Holiday sketches at Cheonggyecheon, Seoul

symbol sculpture, "Spring" (스프링) by Claes Oldenburg and Coose Van Bruggen,  pen and watercolor 

Cheonggyecheon Stream sketched at Cheonggye Plaza, 

pencil and watercolor

 Gwanggyo Bridge (광교), pen and watercolor

 Supyogyo  Bridge (수표교), pen and watercolor

sketched from Beodeuldari Bridge (버들다리), pen and watercolor 

Sewoon Electronics Plaza (세운전자상가), pen and watercolor

Mojeongyo Bridge (모전교), pen and pastel

 Pyeonghwa Clothing Market near Ogansugyo Bridge (오간수교),

 pen and watercolor 

Jogyesa Temple(잠시 들른 조계사) courtyard, pen and watercolor

a handcart on the roadside (길거리 손수레), brushpen

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( 21 x 29.6 cm sketchbook )

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Last weekend, during the Chuseok, Korean Thanksgiving holidays, I visited Cheonggyecheon and sketched the colorful sceneries walking along the stream for two days. The Cheonggyecheon is a stream running through central Seoul from west to east. There are 22 bridges that cross the stream and every bridge has its own historic name and unique form. Until it was restored in 2005, Cheonggyecheon Stream existed only as a neglected waterway hidden by an overpass. Nowadays, it has been transformed into a haven of natural beauty amidst the bustle of city life. 

The weather was so fine all through the  Chuseok holidays, I enjoyed sketching several cityscapes from Cheonggye Plaza to Pyeonghwa Fashion Town near Dongdaemun Gate.

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1년 만에 다시 그려보는 청계천의 가을 하늘이 새롭습니다..

어두웠던 그림자와 햇살의 눈부심이 겹쳐가며 흐르는 푸른 오아시스~~

다리마다 건물마다 옛과 오늘의 영상이 파노라마같이 출렁거립니다. 

이틀을 그렸어도 소재가 마를 새 없이 넘쳐나는 청계천 풍물입니다.

sketches around Jeong-dong, Seoul

The of Korea (대한성공회), pencil and watercolor

 

Society of the Holy Cross (성가수도회) detatched from the Anglican Church, pen and watercolor

                   

another drawing on the same place, conte

Chungdong First Methodist Church (정동제1교회), pen and watercolor

Seoul Museum of Art (서울 시립미술관 SeMA), pen

Seoul Child-care information center building(서울시청 직장어린이집),

brush pen and watercolor

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( 21 x 29.6cm sketchbook )

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Last Saturday, the weather was fine to sketch. Seoul urban sketchers met at the Anglican Church of Korea and sketched various scenes around Jeong-dong street near Deoksugung Palace. I sketched lovely buildings in historic downtown Seoul reminiscing about the good old days.
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덕수궁 주변의 성공회와 정동 일대는 도심의 보석과도 같은 곳입니다.
역사와 애환과 낭만의 추억이 깃든 우리 시대의 자화상을 보면서~~
도시의 물결과 유유한 옛 문화가 함께 숨쉬는 스케치의 매력에 빠져듭니다.