When visiting Seoul in the summer of 2016, we found ourselves lost after hiking the fortress wall, but where we ended up was one of my favorite parts of the city. Traditional buildings were sprinkled in between more contemporary dwellings, and I loved the contrast of old and new. Most of the photos I took weren’t compositionally exciting, so I translated my favorite photograph into this drawing.

I started this with oil paint, but I transitioned to drawing with pastel pencil on a teal-painted base after realizing how out of practice I was in painting technique.