Dark Adaptation Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 My first drawing through the eyepiece! (Or, a collection of well placed lines.) I knew it would be hard to draw celestial objects, so of course I went and drew the hardest of them all (in my range, at any rate). The craters and mountain ranges were a little difficult, but the really hard part was the shape of the maria. That's probably obvious to anyone who knows the Moon well--and to those people, don't mind the fact that maria is misshapen 😂. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeDnight Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) It looks pretty good to me, and not an easy target for a first time eyepiece sketch. We're all different in how and what we like to draw, and it will be nice to see how your sketching developes and where it takes you. Edited February 28, 2023 by mikeDnight 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Adaptation Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 5 hours ago, mikeDnight said: It looks pretty good to me, and not an easy target for a first time eyepiece sketch. We're all different in how and what we like to draw, and it will be nice to see how your sketching developes and where it takes you. Thanks, @mikeDnight! Hopefully it will take me down a good path. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Neal Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) Kudos for a good first effort. Sketching isn't something that anyone can just manage or pickup, as an art form it can be very intimidating to try. Some likely will not post their efforts for fear of being ridiculed but I say if one doesn't post then one won't get any reaction or feed back however good or bad. The sketch section is one of my favourite on the forum and I enjoy seeing everyones efforts, there are a varying degrees of work and all are good to see however talented one is. Edited February 28, 2023 by Naughty Neal spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dweller25 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Excellent drawing @Dark Adaptation 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratlet Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 That's magnificent. What are the dimensions of the sketch? What materials did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Adaptation Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 28/02/2023 at 19:23, Ratlet said: That's magnificent. What are the dimensions of the sketch? What materials did you use? Thank you! On the dimensions of the sketch, it's somewhere around 8.5 inches across, and 7 inches tall. I did the sketch on plain 8.5x11 printer paper, and used a plain #2 Mechanical pencil. I edited the background from white to black using Gimp. Amazing what you can do with just a pencil, isn't it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Adaptation Posted March 3, 2023 Author Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 28/02/2023 at 13:24, Naughty Neal said: Kudos for a good first effort. Sketching isn't something that anyone can just manage or pickup, as an art form it can be very intimidating to try. Some likely will not post their efforts for fear of being ridiculed but I say if one doesn't post then one won't get any reaction or feed back however good or bad. The sketch section is one of my favourite on the forum and I enjoy seeing everyones efforts, there are a varying degrees of work and all are good to see however talented one is. I agree, one of my favorite forums is the sketch forum. Some of the drawings here are just amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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