Moon 12 August 2019 - Gassendi

[Ruud]

Yesterday the Moon was  low in the sky (in Scorpius), but he seeing was good and allowed magnifications up to  257x.  Gassendi was the most prominent crater on the terminator. Here's a painting of the scene.

The small Moon image (Stellarium) shows the location of Gassendi.

Thank you for watching.

 

[viewer]

Very nice sketch! The red dot on the terminator is a move I haven't seen before, very illustrative! Something I will try to remember when sketching my first sunspot, believe it, that time will come 😉

[KingNothing13]

Wow - very cool image - thanks for sharing that with us.

I too like the red-dot indicator!

[Fraunhoffer]

Lovely sketch. Im just getting into sketching. Lovely to take the time to look and study.

What black paper and white pencils do you use ?
How do you get enough light to sketch without affecting night vision ?

Regards

 

Edited August 14, 2019 by Fraunhoffer

[Ruud]

Thanks people, for for your kind comments.

Hi Fraunhoffer, I make these on my computer with a wacom tablet, Corel Painter and Photoshop. I work from notes and partial sketches that have the details of the features I could see. From them, with the help of a reference, I make an underpainting in Corel Painter on the computer. Then with smearing and scratchy brushes, using pencil, oil paint, acrylic and charcoal (all mixed, whatever works) I make the painting. As I go along I compare the miniature version in the navigator window to the reference. Whenever I go seriously wrong I use undo.

Only the larger features in the result are realistic, but that's OK. I feel a sketch should be a personal interpretation and that's what I aim for. Photo realism is for the imagers. The observation takes half an hour or so, the work on the computer takes several more, but it's a nice thing to do. I listen to the radio and a podcast or two while I'm at it.

We also have real pencil and charcoal sketchers here and I hope they can provide you with a tip or two. My suggestion would be to draw a rough overview of the scene and several partial sketches at the telescope. After that I'd do the final sketch indoors with good light, sitting at a comfortable desk.

 

[viewer]

5 hours ago, Ruud said:

Only the larger features in the result are realistic, but that's OK. I feel a sketch should be a personal interpretation and that's what I aim for. Photo realism is for the imagers. 

Think this nails it. The interpreting can vary, big scale realism. For me starting out with pencil sketching it's about not having too big expectations, it'll come to you. Good enough whatever it is, as long as trying to develop at some level.

Edited August 14, 2019 by viewer

[acr_astro]

Hi Ruud,

that's a great sketch. Well done!

Clear skies

Achim

[nightskystargazer]

Ruud,

Good sketch of Moon 12 August 2019 - Gassendi 🙂 ,

CS,KLU,

Thanks 🙂 ,

Tom