Monday, August 22, 2011

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...

Saturday, August 20, 2011

at Seodaemun Prison History Hall




오랜만에 스케치하러 나갔었는데 일찍 들어와야해서 제대로 얼굴도 못 뵙고 왔네요.

그래도 이샘,유샘,정샘,송샘 얼굴 뵈서 반가웠어요.