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Here is the sketch from today. I have the report in the solar forum if anyone is interested. During the observation, I thought I found a new active region. Dragging out the white light set up showed me that I was wrong.

Same sketching technique as always. For a refresher doing filaments, I use a sharpened white vinyl eraser pencil that I flatten out with an exacto knife to resemble a flat head screw driver. The eraser is used to draw in the filament by removing the white conte'. Then I add finer filament detail with a piece of charcoal.

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Erika- Very nice sketching and I especially like your fine documentation format and candid explanation of technique to render the prominences with dark charcoal. It makes for a very profesional presentation. Has your sketch work ever appeared in popular astronomy magazines? If not, I think that it should because I think it will inspire others to observe [and sketch]. I also need to take your great example of documentation and notes and apply it to my own sketches. I know I can work up a formal page in photoshop to accompany my sketches for online. Instead, I tested myself when you all saw my hand drawn tilted sun once and the white pin-lined frame on one crescent moon sketch with blue earthshine that drew so much attention in the October monthly contest. I think it was the hand drawn technical graphics in these sketches that amused many and not the central subject. Many artsts from an era gone by, used to sketch in their own frames and outer ornate boarders in both paintings and sketches.

I am not as accesible with the solar scope and ready as I used to be at my home. In my temporary living situation, I also do not have my own computer set up, so regular solar observing and documentation has become spurious at best.

I was wondering what you meant by "dragging out the white light set up showed me I was wrong" to confirm an active area on the suns surface?

Thanks again for sharing this great example to document the suns activity.

Mark

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Third day in a row.

Same technique and the report is in the solar forum.

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More great work, Erika. The prom detail is nicely done.

It looks like Venus is transitting across your Tilting Sun graphic--what's up with that? Did I miss something?

[Edit: Just read your report about the plage--Venus remains in its original orbit. ]

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Absolutely stunning sketch Erika, thanks for sharing

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Regarding your black cloth that you made for me, I am having no difficulties at all sketching underneath it. I keep the sketch on my knees and have the bottom of the cloth opened under my chin so that I can glance down at the sketch to add to it. If I need to close the part under my chin for added darkness, I can do so easily with my left free hand that isn't holding the chalk. Maybe I can get Paul to take a photo of me doing so if it might help.

Thank you again for making that for me, Sally. It's been a wonderful accessory and so much nicer than that flimsy little spare piece of black cloth that I had been using.

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Thanks Erika. I have only just seen your comment here when I was browsing back through this thread. I am so pleased the cloth has turned out to be useful for you I am looking forward to getting back out under mine again for some serious solar observing and sketching

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