Day 22 of the 30 in 30 - Tourist in Seoul

Seoul is the 11th most visited city in the world.  Located in South Korea, I wouldn't have thought it would be a popular tourist destination, but upon reading about Seoul, I found that not only is it apparently beautiful, but the South Korean people are said to be kind and respectful of each other and visitors.  According to one visitors site, the South Korean's way of life is "Work hard, play hard", and Seoul is reported to have an active and fun night life as well as an amazing park system.  When you look at a map of Seoul, you can see a huge park that resides smack in the middle of the city. This scene, while not in that park, is located in the area of Seoul called Yongsandong, and is near their National Museum.  I liked the small pagoda like structure with the mountain rising in the background.  Also enjoyed painting this young lady, enjoying her day as a tourist.

Tourist in Seoul, oil on panel, 4"x18"
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Day 12 of the 30 in 30 - "Stripes in Kuala Lumpur"

Well, I have fallen a day behind in the 30 in 30!  Oh no!  The good thing is that there are no laws dictating that I MUST post a pic every day, so I won't be going to jail any time soon.... :)

Anyway, today's painting is in the Worlds 8th most visited city in the world - Kuala Lumpur.  The capital of Malaysia, it is also the largest city.  I, for some reason was attracted to all of the colorful buildings in Kuala Lumpur.  Something that is sorely lacking in cities like New York.  It is funny how when you look around cities you start to notice things like this.  You can go up and down the street in Kuala Lumpur and find bright, colorful sometimes outrageously designed buildings. This, once again made it hard to choose what to paint.  I opted for this building as I liked the people sitting in the cafe setting and the very rigid striped pattern of yellow and red.  Lots of patterns in this one and also a very different composition from the other "Glimpsed" paintings I am doing.

Stripes in Kuala Lumpur, oil on panel, 4"x18"
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Day 4 of the 30 in 30 - "Ducks in London"

Evidently London held first place for a long time as the number one place visited in the world, until last year.  Then Bangkok took that title, and London moved to second place.  Still not too shabby.  I can actually say that I have been to London, and saw Big Ben in person.  Not something I can say about many of the other places on the list.  But, I flew into Heathrow when I was about 20 years old and stayed in the square mile for a few days before moving on to Glasgow where I studied ceramics.  

This is another of my "Glimpsed" paintings in which I present to you fleeting visions of the World's 20 most popular tourist sites.  It is a view of Big Ben with two Bobbies taking a stroll.  One of them just found out they are being followed by some friendly ducks. I added the ducks just for so, (I thought this composition could use 'em) and made the sky a bit more dramatic than was in the original reference pic I got while perusing Google Street view. If you scroll down below my painting, I included the original screenshot. As you can see, there are many alterations I make to a reference photo before I make it into a painting I can live with.

Ducks in London, oil, 4"x18"
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