sketches / pencil & gel pen

a boy handling his mobile phone after swimming before going home

a common mart at Naejadong where I found many geometric elements

readers at Kyobo Book Center, 13 x 18 cm sketchbook

Sketching tools were simple such as pen and pencil. Walking down to Gwangwhamun I saw the GC Mart with green awning and green watermelons on cart. Drawing with pen I could feel like that I was making a print work - etching. Large book center provided a good shelter for people to read books in cool space.

The rural villages in Seoul

Junggye-dong 104 village is well known for its rural atmosphere surrounded with woods and hills on the outskirts of Seoul. My sketches in this place are as follows.

Hongje-dong Ant village(alias Gaemi-Maul) is located on the hillside of Mt.Inwang in downtown Seoul. It is famous for the beauty of wall paintings drawn by several art colleges' students. My sketches are as follows.

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A lot of old aged villages are still well-preserved in Seoul. But it's possible that these villages may be disappearing in order to construct highrise apartment complexes. I hope these would be in existence by renovation for harmony with nature.

Nagwon musical instrument & around...

drum...

harp & cello

electric guitar shop

trumpets

 recyle

famous pyeongyang naengmyeon

rest

view at the Nagwon M.I.A

sketches at the exhibit "fashion into art" in Plateau Gallery

in front of a famous spaghetti restaurant located near Gwangwhamun

On the way going to the Plateau Gallery I could see people were waiting to enter on 2:13 pm though. I took a photo on 2:49 pm just before I left the spot. There were customers who couldn't enter yet.

Park Seung Mo + Lee Sang Bong, aluminium wire, fiber glass, silk, life casting

Cheon Seong Myung + Park Choon Moo, FRP, mannequin, wool jersey, leather, feather

Hong Kyung Taek + Rubina, silk, cotton, pens

copy part of Rodin's sculpture, The Burghers of Calais, installed in that gallery

The exhibit which KW Jung introduced us to see days ago was great with new concepts in art works cooperated with artists and fashion designers. Thanks a lot for offering an opportunity to see such a precious exhibit! At the hall I saw sculptures of Rodin, The Gates of Hell and The Burghers of Calais. I tried to copy part of The Burghers of Calais and realized that people would never feel tired of seeing them and such ones could have remained as masterpieces. Great exhibit and sculptures made me feel satisfied on a humid and showery day!

at the subway

at the subway line 3

People Sketches from Kunming

씩씩하게 잘 돌아왔습니다!!

Kunming, China is amazing city with dynamic contrast of lives. I was lucky to see various parts of the city. Here are some sketches from a wet market(시장), which is like farmer's market in the U.S..

Actually these pieces are from the beef wholesale market right by the wet market. We visited there before noon, but they were already closed in early morning. Just a few people were working on their meat. Three kids were running on the empty meat tables and were very interested in the tourist-looking visitors.

at the Mountain Inwang in downtown Seoul

a panorama of Hongeundong village viewed from the ridgeline of the mountain

beautiful skyline of the Mt.Bukhansan beyond the hill of Hongjidong village

Sangmyung University Campus viewed from halfway up the mountain

distant view of Sangmyung Art Center at Hongjidong

Jongno Culture & Gym Center located on hillside of the mountain

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Mt.Inwang is one of the well-known tourist attractions in downtown Seoul. The mountain stands at a height of 338 meters, not so far from my village. From the top of the mountain, we can enjoy fascinating vistas of the city of Seoul. Some time ago, I could have a distant view of mountains and fantastic cityscapes not only from the summit, but from the important parts of ridge of the mountain.

sketches at Gwangwhamun, Seoul

Dongwha Duty Free shop on which the Dong A Newspaper building across the street  is reflected

sculpture of Oldenberg and the Chosun Newspaper bldg

people along the Cheonggyechon street under parasols

Cheonggyechon stream with people

an old man at the bus stop

19 x 23 cm, pen, ballpoint pen and watercolor

On the way coming home after sending soybean sauce to my daughter at Gwangwhamun post office I could sketch for a while, after long, long rainy days. Though the weather was cloudy and rain dropped a little from time to time citizens and foreign tourists seemed to enjoy the flowing water. At bus stop I sketched an old man with his umbrellas, one tied on his sack and the other laid beside him