Solar Sketches

I observe with a LS50THa I take quick sketches down at the eyepiece & use the GONG site to view the image that matches my time of observation.

I have used a mixture of media over the last 3 months on a trial and error basis & this is really the first image I am beginning to feel happy with.

Experimentally I have been using black card and rendering in colour which would involve rubbing away to reveal the darker areas, for whatever reason I found this approach was not working that well for me.

Today I thought to use orange card and work mainly in a monochrome medium so rubbing away results in revealing the brighter areas & the detail in the monochrome shades were added.

The following was used:

Orange card
Powdered graphite
Conte Crayons
Black pencil
Black Ink
Calligraphy pen nib
Paint Brushes