Watercolor paintings at Seodaemun Prison History Hall

Last saturday, I painted in watercolor on the subject of prison with Seoul urban sketchers. All of us had a pleasant sketch time in a harmonious atmosphere. My watercolor paintings of the day are as follows.

A week ago the Independence Day, Aug.15th, I made on-the-spot survey of the present condition of this Prison History Hall, sketching various types of building with red bricks. Some sketches on the very day are as follows.

The Seodaemun Prison History Hall is not only well-known as a historical site, but useful to draw buildings of red bricks clustered close together. For our sketchers, Seodaemun Independence Park is a quite suitable place to draw various kinds of the old and new subjects.

sketches around Gwangwhamun

at street of Kukidong

national flag at Sajigdong

blue building at Sajigdong

shoe-shiner at Gwangwhamun

pencil, pen, chalks, A 4 sketchbook

The blue building which I drew using watercolor before looks very nice to me. This time I used chalks. And I began the bottom one when the shoeshiner was away. While drawing it he came back so I added him. He didn't feel bad about sketching him while some  didn't permit to draw the scene. Before I finished this he went away carrying the shined shoes to the owners. How he worked merrily smiling, I felt glad too.

at Seodaemun prison History Hall

늦은시간에 가서 즐겁게 스케치 했습니다.
아침부터 오후 늦게까지 애쓰시는데 늘 늦게 가서 죄송합니다.
스케치하는 즐거움도 있지만 그동안 가보지 못한 서울의
구석구석을 다니는 즐거움도 큰 것 같습니다.
벌써 다음 스케치가 기다려 집니다...

ASAF Exhibition(hongik university)

exhibition universty student & young man of Asia

at Seodaemun prison History Hall

Seodaemun Prison History

Seodaemun Prison History Hall

at Seodaemun Prison History Hall

오랜만에 스케치하러 나갔었는데 일찍 들어와야해서 제대로 얼굴도 못 뵙고 왔네요.

그래도 이샘,유샘,정샘,송샘 얼굴 뵈서 반가웠어요.

August Sketchcrawl II at Seodaemun Prison History Hall

The above two drawings were drawn by Odnoo from Mongolia,

who studies architecture at university in Mongolia.

prison building drawn by new comer, Kim Hye Ran, colored pencils

Kim Hye Ran with children who visited the prison

The above four drawings were drawn by Park Ji Woong.

The above five drawings(30 x 40 cm) were drawn by Yoo Byung Hwa.

charcoal, chalks, pen, pencil and watercolor

Thirteen sketchers including Odnoo from Mongolia and a new comer Kim Hye Ran,  participated in today's sketching. We enjoyed the meeting and sketching together in the historical place. It was very meaningful for us to sketch the prison buildings celebrating the 66th anniversary of the Independence day of Korea, August 15, 1945, where lots of patriots had died for the independence of nation. Thank you all!

sketches at the Seodaemun Prison History Hall

Execution building

tents outside of prison building  for visitors on the Independence Day of Korea,

Aug. 15, the 66th anniversary day

National flag hung in the Exhibition building

The women's prison in the background was under repairing, where the patriot Rhu Gwan Soon died.