Theophilus area

[Mike JW]

Hi,

Two nights ago (7th July) Theophilus was a ring of bright white crater tops and a jet black crater floor with two white mountain tops sticking out. Very hard to capture. How do I get a jet black effect using pencil? This sketch does not do justice to the beauty of the view.

Mike

 

[Alan White]

Wow, that is a great sketch.
Some drawing and observing skills being exhibited here.

[acr_astro]

Hi,

this is a great sketch! Thanks for sharing with us.

Clear skies

Achim

[Lurcher]

Beautifully drawn Mike. Nice contrast. (Looks like you're getting a pretty good black/darkness to me. The softest pencil I use is a B9 or you could go over the area needing extra darkness with a black charcoal pencil afterwards? It's looking good though! Nice area.

[Mike JW]

Hi Lurcher, In the actual sketch because its graphite then the black suffers from that dreaded graphite shine which makes the black look so much lighter. I had a practice this afternoon with doing black areas with charcoal pencils - a much blacker and matt result. I have tried darkening up the black areas afterwards but the charcoal does not take to an area with graphite on it - much to learn. This afternoon I have ordered some Staedtler Mars Lumograph black pencils which according to the info give a matt black finish but cannot easily be erased or blended.

Cheers, Mike