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mitaccio
sage

Reged: 03/17/09

Loc: Oahu, Hawaii

First lunar sketch ever - practice Eratosthenes
#5342067 - 07/29/12 05:30 PM Attachment (53 downloads)

I have wanted to get into lunar sketching for some time now. I recently bought the Artists Guide to Sketching the moon and been waiting for clear skies. Since I have waited almost a whole lunar cycle, I took matters in my own hands and printed Eratosthenes from online and went to work. Using graphite 2B, 4B and 6B I drew this on regular printer paper. I used a toilet paper tube to look through as if it were the eyepiece (lame?). I have to say, for a first ever lunar sketch, I think it came out quite well.

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niteskystargazer
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/05/09

Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W

Re: First lunar sketch ever - practice Eratosthenes new

[Re: mitaccio]
#5342078 - 07/29/12 05:36 PM

Mitaccio,

Very good 1st sketch Eratosthenes

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CS,KLU,

,

Tom

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ASTROOKIE
member

Reged: 03/08/12

Loc: Belchatow (central Poland)

Re: First lunar sketch ever - practice Eratosthenes new

[Re: niteskystargazer]
#5342240 - 07/29/12 07:23 PM

Great job, sharp shadows are awesome!

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biomedchad
professor emeritus

Reged: 04/13/09

Loc: Marion, Ohio

Re: First lunar sketch ever - practice Eratosthenes new

[Re: mitaccio]
#5342405 - 07/29/12 09:19 PM

Great sketc!! How is the book? Is it worth a buy?

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JeanB
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 07/11/11

Loc: Montreal, Canada

Re: First lunar sketch ever - practice Eratosthenes new

[Re: biomedchad]
#5342499 - 07/29/12 10:31 PM

Wonderful work, indeed! You're in for a lot of fun! This book helped me a lot too!

Jean

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Uwe Pilz
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 05/16/08

Loc: Leipzig, Germany

Re: First lunar sketch ever - practice Eratosthenes new

[Re: JeanB]
#5342672 - 07/30/12 12:47 AM

Your first sketch is very impressive and shows a good 3D feeling. If you sketch for a longer time you will see and sketch more detauils at every session. I am looking forward to see your next sketches.

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mike73
member

Reged: 05/01/12

Loc: UK Plymouth

Re: First lunar sketch ever - practice Eratosthenes new

[Re: Uwe Pilz]
#5342779 - 07/30/12 03:32 AM

Thats a great first lunar sketch! Well done.

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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

Re: First lunar sketch ever - practice Eratosthenes new

[Re: mitaccio]
#5343302 - 07/30/12 12:15 PM

Quote:

I used a toilet paper tube to look through as if it were the eyepiece

This is a promessing first sketch! Can't wait to see one you made at a real eyepiece

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frank5817
Postmaster

Reged: 06/13/06

Loc: Illinois

Re: First lunar sketch ever - practice Eratosthenes new

[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5345617 - 07/31/12 04:25 PM

Mitaccio,

Very good crater sketch. It looks like you followed the directions that Rich Handy(that is Krater Kidd, here at Cloudy Nights) used in the introduction for practice sketching - Except for your way to make it more like a circular field - innovative. Everyone can sketch the Moonscape.

Frank

(aka Thomas McCague)

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