sketches at Ewha Womans University campus

ECC(Ewha Campus Complex) building and open square

Main Hall and annex building

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pen and watercolor (36 x 51cm, watercolor paper).

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Ewha Womans University is one of the most favorite places for urban sketching in Seoul. I've sketched the charming campus for a long time, which has a good combination of the old and new buildings harmoniously.

Last Saturday, the weather was so fine, I painted with watercolors around ECC( Ewha Campus Complex) with Seoul urban sketchers including Somali Roy, William Brearley, and many new comers. It was a very pleasant sketch time in the beautiful campus.
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근대화의 역사와 더불어 온 아기자기한 이화 캠퍼스~
전통방식의 석조 캠퍼스 건축과 초현대식 건축의 하모니..
사이사이로 신구 조화를 이루는 절충식 건축과 숲속의 정경들.
아담한 교정에서 느껴지는 모든 장면들은 주변 도시풍물과 어우러져
무한한 스케치 소재가 넘치는~~ 항상 새로운 장소같이 느껴집니다.

May 29.2017

We arrived to Ewha Womans University at the morning. Sun shined with sky of May.
I did a sketch of campus sketches with over twenty sketchers.
The old buildings and the trees were beautiful places.
It was nice to draw pictures on the last wall to see their individual sketches. I already look forward next month.

   Last saturday, I attended Seoul Urban Sketcher helding in Ewha Womans University
   Many peoper gathered and new faces were seen.
   Ewha was established a long time ago so, there were a lot of old stone buildings
   especially the big trees that weremore than 100 years were very impressive.
   Sometimes the buildings were hidden from the trees, it's possible to drawing because
   it was  symmetrical.
   It's worth day and so great to see members again.
 

이화여자대학교 묵상실

본관 3층의 묵상실은 그때 그대로 있어서 다행입니다.
한발을 내딛으니 마루의 삐걱거리는 소리가 그때 기분을 불러 일으킵니다.
대학시절 가끔 혼자 가보았던 곳입니다.
조용하고 아득하여 마음이 침작해지고 나를 바라보게 하는 요즘말로 힐링장소 였습니다.
오늘은 스케치를 하면서 자세히 보니 우아하고 섬세한 디자인이 아름답습니다.

학관은 인문대학이면서 신입생 교양필수 과목을 수강하는 강의동입니다.
경사면에 ㄱ자 평면으로 한측면에 그리스 신전의 박공모양을 하고 있습니다.

27/05/2017 Urban Sketch(Seoul) Sketch at Ewha Womans University campus

Sketching meetup at the Ewha Womans University

steps inside the ECC, pencil, watercolor, 24 x 32 cm

food mall inside the ECC, pencil, watercolor, 24 x 32 cm

Yi Ji Hyun showing  her group exhibit work book she participated in

Kwak Yun Hwan taking photos

On a beautiful May day twenty sketchers gathered at the university founded in 1886. I think the campus is more beautiful in May than any other seasons. Today many new comers joined. We welcomed them! Materials and size of papers were different each. And the results were noticeable out of various views. Sharing and encouraging will bring us to the next sketching spot again. 

Participants : Lee Yong Hwan, Yun Young Sook, Andy Oh, John Lee, Yi Ji Hyun, William Brearley, Han Jung Sun, Kim Hae Won, Jung Young Kyeong, Yoo Byung Hwa and new comers : Kang Eun Jong, Lee Hyun Sook, Somali Roy, Song Yang Ae, Park Dong Min, Kwak Yun Hwan, Cho Myung Ju, An Jong Won, Kim Doo Mahn, Kim Jae Jin.

Thank you so much and hope to see you all next month! 

화창한 5월을 보내며 아름다운 이화여대 교정을 그려보았습니다. 많은 분들의 참여로 다양함의 나눔이 한결 더했습니다. 자유로이 원하는 그림을 그리는 즐거움이 시간을 잊게 하는 듯합니다. 새로이 오신 분들을 환영하며 앞으로 자주 뵙기를 바랍니다. 감사합니다!

(참가자 : 이용환, 윤영숙, 앤디 오, 존 리, 이지현, 윌리엄, 한정선, 김해원, 정영경, 유병화, 강은정, 이현숙, 소말리 로이, 송양애, 박동민, 곽윤환, 조명주, 안종원, 김두만, 김재진)

Family trip 가족여행

On vacation, we always go and stay at the same place, even though the sight is not different, it is a good place to relax.

As children become adults, I think there won't be more opportunity, so it a precious time.
Pictures on mobile phone will be kept for a moment and get erased, so
these drawings are being kept for a long time and I will remember them forever.

휴가때면 늘 머물던 장소였고 둘러본 곳도 비슷해다보니 색다른 곳은 없지만
익숙해서 맘편하고 느긋하게 쉴 수 있어서 좋은 장소입니다.
아이들이 성인이 되어 앞으로 함께 여행할 기회가 많지 않을 것 같아
더 소중하게 느껴지는 순간입니다.
사진은 휴대폰에서 머물다 지워져버리기 쉬워
이렇게 스케치를 해보니 오래 간직되고 기억에 남을 것같습니다.

Chuncheon

I went to Chuncheon,Mangdaegolmok with my nice friend.
There had been an old building, but now there are already a new building instead.
When I sketch the remaining houses, I remember the memories of my childhood.
When I play in a small alley,I miss my mom's calls to eat, and I even remember
  going home.
I went to leave the dying things on top of the paper.

Charcoal sketch at Incheon wharf

27.5 x 42 cm

Incheon is the place I used to go for sketching since tens years. Incheon wharf has all I need to practice for drawing. Water, ships, workers, endless changes of the total feature on sea are there. But it's not easy not to be confused by moving sunlight. And the ebb and flow is another problem which makes a sketcher restless. Ships rise and fall. What's worst is that the ship I am drawing leaves without notice. 

While I was drawing this one I could hear creaking hoarse sound irregularly under the moving bridge by the flowing water. By the strong wind it was very hard to hold the paper on board. Always should I wear well against wind and strong sunlight. Today I didn't. Drawing in charcoal gave me special joy of playing on paper using eraser often. 

오늘 집을 나서고 나니까 바람이 좀 심하다 싶었으나 그래도 햇살이 좋으니까 하고 버스 전철을 갈아타며 인천에 도착하니 바람이 장난이 아니더군요. 모자 챙이 뒤집어지고 종이판이 날아갈까봐 꼭 붙들었구요. 강한 햇살에 반바지아래 종아리가 따가워 가방으로 덮기도 하구요. 인천은 역시나 만만한 장소가 아님을 절감하고 왔습니다. 변화무쌍한 그림 공부 장소를 제공하는 인천 부두에 감사하며 날 좋으면 다시 오리라 다짐하고 돌아왔습니다. 

Sketches on small papers

old buildings at the alley near the Jogyesa(temple) 

Pyeonghwa print company near the Jogyesa(temple), 19x27cm

buildings in Jogyesa with flower bowls

tower with lotus lanturns at Jogyesa, 12 x 16 cm

scenery of rocks at Geumsunsa(temple)

 inside scenery at the season of Buddha's birthday in Geumsunsa, 12.5 x 18.5 cm

Jogyesa is located at downtown, Jongno. Therefore I drop in often to appreciate the colorful lanterns decorated all around the temple. Citizens, office workers nearby, tourists and lots of believers come to there to pray or look around. And visiting the Geumsunsa near my villageI drew too. Pen and pencil sketching on small papers is easy to begin and finish. But to draw well seemed to be another matter. Drawing in monotonous materials was a helpful practice to see subjects in value.

부처님 오신 날 주변의 사찰은 화려한 연등으로 많은 사람들의 눈길을 끕니다. 종로의 조계사와 돌아가신 부모님이 모셔져 있는 금선사를 자주 방문합니다. 작은 종이라도 가지고 다니면서 틈날 때마다 그려보게 됩니다. 아름다운 연등의 색을 외면하고 펜과 연필로만 그려보았구요. 작다고 쉽지 않은 것을 알게 됩니다. 내년의 연등철에 다시 도전해보아야겠습니다.