I guess this qualifies as my 1st ever sketch

[Pete Presland]

I have said many times on here my drawing ability is pretty poor, but I really like the personal effect of a sketch. So last night during my first observing session of the yearM42 looked so inviting I thought I would give it a go.

Armed with just a piece of paper and HB pencil I managed to produce something vaguely similar to the eyepiece view. I am a regular viewer of the sketches here, so I did follow a few techniques I have read about, particularly the smudging of nebula part of the sketch. Not very easy at the eyepiece, under a red light, with freezing cold hands. 

A quick scan and invert and here we are ?  

[paul mc c]

Nice one,i always sketched until i got into AP,which just goes from bad to worse,but would love to get back to it,well done.

[Lurcher]

That's so much neater than my efforts! Well done!

I think I might well be giving that invert approach a try next.

[Pete Presland]

7 minutes ago, Lurcher said:

That's so much neater than my efforts! Well done!

I think I might well be giving that invert approach a try next.

I have seen quite a few on here, it just looks aesthetically nicer I think.

[Ruud]

I'm used to observing M42 at lower magnifications so this view comes as quite unexpected to me. Thanks! Great job.

[mikeDnight]

That's a really nice sketch Pete. Hopefully you'll continue to post many more in the future. I think its really well executed and may inspire others to have a go too. 

 

[Pete Presland]

39 minutes ago, Ruud said:

I'm used to observing M42 at lower magnifications so this view comes as quite unexpected to me. Thanks! Great job.

The view through the Nagler was stunning!

[Pete Presland]

31 minutes ago, mikeDnight said:

That's a really nice sketch Pete. Hopefully you'll continue to post many more in the future. I think its really well executed and may inspire others to have a go too. 

 

Thanks, certainly would like to do some at the next available chance. I need a better range of pencils I think as well.

[mariosi]

Pete !!!

Very nice observation and sketch of Great Orion Nebula. Thank you for sharing it with us all 

[Astro Imp]

I salute you my friend, you chose one of the coldest nights of the year so far to start your sketching career. Well done you've produced a sketch you can be justly proud of.

[Demonperformer]

Certainly beats most of my "sketching" - for a start, your stars actually look like stars. I am a great believer in putting pencil to paper to record what you are looking at in some form, simply because it forces you to "see" rather than just "look at". Keep up the good work.

[dweller25]

That’s an excellent sketch ?