Sketches at the Change Up Campus, former English Village,

Main gate of the Change Up Campus, Paju city, pen and watercolor, (36 x 51cm)

Concert Hall, pen and watercolor, (36 x 51cm)

Street scene through the wall opening with round arch, 

pen and watercolor, (21 x 29.6cm)

City Hall, pencil, (36 x 51cm)

Artistic Avenue in front of Concert Hall, pen and watercolor, 

(21 x 29.6cm)

Scenery around Market Street, pen and watercolor crayon, 

(21 x 29.6cm)

Entrance lobby of Concert Hall, pen and watercolor, (21 x 29.6cm) 

Meister fast food restaurant, pen and watercolor crayon, 

(21 x 29.6cm)

beautiful buildings along the street, pencil, (21 x 29.6cm)

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Last Saturday, the weather was sunny and clear in early summer and nice to sketch outdoors. I was so glad to meet at the fantastic venue because it was the same place where we had the 47th World Wide SketchCrawl in the English village of Paju 4 years ago. The Change Up Campus (체인지업캠퍼스) located in Paju has been upgrading its previous Gyeonggi English Village (경기영어마을) and reborn as a lifelong educational institution to provide opportunities for English education and foreign culture through various programs in the beautiful campus with exotic atmosphere. Entering the Castle-like entrance, lots of colourful scenes such as beautiful cafes, market street, artistic avenue, concert hall and city hall, various educational facilities, and other exotic buildings have revived the cute atmosphere of the campus. I sketched various architectural scenes of contrasting lighting and shadow from place to place on campus. Located not far from Seoul, the Change Up Campus of eco-friendly village, is a great place to sketch western-style classical architecture with pleasant natural scenery.

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지난 토요일, 초여름 날씨라 다소 더웠지만 스케치하기에는 좋았습니다. 4년전 파주의 영어마을에서 47회 스케치크롤 행사를 했던 바로 그 환상적인 장소라서 반가운 마음이었습니다. 체인지업 캠퍼스는 이전의 경기 영어마을을 업그레이드하여 이국적인 분위기 속의 아름다운 건축물들을 그대로 살려서 다양한 프로그램을 통한 영어교육과 외국문화의 체험 기회를 제공하는 평생교육기관으로 거듭났습니다.  캐슬 형태 입구에 들어서면 아름다운 카페들과 보행로, 콘서트 홀과 시청사, 각종 교육시설, 전시장, 연수관등 아담하고 이국적인 건물들과 다양한 이벤트들이 캠퍼스의 아기자기한 분위기를 살려주었습니다.  따스한 빛과 시원한 그림자가 어우러지는 캠퍼스의 이곳저곳을 돌면서 전에 그리지 못했던 다양한 장면들을 스케치하였습니다. 전체의 스케일과 아기자기한 디테일들, 각종 아름다운 장식들, 밝은 색조와 명도변화.... 서울에서 멀지않은 곳에 위치한 친환경마을 풍의 체인지업 캠퍼스는 서구식 스타일의 고전 건축과 쾌적한 자연 풍경을 스케치하는 더없이 좋은 장소였습니다~

Sketches of billiards game at the MVL Goyang Hotel, Ilsan (일산),

The MVL Goyang Hotel(엠블호텔 고양), pen and watercolor,

Cafe scene seen from the stair case, pen and watercolor,

Hotel Lobby, pen and crayon, 

PBA Tour Tryout game, pen and pastels,

Staffs and journalists, pen and watercolor,

Caster and commentator of Billiards TV, pencil and watercolor,

Staffs and journalists, pen and watercolor,

Camera men, pencil and watercolor,

Camera man, pencil

Camera men, pen and watercolor, 

Under playing, pen and pastels,

Under playing, pen and watercolor, 

Under playing, pencil, 

Game table under live broadcasting, pen and watercolor, 

Game table under live broadcasting, pen and crayon,

Camera man, pencil and watercolor,

A quick drawing of game scene, pen and crayon,

A quick drawing of game scene, pen and crayon,

A quick drawing of camera men, pencil,

A quick drawing of camera men, pencil,

(21 x 29.6cm sketchbook)

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Recently I visited billiards clubs one or two days for sketching and seeing the games with BH Yoo. But this time we went to the MVL Goyang Hotel four times because the PBA(Professional Billiards Association) Tour Tryout was holding during 11 days from Apr. 21 to May 1. While visiting there we could see lots of games between famous players and unknown great ones aged from twenties to sixties. While seeing the games and sketching we clapped for the nice scenes and sighed at the losing game by one or two points. The indoor sports arena installed in the convention hall was spectacular. Additionally we could find that lots of people including caster and commentator liked to see us sketch and felt so happy to receive a sketch from me. They hoped that such cultural events could happen in billiards game fields as in other sports or festivals.
Sketching brought a new start with a young judge who was directing the disabled billiards players for years. He addressed us what for we've been sketching. We explained about urban sketching and sharing them with people. He asked us to draw those players when the game to open once a month. He let us know the home page(Korea Billiard Association For The Disabled). Sketching seemed to bless us by meeting nice people and making us see the world in deeper and wider viewpoints. I was very happy to be able to concentrate on billiards sketching with a lot of support from the participants for many days. You can see BH Yoo's works on https://urbansketchers-seoul.blogspot.com/.
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지난 주, 일산의 엠블호텔 컨벤션에서 11일간 열린 PBA(프로당구협회)Tour 트라이아웃 전국선수선발대회를 BH Yoo와 함께 4차례 관람하며 스케치했습니다.전국에서 온 300여명의 내노라하는 강호의 유명선수들의 열띤 승부열기와 함께 스케일 큰 대회분위기를 만끽하며 편한 자리에서 스케치하는 행운을 얻었습니다~ 왕년의 당구스타 장성출 선수를 비롯한 유명선수들을 피부로 접할 수 있었습니다. 빌리어즈TV 권재일 캐스터와 황득희 위원에게 스케치를 선물하면서 주최 관계인사들로부터 당구에 예술문화를 접목시킨다는 호평을 받아 보람있었고, 어반스케쳐로서 많은 에너지를 얻은 산체험의 보람있는 시간이었습니다. 행사 관계자님들께 감사드리며 투혼을 살려 훌륭한 경기를 펼친 선수들께 성원의 박수를 보내드립니다~~