Take a view of the shopping mall Dongdaemun

dongdaemun design plaza take a view to doota

take a view to apm shopping mall

take a view to apm shopping mall

take a view to doota

a terrace of the housetop

a flowerpot of restspace

 a rest of shopper

electrical car of MOAgallery ahead(seoul-university)

Seoul sketchcrawl around Dongdaemun Design Plaza

DDP building viewed from the bus stop across the road

viewed from 'Doota Building'

viewed from 'helloapM Building'

sketched the same scenery months ago

the field of construction work

another view of the field of construction work

panoramic view of  the 'maxtyle building' nearby

a shoe store in 'Doota Building'

two customers at the shoe store

an advertisement screen on outer wall of the 'maxtyle Building'

another advertisement on outer wall of the same building

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The Dongdaemun Design Plaza & Park (DDP) is a large urban development project under construction in Dongdaemun, Seoul. It will contain of a multi-use park, a fashion plaza, an underground mall, and a restoration of a number of items of national heritage. Perhaps it will be completed next year.

I used to sketch this attractive subject several times recently. Owing to the hot weather, I sketched this magnificent structure looking over the window, within air-conditioned buildings on the opposite side.

[August 6, 2011] August Sketchcrawl @ Dongdaemun, Seoul

August Sketchcrawl @ 'HelloAPM' and 'Doota Building' in Dongdaemun

It was such a hot weather but I had a good time with people I share my interest with.

* Apparently there's dust inside my digital camera lenses. 

Please bear with the smudging black spot in the picture.

August Sketchcrawl I at 'helloapM' & 'Doota Building' near Dongdaemun, Seoul

view from 'helloapM' shopping mall, 27 x 39 cm, pencil & watercolor

carpenters working on 9th floor of 'helloapM' building, 27 x 39 cm

parasols on the rooftop, 8th floor of Doota Building, 27 x 39 cm

Despite of hot weather 8 sketchers gathered to sketch. Fortunately we could sketch at the cool staircase of helloapM.. On the rooftop of Doota building the air was breezing and the view was wonderful too. Thank you all the participants and hope to see you soon, Aug. 10th, the 2nd Exhibition opening day!

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