MZack Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 (edited) First sketch of the season of M42 in Orion. 8 inch classical Cassegrain x135 including use of filters. Pastels on black paper. Malcolm, Chigwell Essex Edited January 14 by MZack Provided namne and location 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertI Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Lovely rendition of M42 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fraunhoffer Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Super. I really am going to have to try black paper. Do you use a selection of pastels, or mainly one? Im assuming the stars are with a pen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwiMatt Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 This looks great! Thanks for sharing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naughty Neal Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Very nice Mzack, excellent stuff. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MZack Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 7 hours ago, Fraunhoffer said: Super. I really am going to have to try black paper. Do you use a selection of pastels, or mainly one? Im assuming the stars are with a pen? Hi Thanks for the comment I used two pastels for this one. Both from Derwent. Aluminium Grey and Aluminium White. The grey was built up slowly by adding light layers, spreading it about using either my finger tip or a blending stump. I then added white on top to capture the brighter structure. I used the tip of the white pastel pencil for the stars. That can be a problem as its difficult to get a round shape with pastel. Took a couple of goes to avoid smearing. I may try a harder tipped material next time as it may be easier to get a more star like result. I try to avoid pens as once its done, its done! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeremyS Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 What a splendid sketch 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maw lod qan Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Very nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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