Any tips for Astro Sketching

[Olli]

Hi

i was wondering how many of you do sketching? I’ve tried to find some sites to help me get an idea on how it can be done but slightly struggling. For example what type of pencils and paper are preferred is it better to draw on black paper or white? I won’t have goto on my Mount when my scope comes so not sure if it will make it harder without one.Obviously I need a red torch as well. Would like to get some good sketches of the moon and clusters first and then galaxies/nebula and spend a good amount of time on sketching an object. If you have any tips It would be much appreciated also if possible would like to see some samples of sketches that you’ve done 

 

[Stu]

We have plenty of sketchers on the forum, have a look in the Sketching section for some tips and ideas. I'm sure you'll get some good responses too.

https://stargazerslounge.com/forum/21-sketching/

[Pondus]

I like this site alot (although I dont sketch..) :    Belt of Venus

 

Rune

[Stargazer McCabe]

One of the best resources I found was 

http://www.astronomydrawings.com/

His guide is well worth the small cost to be able to download ??

[Olli]

52 minutes ago, Stargazer McCabe said:

One of the best resources I found was 

http://www.astronomydrawings.com/

His guide is well worth the small cost to be able to download ??

 

55 minutes ago, Pondus said:

I like this site alot (although I dont sketch..) :    Belt of Venus

 

Rune

Thanks all for the Links seem to be more useful then the ones I found.

1 hour ago, Stu said:

We have plenty of sketchers on the forum, have a look in the Sketching section for some tips and ideas. I'm sure you'll get some good responses too.

https://stargazerslounge.com/forum/21-sketching/