sketches at Saemal Cafe, Hannamdaegyo of Han River, Seoul

a panorama of Sinsa-dong viewed from Saemal Cafe, pen and watercolor, 24.5 x 35.2cm

another sketch at the same spot, pen, 24.5 x 35.2cm

a panorama of Hannam-dong village viewed from the cafe,  pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

a panoramic view over Hannamdaegyo in front of the cafe, pen,  21 x 29.6cm

a complete view of Hannam Saemal Cafe, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

a scenery from beneath the bridge, pencil and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

a scenery of the supports for the bridge, pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

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Hannam Saemal Cafe, which was the first completed Hangang viewing cafe, and is the ideal place to rest on a river walk. The cafe building is four-stories high with public spaces on the first two floors and the cafe itself on the third and fourth floors, the latter of which is an indoor viewing deck affording wonderful views of the Han River, Hannamdaegyo Bridge and Namsan Mountain.
The weather was so good, and I sketched a lot of attractive sceneries around the cafe here and there excitingly. Welcome to new participants and hope to continue seeing!

some sketches at Ssamzigil building, Insa-dong, Seoul

Ssamzigil building viewed from the court-yard, 21 x 29.5cm

another view of the Ssamzigil building, pen, 24.5 x 35cm

another view of the Ssamzigil building,  21 x 29.5cm

overall view of the Ssamzigil building, 24.5 x 35cm

Folk dancing musicians playing in front of the Ssamzigil building at the Insa street, 21 x 29.5cm

 a portrait of  Mr. Lee Jeong-woo (florist), pen, 21 x 29.5cm

 looking down the court-yard from the roof terrace, pen, 21 x 29.5cm

neighboring buildings over Ssamzigil building, pencil, 21 x 29.5cm

The Central Temple of Chondokyo and Soowoon building viewed from the Insa Art Center located across the Ssamzigil, 21 x 29.5cm  

YMCA Building (completed in 1967) located on an approach to Insa-dong, 21 x 29.5cm

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The Ssamzigil is a square building, not a street. It has four floors and is consist of a Korean rice cake shop, a paper hanger, an antique shop and Korean restaurants, etc. It's a quite low rise structure made out of concrete, metal, glass and wood definitely feeling modern yet warm and approachable by having open ramp style passage ways with a very slight slope. It is seen as a Korean culture complex, what is more it's so unique and has set a sort of new direction for good old Insadong.

The weather was so fine and we amused ourselves by looking on the variegated sceneries and sketching here and there in the fantastic building. Welcome to join the usk Seoul, Bahk Joung-yeon and Han Jeong-seon!