A backstreet

pen and pencil watercolor, 29.7x21cm, in front of Myung dong church

명동성당 앞의 좁은 골목길로 중앙극장 뒷골목이기도 합니다.
사양길에 접어든 골목으로 문닫은 상점들이 곳곳 눈에 띄입니다.

간판들과 엉킨 전선줄만이 무성합니다

My Daughter watching World Cup

6월 17일 아르헨티나와의 경기를

기도하는 마음으로 보고있는 딸의 모습입니다.

오늘도 우리 모든 국민의 바램이 이루어졌으면 좋겠습니다.

Seoul Sketchcrawl at Traditional Korean Village

Buildings around Namsangol Traditional Village

Bak Yeong hyo's Mansion

Seoul Namsan Korean Traditional Music Hall

Korea House at Pil-Dong

A traditional craftsman makes straw shoes.

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Last Saturday, I joined with Seoul Sketchcrawl party on Namsangol Traditional Korean Village at the nothern foot of Namsan Mountain in Seoul. We had a pleasant sketch time in spite of the summer heat. I sketched several works here and there in Traditional Korean Village and the surroundings.

wedding ceremony at Namsan Korean style house village

Some young people like to wed in a traditional style. So we could participate in such a wedding fortunately. Of course we sketched celebrating and enjoying the process. Foreigners looked it out of curiosity, took photos. Bride and bridegroom were bowing to each other.

The Sketchcrawl at Namsan Korean Style House Village

pen and pencil watercolor, 21x14.8cm

pen and pencil watercolor, 29.7x21cm,

I sketched this painting at Namsam Korean Style House.

first: The last Korean empress' parents home. She is Sunjeonghyo Empress(1894~1966)

second: That style is the Korean kitchen of old and a part of the last Korean empress' parents home. It looked many red peppers, soybeans, and rice bowl, vessels on set the table.

at Namsan Korean style house village, Seoul

participants Jung Un-ja, Park Jung-sook, Kwon Jae-soon from left

Yoo Byung-hwa, floor, pen, 21 x 29.7 cm

More drawings will follow one by one. Thanks a lot for 7 participants(Kim Kyung-hee, Jung Kyoung-won, Lee Yong-hwan, & Yoo Byung-hwa beside the three of the photo). All sketchers enjoyed and felt glad to meet again. Hope to see you soon...

working husband and sleeping wife

Today I sketched these three ones at Naejadong, Chongro-ku, Seoul. I drew them before. Her sleeping pose caught my eye at first. I felt happiness seeing the old couple.

pile of Yuntan, Oheum-ri, countryside

pile of burnt Yuntan(19-hole briquet), 24 x 32 cm, pencil

Years ago most Korean people used Yuntan as fuel. The burnt Yuntan was used for mixing with soil to cultivate vegetable or flower. Such scene might have been found in countryside or urban cities too at those days.

at Seoul Grand Park, Gwachon

condor cage, 2006, pencil & watercolor, 29.5 x 41.5 cm

water tap at the park, 2006, pen on body colored paper, 29.5 x 41.5 cm

in front of shops

Last year I sketched in front of a shop selling goods for buddhists. The shops locate near the Chogye temple at Gyunji-dong, Chongro-ku, Seoul. The left shop was a take-out coffee shop. When I passed the coffee shop 10 days ago, I found it closed being demolished. So this drawng could be left as a record.