On July 21st,
Seoul Urban Sketchers had World Wide Sketcher meeting at Islamic central Mosque
which is located in Itaewon. The Mosque was built in 1970 and the harmony of
the white building and the blue tiles was gorgeous and unusual. The crescent
moon for symbol of Islam and the phrase, arabic written in green, “god is great” were impressive.
Mosque is located on a hill, thus it has a panoramic view of
Itaewon. The worship services are held five times a day, sunrise, noon,
afternoon, sunset, and at night. On the day we were drawing, services were not
held, so it was perfect day to sketch except of terribly hot. I was
disappointed by the fact that visitors could not enter the Mosque, hence we
could not sketch the inside. But I was very impressed by Urban Sketcher’s passion as hot as
the weather.
Shoes left for
worship (20*13 cm, pen & water colored pencil)
The top of the
mosque (20*13 cm, pen)Outside Mosque (13*30 cm, pen & water colored pencil)
Seoul Central Masjid, first Islamic Mosque (25*18 cm, pen & water color)
Some buildings
from hill (29* 21 cm, pen & oil colored pencil)