Sunday, March 18, 2012

sketches at Saemal Cafe, Hannamdaegyo of Han River, Seoul

a complete view of Hannam Saemal Cafe, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

a scenery from beneath the bridge, pencil and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

a scenery of the supports for the bridge, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

a panoramic view over Hannamdaegyo in front of the cafe, pen, 21 x 29.6cm

a panorama of Hannam-dong village viewed from the cafe, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

 
a panorama of Sinsa-dong viewed from the cafe, pen and watercolor, 24.5 x 35.2cm

another sketch at the same spot, pen, 24.5 x 35.2cm
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Hannam Saemal Cafe, which was the first completed Hangang viewing cafe, and is the ideal place to rest on a river walk. The cafe building is four-stories high with public spaces on the first two floors and the cafe itself on the third and fourth floors, the latter of which is an indoor viewing deck affording wonderful views of the Han River, Hannamdaegyo Bridge and Namsan Mountain.
The weather was so good, and I sketched a lot of attractive sceneries around the cafe here and there excitingly. Welcome to new participants and hope to continue seeing!

Saturday, March 17, 2012

At Saemal Cafe, Hannam Bridge of Han River





At Saemal Cafe, Hannam Bridge of Han River, Seoul

scenery on bridge in front of the cafe, ballpoint pen, pastel, A 4


scenery from cafe, watercolor, 30.5 x 22.9 cm

pencil, A 4

pastel, a 4

new comer, Song Yu Kyung, conte, A 4

conte, A 4

watercolor, 30.5 x 22.9 cm


New comer, Song Yu Kyung

Lee Yong Hwan


Sunny day, fantastic scenery from cafe, rushing cars on bridge.........we enjoyed all. 
Thank you all for great drawings!
Welcome new comers, Yun Ji Yeong and Song Yu Kyung!
Hope to meet often!

At Saemal Cafe, Hannam Bridge of Han River, Seoul


Yun Ji Yeong, new comer

street scenery drawn at bus stop of Ilsan City

drawn by Yun Ji Yeong at Insadong, Seoul

At Saemal Cafe, Hannam Bridge of Han River, Seoul





Drawn by Han Jeong Seon

Thursday, March 8, 2012

sketches around Kyobo Bookstore, Gwanghwamun, Seoul

An old man was reading a book at the bookstore for a while. It's nice to look at people reading books. pencil, A 4

In cafeteria, 'Melodies', located at the corner of the bookstore I could see several men were having their brunch around 11 o'clock. pencil, soft pastels, A 4

At Susong-dong not far from the bookstore I captured the frontal scene of a small coffee shop, Cafe Shade Tree', across the way. pencil, soft pastels, 37 x 26 cm


View from the restaurant 'Top Cloud', the 33rd floor of Samsung Tower Building is always fantastic. pencil, 26 x 37 cm

Though it was blowing and cold, sketching never made me feel tired. Thank you KW Jung for sketching together and the delicious Korean pan cake 'Bindaetteok'. 

Monday, March 5, 2012

some sketches at Ssamzigil building, Insa-dong, Seoul

 Ssamzigil building viewed from the court-yard, pen, 24.5 x 35cm

 another view of the Ssamzigil building, 21 x 29.5cm 

 another view of the Ssamzigil building, 21 x 29.5cm 

 Folk dancing musicians playing in front of the Ssamzigil building at the Insa street, 21 x 29.5cm

 a portrait of Mr.Lee Jeong-woo (florist), pen, 21 x 29.5cm 

 looking down the court-yard from the roof terrace, pen, 21 x 29.5cm

 neighboring buildings over Ssamjigil building, pencil, 21 x 29.5cm


The Central Temple of Chondokyo and Soowoon building viewed from the Insa Art Center located 
across the Ssamzigil, 21 x 29.5cm 

YMCA Building (completed in 1967) located on an approach to Insa-dong, 21 x 29.5cm
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Last Saturday, we Seoul sketchers visited to Ssamzigil in Insa-dong. The Ssamzigil is a square building, not a street. It has four floors and is consist of a Korean rice cake shop, a paper hanger, an antique shop and Korean restaurants, etc. It's a quite low rise structure made out of concrete, metal, glass and wood definitely feeling modern yet warm and approachable by having open ramp style passage ways with a very slight slope. It is seen as a Korean culture complex, what is more it's so unique and has set a sort of new direction for good old Insa-dong. 
The weather was so fine and we amused ourselves by looking on the variegated sceneries and sketching here and there in the fantastic building. Welcome to join the USK Seoul, Bahk Joung-yeon and Han Jeong-seon!