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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

Easter Proms in Scarlet and Sunshine Yellow
#3041527 - 04/13/09 01:08 PM Attachment (36 downloads)

Easter Saturday, a text from a friend snaps me out
of my miserable cold and entices me to look at
prominences on the solar limb. An active busy prom on the NW limb about 350 degrees PA ,
was accompanied by a spike like ribbon of plasma.What to use ? ink? pastel? pencil ? what suits my mood.?
Relax your sick an inner voice said, go the easy route have some fun.

Gorgeous Windsor and Newton inks in their individual packages always makes me smile.
Sunshine Yellow , with the Summer Sunburst dolly girl , yep cool plasma in a jar.

My new teeny tiny watercolor brushes, a mother's day gift.

I only managed three sketches in between large dawdling clouds.
Occasionally fast moving grey cumulus spilled into my h alpha view like squid ink
bursting, obscuring , the billions of tons of material in my target.

A relaxing slow afternoon , following the sun around my garden, with Miss Sunshine Yellow on a tiny brush.

PST 40mm/8mm TVP eyepiece

Sketch 1 = 12:50 UT 11/04/09

Dee

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: Dee]
#3041533 - 04/13/09 01:10 PM Attachment (30 downloads)

Sketch 2 = 16:30 UT 11/04/09

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: Dee]
#3041535 - 04/13/09 01:12 PM Attachment (32 downloads)

Sketch 3 = 17:00 UT 11/04/09

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: Dee]
#3041539 - 04/13/09 01:15 PM Attachment (32 downloads)

Easter Sunday

The interesting prom dance continues , Sunshine Yellow to begin but I am itching to try new watercolors and the tiniest brush on the planet. Looking at my box of full pans, Scarlet seems the closest block to h alpha realism.

Sketch 4 = 14:20 UT 12/04/09

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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#3041542 - 04/13/09 01:17 PM Attachment (30 downloads)

!5:00UT

Edited by Dee (04/13/09 01:19 PM)

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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16:30UT

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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17:10UT

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: Dee]
#3041554 - 04/13/09 01:25 PM Attachment (27 downloads)

Oh the joy of tiny action, tiny brush strokes, tiny imperceptible movement. Time lapsed drawings capturing monumental energy, flinging itself thousands of miles into space. Leaping energy anchored to our star by its massive gravity.

I decide on alternate ink and watercolor sketches as an experiment , why not.

14:40UT

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: Dee]
#3041563 - 04/13/09 01:28 PM Attachment (27 downloads)

15:20UT

I shield my eyes from the sunlight in order to see these features erupting outward from our star. My cat helps herself to a drink of scarlet tinted water , she likes to get involved.

16:00 UT my Mimosa tree is getting in the way of my prom. I have to move my whole shebang left twenty feet and backwards to catch the falling disc.

Time to throw dinner in the oven.

Edited by Dee (04/14/09 06:38 AM)

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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#3041568 - 04/13/09 01:31 PM Attachment (28 downloads)

16:00UT

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: Dee]
#3041577 - 04/13/09 01:34 PM Attachment (26 downloads)

Watercolor tends to dry quickly in the sun, ink stays wet on the brush for longer. Both ink and watercolor work well for prominences, shade works , helps evaporation. The suns heat crystallises the ink on the rim of the bottle.

16:45 UT Tiny leafs swaying in the breeze block ginormous proms. I follow sun beams between trees to watch the distant show.

Edited by Dee (04/14/09 06:40 AM)

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: Dee]
#3041584 - 04/13/09 01:36 PM Attachment (25 downloads)

My tiny 5/0 brush barely exists , just a few strands.

17:00 UT My little block of scarlet sits neatly on my tripod head.
My oven is beeping , time to do the veg.

After finishing the set , I get the urge to super size the last two sketches , one ink, one watercolor.
I watch skinny twigs thirty feet away obscuring my view. They move like window wipers , my prom flickers. Another move backwards a quick view , two quick final sketches.
17:05 UT

Edited by Dee (04/14/09 06:41 AM)

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: Dee]
#3041601 - 04/13/09 01:42 PM Attachment (26 downloads)

17:20UT
Best to rescue the dinner now. Stuffed chicken , roast honey glazed ham, roast potatoes , york cabbage and carrots. Eaglehawk Cabernet Sauvignon and Ortas Rasteau Cote De Rhone. Chocolate

Dee I got on a roll with this , so continued hope it's not too much stuff. Have not been in here for an age , hello everyone again.

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kraterkid
Post Laureate

Reged: 03/07/05

Loc: Jacumba, California

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[Re: Dee]
#3041602 - 04/13/09 01:43 PM

Dee, these are gorgeous watercolor and ink prom sketches! I had to giggle when you mentioned your cat lapping at the scarlet water.

Wishing you a quick recovery from your cold,

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michaeloconnell
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 08/18/03

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: kraterkid]
#3041734 - 04/13/09 02:59 PM

Excellent stuff Dee!
Hope you are feeling better.
I like that style - it is a little different.
Interesting how the proms can change over the course of a few hours.

Edited by michaeloconnell (04/13/09 03:00 PM)

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JayinUT
I'm not Sleepy

Reged: 09/19/08

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[Re: michaeloconnell]
#3042067 - 04/13/09 06:03 PM

Dee,

Wonderful watercolor and inks~I really enjoy the proms you've done. Here's to enjoy more sunshine in the future.

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rolandlinda3
Post Laureate

Reged: 01/24/06

Loc: Crozet VA 22932

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[Re: JayinUT]
#3042483 - 04/13/09 10:11 PM

very beautiful and nice work. I have never tried the medium. Sure reminds me of the brightness of the spring season, too. Roland

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frank5817
Postmaster

Reged: 06/13/06

Loc: Illinois

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[Re: rolandlinda3]
#3042577 - 04/13/09 11:09 PM

Hi Dee,

Feeling better now? These are beautiful bright and very well done. You have excellent control with those little brushes. Thanks for posting.

Frank

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varmint
I invite more abuse

Reged: 02/10/07

Loc: Pacifica, CA, USA

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[Re: Dee]
#3042602 - 04/13/09 11:29 PM

Dee,

I must say those are impressive sketches. I probably never would have even thought to use Yellow on white or even red on white. Your summary of your experiences has a poetic nature to it, as do your sketches.

I'm almost tempted to combine some of them in an animated gif to watch the changes in a stop-motion animation type of scheme.

Thanks for sharing.

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: varmint]
#3042871 - 04/14/09 06:46 AM

Thanks Rich, Michael, Jaycin,Roland and Linda, Frank and Varmint.

Jim, do feel free to try an animation if you like, I do not have a notion how to go about that.

Dee feeling better today

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CarlosEH
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Reged: 01/19/05

Loc: Pembroke Pines, Broward County...

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[Re: Dee]
#3043172 - 04/14/09 10:35 AM

Dee,

Thank you for your wonderful sequence of prominence observations. The use of the brilliant sunshine yellow ink and the scarlet watercolor was excellent. You have captured the flow of the prominences very nicely. Thank you for sharing them with us all.

Carlos

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Jeff Young
Post Laureate

Reged: 08/04/05

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: CarlosEH]
#3043398 - 04/14/09 12:42 PM

Beautiful paintings, Dee! Love the color....

-- Jeff (with the same dang cold).

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SallyR
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 10/08/06

Loc: England

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[Re: Jeff Young]
#3043937 - 04/14/09 05:52 PM

Dee, those are just the most amazing sketches, full of the heat of the sun! You have really captured the intricacy of the proms, the brightness of the view - the sketches are so alive

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varmint
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Reged: 02/10/07

Loc: Pacifica, CA, USA

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[Re: Dee]
#3044629 - 04/15/09 01:06 AM Attachment (31 downloads)

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Jim, do feel free to try an animation if you like, I do not have a notion how to go about that.

Dee feeling better today

Glad you're feeling better.

I'm going to try and attach my attempt at animating your first 7 sketches... not sure if it's going to work (and it's likely to be super tiny due to size limitations on CN).

Super Tiny indeed...I did a "full size" version, but it's 3MB and I don't know where to host it for you... BTW, this was my very first attempt at creating an animated GIF. I followed the instructions from this site I found by Googling it (and the fact that I have Photoshop...).

Ok, I found that Flickr won't allow GIFs, but Picasa/Google does. So here's a link to the "full sized" version of the animated GIF.

Edited by varmint (04/15/09 01:26 AM)

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: varmint]
#3045098 - 04/15/09 10:44 AM

Jim, thank you very much indeed for your work on this it looks great.

The super tiny version is so cute, almost as tiny as I see the real thing. Thanks also for the link to the photo shop tutorial

Dee

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Erix
Toad Lily

Reged: 12/25/04

Loc: Texas, USA

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[Re: Dee]
#3045359 - 04/15/09 01:27 PM

Fantastic use of color, Dee.

BTW, if it helps, here's the animation tutorial I wrote up awhile back specifically for sketching animations. Link to animating your sketches.

Each of the tutorial images are clickable for larger images.

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Dee
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 03/12/06

Loc: Ireland

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[Re: Erix]
#3045888 - 04/15/09 06:44 PM

Sally thank you , I know that you are well tuned into watercolor in the finest sense of its expression. I am just playing with it.

Erika thanks for the reminder of your tutorial.

I am not a computer head ,it will take me some time to read and figure out animation.

Dee

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Dr Morbius
Post Laureate

Reged: 02/06/07

Loc: ManorvilleNY-but not for long

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[Re: Dee]
#3046299 - 04/15/09 11:23 PM

Dee, I'm impressed with your sketches, and I'm not easily impressed. Keep up the good work!!!

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Tom Machtemes
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Reged: 06/09/08

Loc: Evergreen Park, Ill.

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[Re: Dee]
#3048887 - 04/17/09 10:59 AM

Dee,

You got some nice watercolor sketches.

Tom

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