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Erix
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Re: Flat-out sketching: one hour's my limit
[Re: markseibold]
#3134773 - 05/29/09 07:21 PM
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Mark, you are a superb artist and a great ambassador for astronomy and sketching. 
BTW, I stepped down as a mod last year so I could simply enjoy the forums again as a regular member. Whatever decisions are made here in the sketching forum are in the very fair and capable hands of Eric and Charlie.
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varmint
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Re: Flat-out sketching: one hour's my limit
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#3134823 - 05/29/09 08:01 PM
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Wow Jeff, those are great! I think it'd take me an hour just to do the first image you captured in 15 minutes... It's good I don't have a solar scope, I'd probably get frustrated from "missing" more because I'm too slow to catch them on a sketch... 
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Jeff Young
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Re: Flat-out sketching: one hour's my limit
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#3135486 - 05/30/09 08:58 AM
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Mark --
It's an interesting question how long I could go with more relaxing deep sky targets. I've done an hour and a half there and not felt any worse for the wear, but I usually feel satisfied (and cold) after a couple of hours of observing.
-- Jeff.
[Ed: no worries on the hijack; this thread was meant to be more about the process than the actual sketches -- I posted the observation thread in the solar section.]
Edited by Jeff Young (05/30/09 08:59 AM)
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Jeff Young
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Re: Flat-out sketching: one hour's my limit
[Re: Jeff Young]
#3135492 - 05/30/09 09:00 AM
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Thanks, Jim!
-- Jeff.
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Dee
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Re: Flat-out sketching: one hour's my limit
[Re: Jeff Young]
#3146173 - 06/04/09 07:10 PM
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These are great sketches Jeff, I just saw them now June 5th by a few minutes. I have not tried animation yet myself and have a burning need to do it soon. Sally kindly animated some of my solar sketches some time ago but ye really need to do it for yourself to be fair.
I will try Erika, method sooooooooooooooon :-)
I put about 10 -15 mins into a solar sketch then walk away for about 20 - 25 mins or so before doing the next one. The views change so much its like stop motion filming on paper.
For lunar sketches I can spend up to two and a half hours or so. Then of course the lighting has changed and decisions have to be made along the way. I think the longest time I spend on a sketch have been 3 - 4 hours for a Saturn grazing of the moon some years back . Occultations and lunar eclipses also take a long time.
Dee
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markseibold
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Re: Flat-out sketching: one hour's my limit
[Re: Erix]
#3147455 - 06/05/09 03:34 PM
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Mark, you are a superb artist and a great ambassador for astronomy and sketching.
Thank you Erika
I missed your compliment post earlier until rambling through older posts today.
I hope to do more lectures as I provided for a local college and high school recently and showing of the original art.
I am open to any advice for conections to travel and lecture.
Thanks again [and thanks to Jeff for this excellent discussion on the element of time spent in sketching.]
Mark
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