#50th World Wide SketchCrawl at Myeong-dong

I started first drawing at Lotte Cinema hall at 6th floor of Lotte department.

scenery of Sogong-dong area seen from Love bridge between Lotte Young Plaza and Annual department

New comer, Han Ju-hyeon is sketching on the Love Bridge.

mannequins on Love Bridge

Myeongdong Cathedral church seen from Coffee Bean

Catholic Building seen from coffee shop

New comer (Kim Kyu-hun) at 1898 Myeongdong Cathedral 

Cold weather of -15 degrees made us hard to expect many sketchers to join. But two brave new comers, Han Ju-hyeon and Kim Kyu-hun, came for sketching together. Much thanks to Lee Yong-hwan and Yun Young-sook from Yongin city too.

But the inside of department was warm for us to put off thick coats while sketching on bright bridge looking down both sides of urban features. We shared new comers' nice sketches which were made before. Those were inspiring. After having lunch we moved into Coffee Bean located across Myeongdong Cathedral. The place was nice for sketchers with good scenery through pane glass moving the ground floor to 2nd floor freely. After finishing we gathered at the plaza of '1898 Myeongdong Cathedral', basement of the cathedral, which was rebuilt under the previous parking lot. Sharing works done all day was always worthy for all of us. We shared experiences and tips.

Thank you so much for participating with courage and love for sketching together!

오늘 몹시 추운 날씨에 참여해주신 이용환님, 윤영숙님, 한주현, 김규헌님께 감사드립니다.

그러나 언제나 만남은 즐겁기만 합니다. 앞으로도 좋은 만남이 지속되기를 바라며,

좋은 그림들 많이 볼수 있기를 바랍니다. 감사합니다.

#50th World Wide SketchCrawl Seoul, Korea [Results] page

#50th World Wide SketchCrawl page

sketching with Susan Robertson from Vancouver, Canada

     By Susan Robertson

     

 sketch at Seoul Station

sketch of stainless cup at Seoul station Food Court

sketches at Seoul Flea Market

indoor sketch at Doota Building Food Court

 Deuksugung seen from the observatory, Seosomun annexed building of Seoul City Hall

 Susan presented this beautiful apple sketch to me.

           

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by Yoo Byung Hwa

I sketched one at the waiting room in Seoul station. A 4

scenery including the Seoul Culture Station 284, A 4

sketch of the food court, Seoul Station, ㅁ 4

bakery scenery at Doota building, A 4

citizens resting in Seoul Citizens Hall, A 4

scenery seen from the observatory in Seosomun annexed building of Seoul City Hall, A 4

Though the weather was not warm, our outings were great. At Seoul station Rian, Susan's friend, joined us too. In spite of her busy working weekdays she was so eager to sketch Seoul, which inspired us so much. She enjoyed Korean food too. We had Korean traditional pancakes even at Gwangjang market, so crowded one. Much thanks for all her generous understanding about Korean culture and people. Hope her to come again soon and to be able to sketch all together! 

Thank you so much, Susan, for your pretty presents and drawing too! 

네번에 걸친 수잔님과의 스케치를 마치고 이제 그림을 올립니다. 추운 날씨에도 불구하고 주중에는 영어 선생님으로 일하시면서도 주말에 쉬지도 못하고 스케치에 임하는 자세를 보고 감동받았어요. 외국 생활을 많이 하셔서 우리나라에 대한 이해도 높았으며 특히 한국 음식을 아주 좋아하셔서 식사가 즐거웠습니다. 캐나다에서는 김치도 담가서 드신다고요. 광장시장에서 많은 인파로 긴 줄을 선 끝에 빈대떡을 사서 청계천에 나가 먹은 기억이 오래남겠습니다. 그림뿐만 아니라 많은 이야기를 하면서 즐거운 시간을 보냈으며 선물까지 마련해 오시기까지 해서 감동받았습니다. 앞으로도 한국에 자주 오셔서 많은 분들과 스케치 할 수 있기를 바랍니다.  감사합니다! 

sketches in downtown Seoul with Susan

Departure lobby of Seoul Station (서울역 대합실), pen and watercolor

Main concourse of Seoul Station( 서울역 중앙홀), pen and watercolor

Antique shops of Seoul Folk Flea Market (서울 풍물시장 상점들), pen and watercolor

Tank motorcycle (탱크 오토바이) displayed in the Flea Market , pen

a scenery viewed from Doosan building near Dongdaemun Gate (동대문 두타빌딩에서), 

pen and watercolor

Open Lounge for concert at Seoul Citizens Hall (서울청 콘서트 마당),

marker pen and oil pastel

Newspaper publishing companies around Sejong-daero (세종대로) viewed from Jeong-dong Observatory (정동전망대)on the 13th floor in Seoul City Hall Seosomun Building,

 pen and watercolor

Sejongno Catholic Church (세종로 성당), pen and watercolor

Figure painting of Susan Robertson (수잔에게 즉석 스케치 선물), pencil and watercolor

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( 21 x 29.6 cm sketchbook )

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Recently Bh Yoo and I met Susan Robertson from Vancouver, Canada. We sketched at some well-known sites in downtown Seoul from Jan. 9 to 17 on weekends.

She seemed to be fascinated by colorful attractions in Seoul. We had a pleasant sketch time despite the cold weather.
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1월 초 서울 스케치에 관심을 가진 캐나다 뱅쿠버의 스잔님과 함께  2주에 걸쳐 (토 일요
일) 주말 도심 스케치를 하면서 서울의 풍물을 소개하는 시간을 가졌습니다.
많은 분이 참여하지 못해 아쉬웠지만 스케치를 통해 국경을 초월하는 교감을 느끼는 것을
체험한 소중한 시간이었습니다.

crane trucks on cold days

working scene at an electronic pole, Nogbeon-dong, Eunpyeong district, Seoul

charcoal, A 4

As you know it's very cold these days. I could pass the Eunpyeong-ro yesterday. I saw a great scene which I couldn't meet often. There were four crane trucks around an electric pole. They seem to change something in my thoughts. The scenery was so complicated with crane trucks, pockets of the extended arms, boughs and twigs, and signal post even that I just looked upward for minutes. And freezing weather was another barrier to me. But I began to sketch with charcoal regardless of results. Challenge to capture such scene was enough. 

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scene at the construction field

charcoal, A 4

Today I walked by the former Gong-pyeong building site where a new building was under construction. I saw a tall crane truck inside the yard. I came across the street (Wujeonguk-ro) and looked up. The horizontal, vertical, and diagonal lines and shapes were attractive. Working engineers added another focus too.

요즘 너무 춥습니다. 길에 걸어다니기도 만만치 않지요. 그런데 서울은 추위와 상관없이 활력이 넘칩니다. 어제 녹번동을 지나다 엄청나게 복잡한 현장을 만나서 결과에 아랑곳하지 않고 곱은 손으로 몇장 그렸습니다. 오늘은 예전 공평빌딩 터에 새로 들어서는 빌딩 공사 현장의 여러 모습이 인상적이어서 역시나 언 손으로 한장 그렸구요. 아마도 이 그림 볼때마다 그 추위가 느껴질듯합니다. 

추운 날씨에 건강히 지내시기 바랍니다.

Fourth Annual West Coast Urban Sketchers Sketch Crawls

제 4차 서부 해안 어반 스케쳐 스케치 크롤 행사 안내입니다. 

아래 내용을 참고하시고 관심있으신 분들의 많은 참석 바랍니다. 

Frances Buckmaster, USk-Tacoma Admin, and her team of co-admins, are putting together a fun-filled weekend of sketching in this fourth summer of sketching fabulous American West Coast cities. The Fourth Annual West Coast Urban Sketchers Sketch Crawl, will be held in Tacoma, Washington (USA) Aug. 19-21, 2016. Tacoma offers an historically and architecturally rich downtown area. San Francisco, Portland and San Diego were hosts of this annual event in previous years. See the blog for details. regarding past events, the agenda (schedule of events for Tacoma), lodging information, how to RSVP if you plan to attend, and our Facebook link. This is a free event.  

Jim Bumgarner, Founder

Annual West Coast Urban Sketchers Sketch Crawls

Sketches at my cousin's apartment in Hochiminh, Vietnam

서울어반스케쳐 여러분,
새해 복 많이 받으세요!

저는 베트남에 있는 사촌 집에 놀러와서 지내고 있습니다. 제가 묵고 있는 방에서 내다본 풍경입니다. 사이공강이 보이고 크고 멋진 집들이 있는 동네입니다. 아파트에 제법 큰 수영장이 있어서 함께 간 딸아이는 매일 수영을 합니다.
호치민은 시내 어딜 가나 건설공사가 많고 젊은 사람들이 많은 활기찬 도시네요.

sketches at Uiwang Railroad Museum (의왕 철도박물관)

DEC(diesel electric cars) Type Presidential Rail Cars  (대통령 특별동차)

Steam Locomotive manufactured in 1940  (박물관 입구의 증기기관차) 

Section of train tracks in front of the Museum building  (철도기점 체험 철로)

Railroad Panorama Exhibition Hall  (모형철도 파노라마실)

History Exhibition Hall  (역사 전시실)

Model train("The Pacific -1" Engine No.4288) is on display in the Main Hall  

(파시 1- 4288 스팀기관차) 모형

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pen and watercolor ( 21 x 29.6cm sketchbook )

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Last weekend I hopped a train to Uiwang City and visited the Railroad Museum, close to Seoul. The museum,5 to 10 minutes away on foot from Uiwang Subway Station, features various materials and items like artifacts and vehicles from the over 100 years of railroad history in Korea. There were many different types of train cars and engines on display outside. Inside they had model trains displayed, all sorts of train parts and information on the history of trains in our country. It was not a huge place, but I enjoyed it with interest. The highlight was a showing of the model train display where visitors were able to watch them run on the model tracks.
I sketched some interesting scenes in and outside the museum with fantastic atmosphere.
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100년 넘는 우리 철도역사와 미래상을 보여주는 의왕 철도박물관
부모들의 어린 시절 추억과 함께 자녀들을 위한 생생한 산 교육장~~
실물과 모형, 영상을 통해 탐구해가며 스케치하는 좋은 장소입니다.
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한 해를 마치며 밝아오는 새해를 달려가는 희망의 열차를 그려봅니다.