Orient

I just came back from a business trip in Asia. It was my first time in China and Korea. The weather was lousy, wet, cold and bleak almost every single day. I brought my plein air pack and I hardly got to use it. Regardless it was an awesome trip, made new friends, got to see an amazing part of this planet Earth and most of all I had plenty terrific food. Food! Ahhhh, they can cook well.

Purple Mt. is smack in the middle of Nanjing. There were many pagodas and gates that are part of the Buddhist temple I visited. Cold, foggy and wet.

Waiting for my flight to Shanghai. I carried my little portable pastel sketchbox. I love it, you can never be bored with it.

In Shanghai, 15min till boarding, rush rush to finish the painting.

 The hotel room in Seoul had a great view. This is not surprising since Seoul is full of mountains that surround the city. It was cool to sit in a sofa, comfy and warm sketching away.

I took the opportunity to paint the same view in different light settings. I'd like to do more of this exercises.

Early morning. Since I used my limited pallet sketchbox, I was more concerned with values and temperature. Often I did not have the colours I wanted.

Sunset in Seoul.