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Monday, November 13, 2017

#57th World Wide SketchCrawl and USK Global 24hr Sketchwalk around Myeong-dong

the Bank of Korea Money Museum(한국은행 화폐 박물관), (36 x 51cm),

pencil and watercolor

Namdaemun Market, (29.6 x42cm), pen

a scene of Myeong-dong street, (25 x 42cm), pen

a scene of the colorful buildings, (36 x 51cm), pen and watercolor

at Myeong-dong Cathedral, (29.6 x42cm), pencil

a quick sketch of the rear side of the cathedral, (29.6 x42cm), pencil

Last Saturday, the 57th World Wide SketchCrawl clashed with USK Global 24hr Sketchwalk, celebrating 10 years of Urban SKetchers. The weather was fine to sketch the hustle and bustle of Seoul. We urban sketchers promised to have free sketch time for themselves around Myeong-dong and the surroundings. All the sketchers dispersed and drew here and there from morning to the afternoon. Then we met at 4:30 pm at the main hall on the 1st basement floor of Myeong-dong Cathedral, and appreciated many of our works, sharing pleasure with one another.

I've sketched a lot of the scenes around Myeong-dong and the surroundings long before, so I could easily sketch the scenes of the famous places which are familiar to me. I started sketching the Bank of Korea Money Museum, Namdaemun Market and Myeong-dong street, looking down from the 7th floor of Lotte Young Plaza department. After lunch, I sketched the colorful buildings in the heart of Myeong-dong street viewed from the Baerongnamu Cafe on the 12th floor rooftop garden of UNESCO House building. Then I moved to Myeong-dong Cathedral and sketched evening scenes of the cathedral building. We had a good sketching celebrations at Myeong-dong Cathedral!

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명동에서 남대문을 잇는 서울 100년사의 발자취를 따라 걷는
스케치로의 여행은 차곡차곡 새롭게 쌓아가는 시간의 비망록입니다.
발딛을 틈 없이 그리다 보면~ 한도 끝도 없이 나오는 새로운 그릴거리들.....
쏟아져 오는 인파들과 요란법석한 빌딩 사이사이로 비치는 햇살처럼
틈틈이 따사로움과 고요함이 깃든 공간들은 명동만이 갖고 있는 낙원입니다~~

명동성당에서

오랫만에 성당을 찾았다 스케치 시작할때는 추위를 못 느꼈는데 점점 추워지기 시작했다
한장을 서둘러 끝내고 아쉽게도 나머지는 실내서 그리는 아쉬움을~
날이 좋을때 다시와야하는 또한곳의 장소로 추가이다^^

Last Saturday, it's very cold suddenly.
Myeong-Dong was very crowded with people.
I couldn't understand why there were so many people,
but Myeong-Dong Cathedral was worth enough to draw
In the morning l draw a picture in cathedral yard
but after lunch it was so cold, l have no choice but to
draw pictures at the cafe.
As always, there are a lot of things to draw and a lack
of time and talent...
Again l promised the next time better....

토요일..갑자기 떨어진 기온과 함께 주말의 명동은 무척 붐볐다
그곳에 무슨일로 사람들이 그리 많이 오는지 이해할 수 없었지만
명동성당은 충분히 그릴 가치가 있었다
오전에 성당 마당에서 한점을 그리고. 얼은 몸을 점심식사와 차로
녹인후 ..카페에서 두점을 그릴 수 밖에 없없었다
언제나처럼 그릴것은 많고 시간과 재능은 모자라고 ..
또다시 더 나은 다음을 기약하며 유쌤과 명동명소인
유네스코 회관을 들른후 귀가했다.

명동성당

서울토박이인 나는 젊은날 명동에서의 추억이 많다 (ㅎㅎ특히 세시봉!)
하지만 명동성당에 들어가본것은 처음이었다
유럽의 웅장한 수많은 성당을 다녀본지라 비슷할꺼라 생각했는데...
성당안의 한국적인 분위기가 멋졌다
ㅎ~ 한국의 자존감은 그곳에도 있었다
마음은 여러장 그리고싶었으나....
숙달 되지않은 나의 현장감은 오늘도 우왕좌왕... 이렇게 2장으로 마무리~
명동을 돌며 곳곳에서 스케치를 하신 회원님들을 무한 부러워하며
아쉬운 마음으로 젊은날을 회상하며 명동을 돌아돌아 집으로왔다

Sunday, November 12, 2017

명동성당 스케치

21X29.7cm : 3장

14.8X21 cm: 4장

늦게 참석하느라 성당에서만 스케치를 하였습니다.
항상 반갑게 맞아주신 회원님들께 감사드립니다.

World Wide SketchCrawl(57th)

Myeongdong Cathedral 1. 38×27cm

Myeongdong Cathedral 2. 26×36.5cm

Catholic Hall 30×19cm

Prayer to Our Lady 19×30cm

I felt like I had a lot of feelings about the history of Korea,but now the wedding ceremony and the noise of the tourists are filling up the church.

I wanted to sketch the inside of the church again on a busy weekday.

Suddenly it seems cold to be long and memorable.

오랜만에 방문한 명동성당에서의 기억은 추웠다는 기억으로 남을것 것 같다 .멀리 움직이지 못하고 앞에서만 스케치하고 와서 더 많은 아쉬움이 남는다.

명동성당 스케치

오랫만에 명동에 나갔더니 역시 많이 바뀌었더군요. 그래도 성당은 의연히 예전 모습을 간직하고 있네요. 별로 안추울줄 알고 나갔다가 추워서 혼났어요. 그래도 즐거운 스케치였습니다. 다음 스케치는 11월 18일 이니까 그때 봐요~~

Saturday, November 11, 2017

Urban Sketchers Global 24hr Sketchwalk and #57th World Wide SketchCrawl around Myeong-dong

I started sketching at small space(traffic island) in front of big department, Sinsegye and the Bank of Korea. There were bicycles for citizens for free. Peoople could use any time. I saw people came to use it and bring back after use.

the Bank of Korea

Namdaemun Market began to be busy though it was before noon. In front of Samick Fashion Town an advertising guy who was wearing Korean traditional clothing for catching eye of customers kept shouting "Visit the shoe shops in this building!"

a scene at Namdaemun market

It was fresh to see resting stools for tired shoppers at Young Plaza, Myeong-dong.

In busy downtown such as Myeong-dong it's very rare to find this kind of rooftop garden, 12F of UNESCO House. The place was changed from machinery room into roof garden. It's a very calm and nice place to look around the urban scenery having tea in and out of Baerongnamu Cafe. 24.5 x 31 cm

Myeong-dong Cathedral, A 4

We displayed our works at the '1898 Myeongdong Cathedral'.

Myeong-dong may be the commercial center of Seoul. It's crowded with visitors. It's always crowded with people. You can guess by the location of big departments such as Lotte, Sinsegae and Namdaemun market, the Bank of Korea, Korean Air Lines, cathedral church and so on. We sketches this area several times. But there are lots of subjects untouched still. Buildings keep remodeling. We will love to go there any time for capturing new hot features.

Thank you all the participants in spite of cold weather!

오늘 많이 추운 날씨에 10주년을 기념하는 Urban Sketchers Global 24hr Sketchwalk 행사에 많이 참석해주셔서 감사드립니다. 멋진 그림들 많이 올려 주시기 바랍니다. 그리고 sketchcrawl.com 의 #57th World Wide SketchCrawl 페이지에도 올려주시면 감사하겠어요. 올리는 요령은 여기를 눌러 참고하시기 바랍니다.