Sketches at Jeong Dong, Seoul

                This Tuesday we had an occasional meeting .
                I joined sketching  after lunch because I had
                a weekly class every weekdays .
                It was not crowded on a weekday,and it was
                a perfect day to draw. Above all, there were so
                many things to draw around Deoksu Palace.
                I was a little ashamed not to know exactly the
                history of the buildings...

                이번주 화요일에 캐나디언 u.k의 요청으로 번개 스케치
                모임이 있었다.나는 매주 화요일 듣는 수업으로 점심후
                회원들과 스케치를 시작했다.
                주중이라 한산했고 날씨도 더할나위없이 좋았다.
                무엇보다 덕수궁,광화문주변은 신,구가 조화로운
                그릴 것 들로 가득찬 종합선물세트 같은 곳 이다.
                짧게나마  힐링의  시간을 가졌다. ..   
               

정관헌과 배재학당

 수원어반스케쳐스에서 왕성하게 활동하고 계신 정효선님의 작품입니다.

평일 낮에 어반스케치가 열려서 참여할 수 있는 시간이 되어서 참여하셨습니다.

 

정관헌

 

 

 

배재학당

 

 

덕수궁 어반스케치

 

 

서울어반스케쳐스에 처음 참가하신 김채은님 작품입니다.

 

 

 

 덕수궁에 있는 정관헌

 

 

 

배재학당역사박물관

 

 

 배재학당내 조형물

 

 

Deoksu Palace and Pai Chai school in Jeongdong

USK Seoul in Deoksu Palace and Baejae Jeondong, Seoul, South Korea with Nancy from BC, Canada.

Jeonggwanheon: The meaning of this name is "the place to watch the garden silently"

So, we need to be quiet in this place, but kids and students were unspeakably chatty as usual.

 Pai Chai School Museum: It was the first modernized school established by Henry Gerhart Appenzeller in 1885. It's been more than 100 years and hope this building remain safely forever.

The Korea Independent Newspaper site in Pai Chai school

I googled it, however, it may not be the exact site of the building.

The Korean Independent News paper established in 1864 (~1951) by JaePil Seo.

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Due to the bad right hand wrist, I had to use oil pastel most of the time. Anyway it was quite pleasure to draw together and especially special guest Nancy from BC, CANADA. Hope to see you again someday!  

조은비(Margaret) 입니다. 손목부상으로 제대로 그림을 그리지 못했네요. 

그래도 언제나 그리기는 즐겁습니다. 다음 모임때 뵙겠습니다.^^

덕수궁과 배재학당

정관헌 (21*50cm, pen and coloured pencils) 

덕수궁에서  (21*25cm, brushpen) 

백재학당 역사박물관 (24*32cm, pen and watercolor) 

 

 

덕수궁은 우리나라 4대궁중에 가장 특색있는 건물들이 많아

이것저것 많이 그려보고 싶었는데 정관헌 하나만 결국 그렸네요..

 

수채 채색을 못하게 하는 것이 아쉬웠지만..

집에와서 채색해봐야지 했는데 잘 안되네요..

 

시립미술관 뒤편에 배재학당이 있는 줄 몰랐는데...

이렇게 또 좋은 곳을 알아가네요..

 

정동은 이곳저곳 그릴만한 건물이 많은 것 같습니다.

다음에라도 방문해서 그려봐야겠습니다.

 

감사합니다.

 

Sketches at Deoksugung Palace and Jeong-dong, Seoul

a scene viewed from indoor walls of Deoksugung Palace, pen and watercolor, 

(29.6 x 42cm)

Junghwajeon, the main throne hall at Deoksugung Palace, pen and watercolor, 

(36 x 51cm)

surrounding buildings viewed from Deokhongjeon, pen, (36 x 51cm)

Seoul City Hall and Seoul Metropolitan Library viewed from Daehanmun, pen, 

(29.6 x 42cm) 

Appenzeller Noble Memorial Museum (Pai Chai HakDang) and Seoul Child-care 

information center building, pen and watercolor, (29.6 x 42cm)

Jeongdong First Methodist Church after renovation, pen and watercolor, (36 x 51cm)

Nancy Ho, a foreign sketcher from Canada, pencil, (21 x 29.6cm)

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Yesterday, the weather was so fine to sketch under the autumn sky.  We Seoul urban sketchers including a foreign new comer, Nancy Ho, met together around Deoksugung 

Palace and had a good sketch time all day. Deoksugung Palace is one of the most famous attractions for Korean traditional palace with history in downtown Seoul. The palace sits alongside a series of modern style buildings that add to the uniqueness of the surrounding scenery. We sketched the colorful traditional buildings inside the palace through the morning, and after lunch we moved to Jeong-dong adjacent to the palace. There are a lot of attractive subject matters for sketching such as beautiful stonewall walkway, various church buildings, museums, modern architectural properties and the traditional festivals for many tourists and visitors. I liked such subjects and enjoyed sketching around Jeong-dong for a long time. I sketched lovely scenes in historic downtown Seoul with a peace of mind as ever.

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가을하늘~~ 덕수궁과 정동을 중심으로 펼치는 파노라마는

시청과 광화문, 종로와 남대문, 명동과 서울역을 어우르며

모든 요소가 무궁무진 깔려있는... 그리면 그릴수록 새로워지는,

그토록 수없이 그려도 그려도 지루하지 않은... 열린 스튜디오~

어반스케치 명소중의 명소라고 느껴집니다.

도심 나들이.

도심에 위치한
고궁은 한적함에서 멀어져 있었지만
꼬까옷을 챙겨 입은
유치원 꼬맹이들의 웃음소리와 귀여운 몸짓으로
생기가 가득 !! 

그 옛날 꼬맹이들 데리고다니던
추억과 함께
후다닥 몇장 그려보았습니다.

도심과고궁의연결이 어색하지 않은 서울.
날씨도 즐거웠어요..

덕수궁에서

       

          한동안  못나갔었는데   이번에도  개인사정으로  조금  하다  돌아오려니
           아쉬움만  많이 남는 스케치였다~
         

덕수궁에서

덕수궁은 서울에 있어도 아이들 어릴때 빼곤 별로 가본 적이 없었는데 어반스케치 덕분에 덕수궁이며 배제학당 정동교회등 보고 느끼며 새롭게 도심을 그리는 어반 스케치에 빠져들며 다음장소를 기대해 봅니다. 함께한 모든 분들 반가웠습니다. 김조묘

Sketching meetup with Nancy Ho from Canada

Sketch by Nancy Ho at Pai Chai HakDang

Nancy Ho(left) sketching with Seoul Urban Sketchers

I've done this one inside the Dunkin Donuts shop waiting for the sketchers to arrive at.

pen, pastels, A 4

Deoksugung Palace is not big but makes attractive scenes with modern buildings surrounding it. I could see newer scenery though I visited there so many times. 

buildings in Deoksugung Palace, charcoal, pastels, A 4

I tried charcoal to express the volume of big gate and roof seen through the empty space of open doors. I used yellow color of pastel in Chinese characters on signboard.

30 x 42.5 cm (A3)

When I sat on bench in front of fountain a photographer was taking picture. I captured his pose rapidly with brush pen and added pastels. Movement of human in motionless old architecture gave fresh feelings. But the scenery varied by light, breeze, shadow...

brush pen, water soluble color pencils, A 3

I sat beside the Pai Chai HakDang building looking at the Daycare center of Seoul City Hall. The building looks different according to the capturing spot. I drew it several times before. Red brick color looked harmonious with the Pai Chai HakDang. 

brush pen, watercolor, A 3

Pai Chai HakDang

It was really fine day. Because it was an ordinary day the palace was not crowded with visitors so we could enjoy the beautiful weather and architectural scenery. After having lunch we moved to nearby educational building consisted with old memorable building and contemporary one. We gathered to sketch with Nancy Ho. She thanked for the moments of sketching and sharing. Of course we enjoyed the meeting too. Wish her to keep traveling and sketching all the countries! 

오늘 좋은 날씨에 조용한 고궁과 배재학당 관장에서 낸시 호님과 즐거운 스케치 시간을 가졌습니다. 평양 여행 이야기도 잠깐 들을 수 있어서 좋았습니다. 시종 스케치를 즐기는 모습에서 진정한 스케쳐라는 생각을 하였구요. 남은 체류기간에 알찬 여행을 하기를 바랬습니다.

참석하신 분들 : Nancy Ho, 이용환, 한정선, 백경원, 유병화, 이충근, 최정은, 김조묘, 최덕희, 조은비, 정효선, 김채은

감사합니다!