47th World Wide SketchCrawl, Gyeonggi English Village, Paju City

Main Gate of Gyeonggi English Village (영어마을 입구), pencil and watercolor, 24 x 32cm

City Hall,(시청) pen and watercolor, 24 x 32cm

a scenery around the main street (시청앞 중앙로), pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

Concert hall(공연장), pen and watercolor, 24 x 32cm

a scenery around the market street (마켓 거리), pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

Science Safari and Exciting Adventure (체험교육관), pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm

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Last Saturday, It was very fine and clear weather to sketch outdoors. In celebration of the 47th World Wide SketchCrawl,we usk Seoul members met at Gyeonggi English Village(경기영어마을) in Paju city(파주시) close to Seoul. As soon as I entered the village through castle shaped gate, a new world of fantastic atmosphere with beautiful buildings and diverse performances impressed me.

The street is lined on each side with the typical western style buildings where English programs are conducted, with the the restaurants and convenience stores drawing the interested visitors and tourists. All facilities have been newly built to simulate a village in an English-speaking country. Students can learn English by enjoying a cultural experience in an exotic environment. 

Though it is located near urban areas for easy access, it is a suburban English village in harmony with its surrounding natural environment. We enjoyed an exciting sketch time across the fantastic village in the outskirts of Seoul.

some sketches of different buildings on the street, Seoul

a scenery around Hansung University (한성대) Station, Seongbuk-gu (성북구)

a part of Wangsimni Station (왕십리역) Complex, Seongdong-gu (성동구)

a new apartment building near Kijach'on Church, Jingwan-dong (진관동), 

Eunpyeong-gu (은평구)

a cityscape viewed from Jungnim-dong (중림동), Jung-gu (중구)

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( pen and watercolor, 21 x 29.6cm sketchbook )

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I usually sketch the various buildings on the street by chance when I feel good composition of the adjacent buildings matching together. Especially old downtown in redevelopment, there are lots of old-fashioned buildings and modern buildings coexist irregularly but harmoniously with each other. Whenever sketching buildings by the roadside, I used to be absorbed in a lively scenery with the noise of the busy street.  

These works are recently sketched on the street here and there in my spare time.

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익숙한 거리를 지날 때마다 수많은 빌딩들의 다양한 표정들이 흥미롭습니다.
개개의 건물보다도 서로 어우러지며 섞이는 장면들은 새로운 컴포지션을 끌어 냅니다.
길을 걷다가, 혹은 약속 시간을 기다리다가 인상적으로 다가오는 장면들을 만나면서
도시라는 무한 주제에서 순간순간 아름다움을 스케치로 채워가는 시간이 즐겁습니다.