Sketches around Hyehwadong & Daehagro, Seoul

Hyehwadong Catholic Church, pen and watercolor, 24.3 x 35cm

Chang Myun's House at Hyehwadong, pencil and soft pastel, 21 x 29.6cm

another sketch of Chang Myun's House, ball-point pen, 21 x 29.6cm

building of the Federation of Artistic & Cultural Organizations of Korea, scheduled to move into the new building at Mokdong before long, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

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Daehagro is the familiar road from my childhood. Each time I visit there, I feel an indescribable nostalgia to the changed sceneries around my native place. I sketched a few buildings left unchanged, bring back my memory.

at atelier

33.2x23cm, pen and watercolor

Myungruyndang/Ku yunkyong

sketches at Daehakro & Hyehwadong, Seoul

Arco Arts Theater, Daehakro, Dongsungdong, pencil, watercolor, A 4

House of Chang Myun(1899 - 1966, Ex-Prime Minister, Ex-Vice President), Hyehwadong, Seoul, designated on 2007 as Cultural property of Seoul City, pencil, pastel, A 4

It was a hot day. But the sunlit red brick buildings at Marronnier Park, Dongsungdong were beautiful. It was meaningful to be able to sketch the private house of Chang Myun, which was designated as cultural property of Seoul on 2007. I went inside the house. Main building was of Korean style house and the annexed building for the visitors and secretaries was not of traditional style, but of compromised one.

Some sketches of Gilsangsa at Seongbukdong, Seoul

the scenery of main entrance, pen and watercolor, 24.3 x 35cm

the Geukrakjeon, former Korean-style restaurant, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

traditional roof tiles of the entrance gate, pencil and soft pastel, 21 x 29.6cm

the Buddhist image inside the Geukrakjeon, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

Seongbukdong Catholic Church near Gilsangsa Temple, pen and watercolor, 24.3 x 35cm

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Today I sketched at Gilsangsa Temple here and there. The weather was fine, so I had a pleasant sketch time around the precincts half a day. Anywhere the religious building is a good subject to draw indeed.

at Gilsangsa(Temple) located at Seongbugdong, Seoul

Tea cafe inside the temple, pen, chalks(square), A4, packing paper

profile of the entrance gate of the temple seen from the Tea Cafe, pencil, chalks(square), A4 packing paper

front yard scenery of Geukrakjeon(Paradise Hall), pen and watercolor, chalk, A4 packing paper

a Buddhist monk praying at Geukrakjeon(Paradise Hall), pen and watercolor, chalk, A 4 packing paper

inside the Geukrakjeon(Paradise Hall), pencil & watercolor, chalk, A 4 packing paper

part of Geukrakjeon(Paradise Hall), charcoal, A 4 packing paper

entrance gate of the temple, pencil, A 4 packing paper

Great day was it to sketch in great temple remembering the great monk, Beobjeong!

Seoungbookdong and Gilsangsa

believers of different religions at different places

Buddhist nun with her phone at a bus, chalk, A 4

Female believers were arranging flowers at an altar of the Jongro Catholic Church located at Jongro 4 Ga, Seoul. pen & soft pastels, A 4

On the way going to Dongdaemun Market I sketched the above ones. At church they were busy with their work and didn't prohibit me to draw inside the church. Looking at the beautiful flowers and smelling the fragrance was another present beside the drawing.

Myungrundang and Daehagro

A construction field at Yeonhuidong, Seoul

pen and soft pastel, 18 x 26cm

pen and watercolor, 18 x 26cm

pen and drawing pencil, 18 x 26cm

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A few days ago, on my way home from the office, a construction field caught my eyes. The figure of neighboring building adjacent to the ruins, which had hidden by the demolished building, was exposed untouched. I sketched the naked scene immediately before disappearance.