Oksu Dong Sketch

   

5th sketch  15x21cm

at the lobby of Daeil building, Insadong, Seoul

pencil, watercolor, 20 x 36 cm

Today I went to Insadong to meet my friend for visiting galleries. While waiting for her to arrive at, I sketched people in front of an elevator at the lobby of Daeil building, Insadong.

sketches on small pad(12 x 16 cm)

at Kukidong, pen and watercolor

at Sajikdong, pen & watercolor

at Naejadong, pen and watercolor

at Jeoldusan Martyr's Shrine, pencil and watercolor

When I don't have enough time I use small pad. It's easy to carry and finish in a short time.

sketches at Daehakro & Hyehwadong, Seoul

Arco Arts Theater, Daehakro, Dongsungdong, pencil, watercolor, A 4

House of Chang Myun(1899 - 1966, Ex-Prime Minister, Ex-Vice President), Hyehwadong, Seoul, designated on 2007 as Cultural property of Seoul City, pencil, pastel, A 4

It was a hot day. But the sunlit red brick buildings at Marronnier Park, Dongsungdong were beautiful. It was meaningful to be able to sketch the private house of Chang Myun, which was designated as cultural property of Seoul on 2007. I went inside the house. Main building was of Korean style house and the annexed building for the visitors and secretaries was not of traditional style, but of compromised one.

32 Sketch crawl Nagwon Musical Instrument Arcade

Dong-A Ilbo newspaper building

viewed from the opposite side across the road

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The old and new buildings are harmonized each other well. And what's more, these structures are located on Sejongno, right in the heart of downtown Seoul.

Seoul Sketch Festival

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Good luck to all participants!!

Seoul urban sketcher들의 승승장구 발전을 기원합니다~

Baejaehakdang

며칠째 컴퓨터가 에러가 나서 그림을 이제서야 올립니다
매력있는 정동길, 다시 가고 싶습니다

Some other sketches in the 31st Sketchcrawl

the rear of the Chungryang-ri station building

Chungryang-ri station viewed from concourse level

the facade of the Chungryang-ri station complex building

the railroad station viewed from the upper level

quick drawing at the Chungryang-ri market

at the Chungryang-ri fish market

another sketch at the fish market
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These works are the rest of my sketches not yet opened in the 31th Sketchcrawl, which I drew at Chungryang-ri on the very day.

at the Seoul Children's Grand Park

the elephant cage

a sleeping lion

a pregnant lioness

looking at the botanical garden

Outdoor Concert Hall

a student union building in Sejong University

a mobile bank

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The Seoul Children's Grand Park is most suitable place to sketch various subjects, such as animals and people or diverse buildings surrounded by greens. Last Saturday was comparatively clear weather, so we had a pleasant sketch time with enthusiastic work all day long. We are looking forward to join with new comers. Glad to see you!

11 years ago

35 x 24 cm, watercolor

I began painting on 1995. I sketched my son and his friend playing at my home on 1999. I'm not sure how far I developed from that level of 11 years ago. I love my old drawings.

A nap

21x13.5cm, at seoul nat' university hospital, Seoul

I sketched this while she is taking a nap.

Her nap seemed to sweet.

pen and pencil watercolor, 14.8x21cm, Seoul

I went to a snack bar. Naengmyeon(Korean cold noodles), Ramen(instant noodles) , Kimchi jjigae (kimchi stew) Gimbap .. Because hungry, these looked really delicious, too.

from the rooftop, Nagwon building

I sketched this one last year at Nagwon building near Insadong, Seoul. I looked down this scene from the rooftop. I love to sketch around the Chongro streets where I feel the essence of Seoul, Korea.

gifted completion

21X29.7cm pen and charcoal and watercolor
작은 아이 영재반 수료식이 있어서 갔다가 강의는 안 듣고 뒤에 앉아 스케치만 두 장 그려 왔지요

A clothing repair shop

29.6x21cm

옷수선집의 미싱용실과 작업실에 붙어있는 눈금자가 재미있어 표현하려 했으나

잘 안된 듯 합니다

Korean language

King Sejong's statue located in Gwanghwamun Square at Sejongro

This morning I read an article in Chosun Daily Newspaper about the launching of Korean-language guide service in the great museums such as the State Hermitage Museum, the Louvre Museum, and the British Museum. It was possible by the efforts of Korean Air chairman and CEO cho Yang-ho. So Korean visitors can enjoy appreciating art works in the big three museums in Korean language. The article says that the chairman had felt sad when he had found no Korean-language guide service in famous sight spots of Europe 40 years ago at his youth. That experience might have made him search mutual communication in culture by carriers and supporting the museums.

Thanking for his achievements I post the above drawing of King Sejong who created Korean scripts of our language for the people on 1443 who couldn't use Chinese letters easily for its difficulty in learning.

more at #25th sketchcrawl

I sketched this one in the alley of Chongro 5-ga. There were many eating houses for the merchants and visitors.

This one was sketched inside the coffee shop we had coffee after sketchcrawl.

I enjoy the sketchcrawl with participants every time.

Thanks for all!

Udong

14.8x13cm, pencil andwatercolor

at Sejong University & Children's Grand Park

Today I went to Children's Grand Park and Sejong university. One can see the Students' Association Building is under construction in the road. It seems to take over a year to be completed. At park I saw a man and a lovely kid sat on a bench. The paths at park were covered with colorful leaves all around. So Beautiful was it!