2018년 2월 26일 월요일

Sketches at Seodaemun Museum of Natural History, Seoul

 Acrocanthosaurus and Sperm Whale on the Central Hall, 
pen and watercolor, 36 x 51cm

Earth Environment Hall on the 3rd floor, pen and watercolor, 
36 x 51cm

Diversity of Terrestrial Life at Life Evolution Hall, pen and watercolor, 36 x 51cm

Central Hall of the Seodaemun Museum of Natural History, 
pen and watercolor, 36 x 51cm

a quick sketch at the Central Hall on the 1st floor, pen, 29.6 x 42cm

surrounding landscape seen through the window on the Central Hall, pencil, 29.6 x 42cm
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The weather became warmer than early February, but it's still cold outside. We usk Seoul members met at an interesting museum for urban sketching last weekend. Seodaemun Museum of Natural History is the first public museum of natural history in Korea, located in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul. Opened in 2003, the museum displays the origins of life on earth through a variety of real specimens of minerals, rocks and fossils, and through models, including life size models of dinosaurs, from all over the world.
A few years ago I visited the famous museum several times and sketched a lot of exhibits in my spare time. The museum was crowded with children, their parents and student group at all time. Most of all, the exhibits of dinosaurs drew attention from visitors overwhelmingly. I sketched and colored the dynamic scenes inside the museum and some exhibits including large dinosaur skeletons with an "inquiring
mind".
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서대문 안산기슭의 공공 자연사박물관은 산 교육장이자 가족쉼터로서 일품입니다~~  지구의 탄생부터 생명체의 기원, 인간과 자연의 관계를 생생하고 실감나게 재현한 모습을 무궁무진하게 스케치하며 탐구할 수 있는....... "전천후 소재박물관"이라 하겠습니다.

2018년 2월 8일 목요일

Sketches at the Starfield Library in Starfield COEX Mall

Starfield Library(별마당 도서관)  seen from the upper floor, 
(29.6 x 42cm), pen and watercolor


Starfield Library seen from the lower floor, (29.6 x 42cm), 
pen and watercolor

open hall connected to the Starfield COEX Mall, (29.6 x 42cm), 
pen and watercolor

a convenience store in the library, (21 x 29.6cm), pen and watercolor

a display stand in the hall of the library, (21 x 29.6cm), pen


annex buildings seen through the window inside the library, 
(29.6 x 42cm), pencil
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It's been very cold and windy for several days this February. Yesterday, avoiding outdoor sketch in cold weather, I joined Seoul urban sketchers for indoor sketching at Starfield Library, newly opened in Starfield COEX Mall last year. Starfield COEX Mall not only is the largest underground shopping mall in Korea, but also is a shopping mecca for global luxury brands in fashion, beauty, accessories, and so on. Besides, the mall contains a lot of popular attractions including fantastic Starfield Library. The two-story library consists of three 13m tall giant bookshelves packed with countless books and magazines, and offers a pleasing environment for visitors to relax or to enjoy reading with its stylish reading tables and chairs. This place certainly is the new hot place for citizens and visitors to spend their free time. It's very fantastic subject to sketch diverse scenes through a huge space.
I sketched in and out the interesting library with various points in the crowd of people entering and leaving the Starfield COEX Mall. I had a valuable sketch time exploring various scenes of the open library.
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별마당 도서관(Starfield Library)은 코엑스 몰의 핵심공간입니다.
높고 넓은, 거대하고 투명한, 별무리 장식의 아기자기한 도서관~
단일공간 속에서 큰 덩어리와 작은 선들, 빛과 색의 하모니...
그 속에서 마음과 정신을 가다듬으며 휴식하는 침묵의 소리들....
도심속의 허파처럼 신선하면서 동심같이 따스한 스케치 장소입니다.