#45 World Wide SketchCrawl at Yeouinaru

pencil, pastels, watercolor

42 x 30 cm

It was a real fine day, no blowing, clear sky, warm weather. Nine sketchers participated in this time. Yeouinaru is a resting area for citizen, where Han River cruise terminal locates. People enjoyed picnic with their families or riding bicycles. Thanks to lots of benches with big parasols we could keep sketching  comfortably. In the afternoon there was a show which a man rising into the sky by the strong motor power controlled in the motor boat. He looked like an acrobat on water repeating rising and jumping down the water. Kids and visitors liked the show very much. It was a very interesting experience for me to capture the scene too. We had an on-the-spot exhibition at 4 o'clock. Participants showed much interest taking photos of other ones' works. Thank you all : YH Lee, KY Lee, YM Ham, JH Han, KH Kim, BH Yoo and new comers, Hwang Oh-Yeon, Gu Bon-ok, and Choi Deak-hee. 

Hope you to visit here and enjoy all the sketches from the globe.

dining room

pen, watercolor, A 4

Ten days ago I visited my mother who stays in Seodaemun district silver care center. It was early in the morning. The scenery with Inwang mountain out of the window was so good that I felt like sketching. It was a memorable experience for two of us that I drew the place she used to use. 

열흘 전에 어머니가 계신 서대문 구립 노인전문 요양 센터에 갔었어요. 아침 햇살이 너무 좋아서 창문 너머에 보이는 인왕산 줄기의 숲과 환한 나무를 그리지 않을 수 없었어요. 기념으로 그려두고 싶었구요. 제가 그림을 그리는 모습을 처음으로 처음부터 끝까지 보시게 되는 계기도 되어서 의미 있는 경험이었습니다.

sketches around Seokparang, Korean traditional restaurant, Hongji-dong, Seoul

main gate of Seokparang inside the precincts, 21 x 29.6cm, pen and watercolor

Seokparang restaurant building, 21 x 29.6cm, pen and watercolor

view from above, 21 x 29.6cm, pen and watercolor

the signboard viewed from the street, 21 x 29.6cm, pen and watercolor

Seokpajeong Villa, Cultural Property, 21 x 29.6cm, pen and watercolor

Italian restaurant "Stone Hill", 21 x 29.6cm, pen and watercolor

the whole view of Seokparang and Seokpajeong Villa, 18 x 29.6cm, 

pen and watercolor

a scene viewed from the street, 21 x 29.6cm, pen and watercolor

the surrounding buildings across the street, 21 x 29.6cm, pen and watercolor

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The other day I visited Seokparang(석파랑), located at the foot of Inwangsan Mountain, Hongji-dong(홍지동) in downtown Seoul. Seokparang's architecture, known as the " Villa of Daewongun(대원군)" was originally part of the Seokpajeong Villa(석파정 빌라) that is Seoul Tangible Cultural Property No.23. The beautiful gardens around the restaurant and ancient buildings are attractive with colorful autumn leaves.  Within the historic site Italian restaurant "Stone Hill", located upper side of Seokparang, is a sightly spot to visitors.
I sketched around the historic building and the pretty restaurant here and there, besides, the street scenes.
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인왕산 자락의 작은 문화재... 대원군 별장과 별당 옆의 고급 한식당 석파랑~~
고요한 궁중 정원의 느낌과 담장 밖의 분주한 길거리의 모습이 대조적입니다.
바위를 깎아 세운 이탈리안 식당은 인왕산과 북한산을 조망하는 쉼터이면서
잠시나마 마음을 씻으며 스케치를 즐길 수있는 서울 도심의 사랑방입니다.

USk Symposium Paraty Brazil

#USkParaty2014 #urbansketchers 

paraty33 

the main point of Drink and Draw~ hh

Liz Steel's workshop "feeling the edge"

Catarino's workshop "reflections"

USk Symposium Paraty 2014

USk Seoul 블로그에 처음 올리네요..
처음 올리는 글이 심포지엄 참여 글 이라는게 참 행운인 듯도 싶구요..ㅎㅎ


지난달에 브라질에서 있었던 Urban Sketchers Symposium 에서 그린 그림들 올리려고 합니다.
‪#‎uskParaty2014‬ ‪#‎urbansketchers‬

브라질 상파울루 공항 안에 있는 카페 브루넬라 입니다. 

상파울루에서 paraty로 이동 하는 밴을 타기 위해 만나는 만남의 장소 이죠..

호텔 안 정원에 있는 기둥..

Paul Heaston's perspective view workshop

rounding boxes

Chuseok, Korean Thanksgiving Day (추석스케치)

cleaning for reception of guests 

prepare foods for ancestor-memorial services

color one's fingernails with balsam

<ballpoint ,colored pencil>

sketching a model of Acrocanthosaurus

skeleton of Acrocanthosaurus exhibited in main hall

24 x 32 cm

The Seodaemun museum of Natural History opened on July 10, 2003 locates near the Seodaemun-gu district office and managed by the office. Today I visited it and looked around from first to third floor. There were lots of models and fossils of natural history. I watched a short 3 D movie about the birth of earth wearing 3 D eyeglasses. Stuffed animals were shown in separate rooms. and I could see the steps of human evolution. Groups of children from kindergarten kept coming and going. Though I like to sketch the life animals in zoo I felt it would be very helpful to sketch such taxidermied specimen too. The surrounding scenery was good to take rest in nice weather. 

오늘 서대문구 연희동에 있는 '서대문 자연사 박물관'을 방문하고 스케치도 한점 했어요. 그림그리는 시간보다 그곳에서 봉사하시는 분과 더 이야기를 많이 했습니다. 개관한지 10년이 넘었는데 처음 가보았다는 것이 부끄러우리만치 볼만했어요. 어린아기들이 많이 왔구요. 그렇게 자연사를 눈으로 보고 자라는 어린이들이 나중에 인류사회를 위해 훌륭한 역할을 하기를 바라보았습니다. 소풍삼아 다음에도 가보고 싶습니다. 

some sketches at Ewha Womans University, Seoul

ECC(이화 캠퍼스 복합단지)viewed from main gate of Ewha Womans University, watercolor, (37 x 52 cm)  

Welch-Ryang Auditorium (Music Hall) 대강당, watercolor, (37 x 52 cm) 

Pfeiffer Hall (Main Hall) 본관, pen and watercolor, (21 X 29.6cm) 

Centennial Museum(100주년 기념 박물관)and International Education Building

(국제교육관), pen and watercolor, (21 X 29.6cm) 

Ewha-Samsung Education Culture Building(이화-삼성 교육 문화관), 

pen and watercolor, (21 X 29.6cm)

nearby buildings across from the backgate of  Ewha Womans University, 

pen and watercolor, (21 X 29.6cm)

campus buildings harmonizes with neighboring buildings, pen and watercolor, (21 X 29.6cm)

Stephen Kopp from Australia joined Seoul sketchers, pen and watercolor, 

(21 X 29.6cm)

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Last Saturday, we Seoul sketchers met at  Ewha Womans University(이화여자대학교). It was founded on 1886 by Mary F. Scranton, an American missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church.The campus located in central Seoul with surrounded natural greens and a number of old and contemporary buildings nearby one of the most popular shopping district in Seoul.
Across the heart of the Ewha Womans University, the recently completed ECC (Ewha Campus Complex) shaped valley, is Korea’s largest underground campus. The ECC provides students with various services, from learning to cultural activities, all under the one roof. In a whole campus, lots of historic stone buildings and modern high-rise buildings are mixed intimately and harmoniously.
It was a little hot during the day, but the natural air conditioning from the wood offered a cool atmosphere for sketching.  I enjoyed sketching the beautiful campus buildings and several colourful scenes.

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도심의 숲 속에 평화로이 자리하고 있는 웰빙 캠퍼스~~

역사를 간직한 옛 모습들과 새로 들어선 현대식 건축물들이 조화롭습니다. 

새 현대식 명물인 ECC 건물은 땅 속의 마당,  숨은 듯 열려 있는 현대식 조형미와

학생과 시민들을 융화시키는 시원한 광장이 빛과 함께 많은 이야기를 쏟아냅니다.

작은 것들의 아름다움, 숲과 길과 언덕, 아늑함을 찾아서 스케치하기 좋은 장소입니다.