charcoal Natural charcoal sketch of the summer H alpha sun

[acr_astro]

Dear all,

today at 30°C, I had a look to the H alpha sun the first time in summer this year. Here's the natural charcoal sketch of it:

Telescope: Lunt LS 50 THa B600 PT
Eyepiece: Celestron X-cel 10mm
Date & Time: June 23rd, 2019 / 1200-1230 CEST
Location: home terrace, Dusseldorf region, Germany
Technique: natural vine charcoal on white Hahnemühle Ingres mould-made pastel paper
Size: 24x31cm 

Enjoy the summer with clear (and sunny) skies!

Achim

Edited June 23, 2019 by acr_astro

[Lenny147]

That is nice, good work

[mark81]

That's a very tricky thing to do!  Looks like you nailed it! Great sketch

[Marvin Jenkins]

A figure of speech ‘you have to be joking’ a work of art is what it is. Like a photo negative from back in the 35mm era. Well done.

[dweller25]

Brilliant sketch 👍👍

[acr_astro]

Dear all,

thanks a lot for your great feedback!

14 hours ago, Marvin Jenkins said:

 Like a photo negative from back in the 35mm era. Well done.

Inspired by Marvin's comment, I created the negative of my sketch to see how it would have appeared as black and white photo in the old days:

This reminds me to my chalk sketches of the full moon.  Frankly, I prefer the negative charcoal version of the solar sketch. But it was a nice experiment at the PC. Thanks for heads up.👍

Clear (and sunny) skies!

Achim

[Marvin Jenkins]

I agree, the first one gives my eye more definition, keep up the good work.

[Ruud]

Original and negative, both are excellent!