[by Byung Hwa Yoo, Ilsan city, Korea]
Last year I visited the aquarium located not far from Seoul. I bought one year ticket for frequent sketching. I went there several times since June. During semester season it was crowded with kindergarten kids. And I had to wait for long in holiday season by the family visitors.
Because there were various kinds of animals and the indoor sketching was possible I used to go in hot days often. Dark inside and moving creatures was difficult points for sketching. I used conte, pastels, watercolors, pen, pencil, etc on A 4 papers usually.
aquarium for jellyfish
It was very fantastic to see the fish swimming over head.
shrimp
octapus
visitors at the pool of elephant seal
trainers giving fish to elephant seal
elephant seal sleeping at the corner of the pool
the Deep Blue Ocean with frontal size of 12m x 9m
There was shows of fairy stories by swimmers.
In summer day two leopards were playing with tube. One was really excited with the playing with it by himself. But the other one was not. He(she) seemed to dislike water. Their tendency for water was similar to human being.
leopard taking a nap on rock
kinds of parrots
On roof top there are cages of small animals such as sheep, little horses, chickens, etc.