Some sketches from last year

[johnfosteruk]

One to start with, while getting organised, I'm scanning my sketches from last year. This one is the full moon on September 16th last year.

It was rather rushed and probably a bad idea taking on so much detail. Also it was a bad choice of paper, but it shows the main features visible at 90x with the 10mm in the 130 newtonian and in the interests of full disclosure it'll do for a first post. I'll be sharing some more once they're scanned.

[mikeDnight]

Wrong paper or not, any sketch is better than no sketch! Very nice! 

Eagerly awaiting the next exciting instalment John! 

Mike 

[johnfosteruk]

Thanks Mike. I was hoping to get some time to finish scanning today but things cropped up. 

[johnfosteruk]

Next.

Here's Plato, sketched on the 05th May last year. Wasn't too organised then with notes so don't have any other details than the date.

[Stu]

Nice ones John. All this posting of sketches is making me feel guilty that I stopped sketching the sun in white light. I did a few good ones, must do more.

Looking forward to seeing more of yours now.

[Moonshane]

Very nice John. I find this art slightly intimidating but also it spurs me on to Improve / advance from dots and smudges.

You have a rather moody style I think

[johnfosteruk]

Just now, Moonshane said:

Very nice John. I find this art slightly intimidating but also it spurs me on to Improve / advance from dots and smudges.

You have a rather moody style I think

I'm flattered that you say I have any kind of style. Prior to taking up the astronomy again as an adult the last time I put any form of medium to paper was 3rd year art project a thousand years ago. Started sketching last year as I read it improves observation skills and boy is that right. BUT I wouldn't say I have any kind of style, other than dots and smudges perhaps

 

[johnfosteruk]

Copernicus next. Did this in November, hastily copied from a photo I did of the great crater for practice with charcoal. This done with dark black & white charcoal and a blending stump on a sliver of black card. Love using charcoal.

[N3ptune]

I like your first sketch of the entire moon, I think it's really artistic and stylish. Makes me think maybe of a comic book moon or a moon coming out of a 2D video game with some kind of pencil filter effect.

[N3ptune]

@johnfosteruk

It's a strange coincidence, I was watching Futurama 15 minutes ago and I saw the image I had in mind, the cartoon's moon? 

http://imgur.com/oYaZScu