on a rainy day at Angug-dong & Nagwon-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul

I had some business at Jongno tax office. When I came out, it was raining. I had no umbrella but a small foldable field chair. Passing Yulgog-ro I found an alcove at Hana bank, Angug-dong branch, where I could sketch the opposite without getting wet.  The yellow leaves looked more vivid on a rainy day.

pen, pastels, 26 x 37 cm

I went to Nagwon musical instrument shopping center, Nagwon-dong for sketching inside,  But the outside scenery was more attractive by raining. As soon as I sat on the 2nd step deck which leaded to Tapgol Park, I saw a woman carrying lunch plate to be delivered to the shop keepers on her head. The shopping mall is the biggest one in nation. On rainy, windy, or bitterly cold days it's very recommendable to go there. 

Barcelona 2013 / Call for Submissions.

Urban Sketchers is honored to announce the opening of “Call for Submissions of Workshop Proposals” to anyone interest in teaching at the 4th International Urban Sketching Symposium, to be held at Barcelona in the Summer of 2012.
Due Date: December 15th, 2012.

Selection process*
The proposals will be reviewed by the Urban Sketchers Workshop Program Committee, which includes Matthew Brehm, Gabi Campanario, Orling Domínguez, Virginia Hein, Veronica Lawlor, Fred Lynch, Melanie Reim, Swasky and Gail Wong. Selected proposals will be announced in January.

Compensation
The Symposium organization will pay for travel and four nights of a accommodation for the selected instructors. Local instructors who will not need to travel will receive an honorarium.

Workshop Proposal Form: Attach to this email you will find the “Workshop Proposal Form” that needs to be fill out completely and sent to orling@urbansketchers.org before December 15th, 2012.

For more info you can contact:
Orling Domínguez
Workshop Program Coordinator
orling@urbansketchers.org
*Workshops Committee members interested in submitting proposals will abstain themselves from evaluating and voting when their proposals are being reviewed.

at the palace, Changgyeonggung(창경궁, 昌慶宮)

street scenery along the wall of the palace

Myeongjeongjeon

a couple taking photos before wedding

Myeongjeongjeon

Main gate seen from the Myeongjeongjeon

The palace, Changgyeonggung, locates at Yeji-dong, Changgyeonggung-ro across Seoul National University Hospital. I went there on last Friday in the afternoon. Years had passed since I'd visited. People walked along the wall of the palace under the colored big trees. Cars were running fast on the street. But inside the palace it was very quiet. While sketching I could see a pretty couple in Korean traditional attirement taking photos before wedding. Near to sunset the palace showed another kind of beauty with dark shade and streaks of light which was different from one with full sunlight. I met one guy with a big camera, who was a painter. I introduced him about Urban Sketchers blogs and Sketchcrawl events too.

Drawing with App.

It's really fun to draw with drawing application. Whenever and wherever I go I am with my smart phone, Galaxy Note 2 and draw. Here are some of them.

Streetlights near Gangnam Station

Streetlights near Gangnam subway station was beautiful.  The sun was setting, light scant.  The long, dusk sun made the streetlights resemble seagulls in procession.  It also reminded me of the highways in LA.  The drawing came out a bit darker than I'd hoped, but next time, I hope I can experiment with different pencils.

 2B pencil on A4 paper

Unification concert for healing injury of division in country

15 x 21 cm

There was a small concert at Children's Grand Park in the afternoon (3:00 - 5:00 pm) yesterday, Oct. 30, 2012. While I was sketching one in the plaza of the main gate I heard some music sound. I went in and sat on chair. It was supported by Konkuk University. The players were North Korean defectors and performed pansori, small Haefeum, chorus, dance, and singing. Audience was very pleased with music and dance in the park of Autumn. I was too.

Jazz musicians

So beautiful autumn around here in Seoul Korea. Last weekend me and my friend met to sketch near my house. We've met the plaza of Seoul Museum of History. Lot's of activities went on that day.
There was a jazz concert too. Jazz band with 12 brass, key board, drum and  more. Specially echo sounds was so nice beacuse the hall was so spacious and  has high celing. All players looked enjoyed much themselves. I immediately started to sketch them as quick as I can. It's was very fun to do it. When swing rhythm came, all of a sudden two young audience came out and danced. Wow~! They were really good at this and gave us so much fun. So happy day for them. So was I. And here are some of them.

pen only or pen and watercolor

sketches by Michelle Hahm

Office

11"x 8"

I was with my friends in our club's office and I sketched everyone studying. 

Oikos

11"x 8"

My church small group met up. This was my first time drawing people in secret.

Piano

11"x 8"

One of my closest friends likes to play piano, and one day she played for me at church. I sketched her without her knowing and added the colors back at home.

Michelle Hahm from USA is an exchange student of Ewha Womans University. She'll stay here till June next year. She hoped to sketch together if possible. Thank you, Michelle! See you soon.

sketches walking at Seoul Fortress Wall from Changuimun to Sukjeongmun

pen, sepia conte in holder, pastels, A 4

Today I walked Seoul Fortress Wall. I chose the Changuimun Gate - Sukjeongmun Gate section because it was the nearest one from my house. Weather was fine but it was blowing a little. The road along the wall was refurbished well with wood steps and observatory platforms. I sketched three. The scenery was beautiful with mountains and sunlit villages glittering like jewels. Just beautiful!

37th World Wide Sketchcrawl at Jeong-dong

Sketches and photoes by Mun Sang Hee

4B 연필, 종이 8절 시청앞 

4B 연필, 종이 8절 서울프라자 호텔

4B 연필, 종이 8절 정동교회 근처 골목

It was a terrific day, with lots of people, tourists and locals, gathered about the Seoul city plaza.  In the first one, I tried to express the slight fogginess in the air -- despite the weather being clear -- and the crowdedness of the buildings.  In the second, I tried to show the height -- the authoritative stance --of the Seoul Plaza Hotel among other buildings.  In the last sketch, I tried to capture quaint quality of the alleyway/buildings made of bricks around the Jeongdong neighborhood.