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Full disk pastel sketch of the Moon

Started by Roel , Jun 16 2013 06:36 AM

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#1 Roel

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 06:36 AM

I've made this drawing a few months ago (december 2012) but did not post it yet, because I made this sketch for someone and did not want to spoil the surprise!

It is a pastel sketch of a 17 days old Moon, made before dawn on December 1st, 2012.

The telescope used was a 75mm f/15 Polarex/Unitron refractor at different magnifications. Because I wanted to keep the original drawing recognisable, I used an amici prism for an upright image.

The original sketch has a diameter of around 15". It's made entirely with one white pastel pencil on black paper.

http://www.roelblog....end-in-decem...
(click on image in link for a larger version)

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#2 Asbytec

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 09:09 AM

That's very nicely done, Roel.

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#3 Aquarellia

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 01:01 PM

Superb Roel !

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#4 chrisrnuttall

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 04:09 PM

Roel

I love your moon drawings, they are so striking and beautiful, and I am quite envious of the way you can represent features like crater rays with just a pencil stroke.
Could you tell us what paper this was drawn on?

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#5 Andrev

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 04:19 PM

Roel

I've always been a great admirator of all your manificent sketches. This one is extraordinary sir. What a great and impressive sketch. Your are an excellent sketcher.

Congratulation.

Andre

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#6 Sol Robbins

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Posted 16 June 2013 - 11:41 PM

Wow!

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#7 AstroTatDad

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Posted 17 June 2013 - 03:49 AM

Wow, awesome!! "eyes pop out"

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#8 JimPie

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Posted 17 June 2013 - 07:52 AM

Wow, I really had to look closely at this before I could tell it was a sketch! To bad you couldn't present it back in December. I'm certain it would have won the Imaging contest.