sketches at Yonsei University, Sinchon Campus

street scene in front of Yonsei campus, pen and watercolor (29.6 x 42cm)

Luce Chapel (루스 채플), pencil and watercolor, (54 x 72cm)

Yonsei Cancer Hospital (암센터), pen and watercolor, (21 x 29.6cm)

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I've been working in my office near Yonsei University for many years. So I'm familiar with the Sinchon Campus and used to sketch the various scenes of the campus buildings from time to time.
Recently, Yonsei University has completed the campus remodeling project including underground parking lot for several years. So the Baekyang-ro, main axis of the campus, was closed to traffic and changed into the pedestrian mall as a meeting plaza and rest area. It is a great change to the pleasant atmosphere around the campus.
I sketched some new scenes that I didn't draw before and enjoy the fresh atmosphere around the historic campus.
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어반 스케치를 하면서 서울의 다양한 캠퍼스 시리즈를 수없이 그렸지만,
캠퍼스의 축을 따라 시원하게 전개되는 분위기는 연세대가 매력적입니다.
연세대 상징 백양로가 쾌적한 보행과 휴식, 만남의 광장으로 바뀌면서
차량이 없는 캠퍼스의 자유롭고 경쾌한 스케치 캠프로 태어났습니다.
캠퍼스는 항상 활기차고 성장하면서 변화해가는 좋은 스케치 테마입니다.

Sketches of Yonsei University

I graduated Yonsei University. Many places which I sketched reminded me of my youth. So many buildings are built and reconstructed but the core is not changed. It was much fun for me to draw the the places in my memory with other sketchers!

Yoon Dongju's momument with a poem. He was a alumnus of Yonsei University, and most beloved poet in Korea. He lived in Japanese colonial era and even his lyrical poems are read as resistace.

Statues in front of the college of theology is named Flame Tree which symbolise God's bless.

Lee Hanyol's hill. He was shot to death in front of the Gate in 1989. He was just a sophomore of Yonsei University. At that time, students resisted very severely aganst military dictatorship. His death ignited the change of the regime.