, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

a scenery from beneath the bridge, pencil and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

a scenery of the supports for the bridge, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

a panoramic view over Hannamdaegyo in front of the cafe, pen, 21 x 29.6cm

a panorama of Hannam-dong village viewed from the cafe, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

 

a panorama of Sinsa-dong viewed from the cafe, pen and watercolor, 24.5 x 35.2cm

another sketch at the same spot, pen, 24.5 x 35.2cm

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Hannam Saemal Cafe, which was the first completed Hangang viewing cafe, and is the ideal place to rest on a river walk. The cafe building is four-stories high with public spaces on the first two floors and the cafe itself on the third and fourth floors, the latter of which is an indoor viewing deck affording wonderful views of the Han River, Hannamdaegyo Bridge and Namsan Mountain.
The weather was so good, and I sketched a lot of attractive sceneries around the cafe here and there excitingly. Welcome to new participants and hope to continue seeing!

at the parking lot of Seungdong Church, Insa-dong from archive

pencil & watercolor

Sketched on March, 2009. I was caught by the dark space of the 2nd floor of parking space contrasted by the Jongno Tower Building. Only sketches could make remind me of the air at that time as for me.

Sketch around Insa-dong

Jogyesa temple

 Insa-dong

Chundogyo Central Church

 sketch of the left side of Chundogyo Central Church

Angel's Trumpet at botanical garden in Children's Grand Park

pencil & watercolor, 27 x 39 cm

I saw this flower in the corner of botanical garden. The shape was perfect to appreciate. Visitors seemed to know the name. They were fond of my drawing too saying 'The picture looks better than the real one.' How can it be! The natural feature is the best and perfect.

sketches at bus

pencil & watercolor, 12 x 19 cm sketchbook

I sketched these ones in a bus (401) freely with pencil(6B) and washed at home with watercolor. I captured the rough images in a bus. The streets were very beutiful with yellow leaves of trees.

aerial ladder for moving

pencil and watercolor, A 4

An office at banpo building located at Nonhyundong was moving using aerial ladder. Moving gives interesting subjects for sketchers. Trucks, ladders, laborers, desks, and other belongings form many kinds of composition in the open space. Today I saw this scene. I started at once and finished with watercolors. Men related with the work came and saw the drawing. When I left they asked whether I would correct(add) or not. I answered 'mostly not, but I'd think after being dried completely'. And I didn't.

in botanical garden at Seoul Zoo from archive

near the entrance of the botanical garden of Seoul Zoo, pencil and watercolor

cactus inside the botanical garden, pencil and watercolor

 inside the botanical garden, pencil and watercolor

inside of the botanical garden, pencil and watercolor

These were drawn years ago. At winter I often went inside the botanical garden for the warmth.

Sizes of all are about B4.

at Seoul Zoo from archive

2006, pencil and watercolor, B 4

Years ago I sketched a lot at Seoul Grand Park(Seoul Zoo). This drawing is one of my favorites.

광저우 발 홍콩행 기차 안에서

곤히 주무시던 앞자리 아저씨

서대문형무소에서

Insadong

낙원악기상가 계단에서 내려다 본 떡집

커피빈 골목에서 내려다 본 모습

sketches from archive at the Gaemi Maeul(Ant Village) on June, 2011

17.5 x 27.5 cm sketchbook, pencil & watercolor

scene at the village. I took my sketchbook upside down by mistake taking a photo.

I post these drawings for the reference of sketchcrawl on Sept. 17, 2011 at the Gaemi Maeul(the Ant Village)  Two sketches are more here. I hope you to enjoy the beautiful autumn sketch there on a sunny day if possible.

at the subway

at the subway line 3

Various types of Campus building

Student building, Sookmyung Women's University

Museum, Sookmyung Women's University

Welch-Ryang Auditorium, Ewha Womans University

Business School, Sungkyunkwan University

Faculty Hall, Sungkyunkwan University

Science Library, Korea University

Museum, Sejong University

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In our city life, a lot of campus buildings around us are very interersting subjects for the urban sketchers. On the campus everywhere, we come to meet not only plenty of objects of drawing, but of architectural various types.

Some sketches around Namsan in Seoul

Namsan Public Library viewed from the opposite side

a distant view from the Namsan Circular Road

buildingscape nearby Namdaemun

Huam-dong village under construction

old fashioned Hoehyeon Apartment building constructed in 1970

a cafe along the roadside

Haebangchon village below the Namsan Circular Road

humble houses at Namchang-dong

rear side of the Mesa building at Namdaemun market

Seoul Education Research Information Institute located on approach to Namsan

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Namsan is well-known as a celebrated mountain in downtown Seoul. The mountain and surrounding area is a public park maintained by the city government. It is a popular spot for a panoramic view of Seoul. Moreover there are a lot of interesting subjects for sketchers at the change of seasons. I sketched diverse sceneries walking along the Namsan Circular Road halfway up the mountain.