Grizz
Carpal Tunnel
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You can post suggestioins, tutorials or links to helpful sites that will help folks that may want to learn the "Art" of sketching.
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Craig
LX200GPS 10" UHTC SMT
ETX90EC
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Ron B[ee]
Tyro
Reged: 04/27/03
Posts: 4719
Loc: CA
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Eric Jaimison's tutorial is worth looking at, most indubitably  .
Ron B[ee]
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4-inch Tele Vue TV-102 APO 
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Edited by Ron B[ee] (03/04/05 11:26 AM)
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chascar
sage
Reged: 02/14/05
Posts: 315
Loc: Franklin Massachusetts
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I looked at the site and that planet drawing was awsome As I said before I now relise I walk with sen sei in this forum and hope to learn alot my humble contributions aside
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Charles
42.1N 71.4W Member Skyscrapers Inc.
Meade 628/f8 w 80mm guide
Meade ETX 90 EC
Tasco 9TE-5
Swift 7x50 Seahawks
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Erix
Toad Lily
Reged: 12/25/04
Posts: 20482
Loc: Ohio, USA
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Craig, here is a link to the sketching thread in the Lunie Bin. Please feel free to move it to a better place if you need to. But it was so valuable, I thought it would be good to have a link available.
Sketching: Tools and Techniques
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Erika
10" LX200 Classic, ETX70-AT, DS Maxscope 60mm, 12" Truss Dob, Orion ED80, WO Binoviewers, 10x50's and 7x50's Binoculars, Rebel XT 350
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BillFerris
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One of many ways to skin the cat: Sketching
Regards,
Bill in Flagstaff
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cildarith
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Reged: 08/26/04
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Loc: San Diego, CA
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Here is an attempt to describe my DSO sketching technique. I hope it is helpful! 
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Eric
6" f/6 Parks Newtonian
10x50 Bushnell Binocs
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Carol L
Reged: 07/05/04
Posts: 5880
Loc: Tomahawk, WI 45N//89W
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Here's a little tip I learned by accident.
We all know that sketching pencils are made to smudge and blend, and we have to be careful when brushing away little pieces of eraser so we don't accidentally smudge the pencil. I'm not sure how many others do this, but I use either a fan-shaped or pointed art brush to flick away the eraser pieces [but that's not the tip].
In removing a tiny speck of eraser the other night, I used the pointed brush and found it to be quite a gentle blender. Much softer of an effect than a blending stump, and it erases better because it's not ground into the paper's pores. 
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Jeremy Perez
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Hey, so I guess I've been out of the loop for a while eh. --Curse these viruses!-- :: shakes fist ::
Anyway, I haven't been totally unproductive. For whatever it's worth, I finally finished a sketching tutorial that goes over the steps I tend to use for DSOs: Linkage
For you dialup users, it's divided into 3 pages, with about 200K worth of images per page :-O I hope that isn't too painful.
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DenisY
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Loc: Canada / Montréal
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Wow Jeremy very good work! We finally know the secret behind your talent!
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Erix
Toad Lily
Reged: 12/25/04
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Loc: Ohio, USA
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Thank you, Jeremy! That was a great tutorial.
I've been wondering what happened to you. It's good to have you back.
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Erika
10" LX200 Classic, ETX70-AT, DS Maxscope 60mm, 12" Truss Dob, Orion ED80, WO Binoviewers, 10x50's and 7x50's Binoculars, Rebel XT 350
Having Fun in the Sun!
More solar fun: 2007 July - tracking NOAA10963
Support bacteria. It's the only culture some people have.
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cildarith
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Loc: San Diego, CA
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Nicely done, Jeremy! Welcome back to the land of the living, BTW.
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Eric
6" f/6 Parks Newtonian
10x50 Bushnell Binocs
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desertstars
Deja moo
Reged: 11/05/03
Posts: 30057
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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Something this useful is worth the wait on dial-up, Jeremy! I've no doubt your fellow sketchers here will be refering newbies to this forum to your website many times.
By the way, I was just about to add your name to the "Whatever Happened To..." thread in OT. Glad to see you're still in business. And I do hope you're talking about computer viruses...
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Tom W.
SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ
Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
Under the Desert Stars
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Jeremy Perez
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Reged: 08/12/04
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Loc: Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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Thanks for the comments you guys. I had weeks of this cold-then-flu-then-bronchitis thing that wouldn't end. I haven't been out under the stars for going on 2 months--and the clouds won't let up now. Serious bumming that has led to speechless lurking. I'm adding links to other astro-sketching tutorials on the last page of mine. In fact, I think I've got a couple links to some other good tutorials out there that I could add here. I need to look them up.
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Sol Robbins
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Reged: 12/01/03
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Hi Jeremy,
Well done.
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Sol Robbins
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Cygnus_x1
Sketcher Extraordinaire
Reged: 11/17/04
Posts: 2119
Loc: Isle of Wight, England
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Quote:
Hey, so I guess I've been out of the loop for a while eh. --Curse these viruses!-- :: shakes fist ::
Anyway, I haven't been totally unproductive. For whatever it's worth, I finally finished a sketching tutorial that goes over the steps I tend to use for DSOs: Linkage
For you dialup users, it's divided into 3 pages, with about 200K worth of images per page :-O I hope that isn't too painful.
Hi Jeremy - superb site and the tutorials are brilliant. 
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Visual Deep Sky Observing
Visual Astronomy blog
Fotopic astronomy gallery My photos from astronomy events, etc
8x42 binoculars 'light thimble'
4" refractor and 4" Meade SCT 'light cups'
12" Dobsonian 'light bucket'
Various TeleVue eyepieces
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Carol L
Reged: 07/05/04
Posts: 5880
Loc: Tomahawk, WI 45N//89W
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Glad to hear you're feeling better, Jeremy. Your step-by-step is extremely helpful, especially the way you explained how to determine the initial star placement. That's where I always mess up big-time. 
Sorry about my delayed reply [no, it didn't take a week for the download  ]. This thread somehow slipped under the radar on May 2nd and didn't re-surface as 'unread' till Faith replied yesterday. Thanks Faith!
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Cygnus_x1
Sketcher Extraordinaire
Reged: 11/17/04
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Loc: Isle of Wight, England
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No problem Carol.
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Visual Deep Sky Observing
Visual Astronomy blog
Fotopic astronomy gallery My photos from astronomy events, etc
8x42 binoculars 'light thimble'
4" refractor and 4" Meade SCT 'light cups'
12" Dobsonian 'light bucket'
Various TeleVue eyepieces
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MichaelH
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Reged: 10/09/05
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Loc: Ontario, Canada
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On my site I have a short introduction of how I did my sketches. It's located at Astronomical Sketches
Michael
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desertstars
Deja moo
Reged: 11/05/03
Posts: 30057
Loc: Tucson, AZ
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Michael, thanks for adding this, and welcome to Cloudy Nights. 
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Tom W.
SVP8 'She turned me into a 3-legged Newt' EQ
Ralph, the All-Purpose 102mm Refractor
Under the Desert Stars
Alcohol and calculus do not mix. Please don't drink and derive.
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Carol L
Reged: 07/05/04
Posts: 5880
Loc: Tomahawk, WI 45N//89W
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Welcome to CN Michael, your sketches are wonderful!!
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*Step-by-Step Lunar Sketching*
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