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[frank5817]

The Winner for the April 2020 Sketching Contest is Roy (Hokkaido 53)  Congratulations Roy - Great Sketching.

 

Both sketches this month were wonderful representations of sketches in this forum and thank you both (Roy and Michel) for entering these excellent works.

 

 

    Roy (Hokkaido 53) 
    April 20, 2017, 12:45 am MDT: Details confirmed March 29, 2020, 03:13 am MDT
   Galaxy in Hydra M-83
   Taos, New Mexico
   18" f/4.5 Obsession reflector
   171x, FOV = 0.4°
   Seeing 2/5, Transparency 3/5

 

 

[frank5817]

The Winner for the May 2020 Sketching Contest is Michael Downs (mdowns)  Congratulations Michael - Great Sketching.

 

Both sketches this month were excellent well done gentlemen Michael and Achim.

 

Michael Downs (mdowns)
Englewood, Florida backyard
Date: April 2020
Target object: Messier 22
Telescope C 11 at 118x
Bortle Sky Scale 4.9
70lb.  white paper HB and 2B graphite pencils, kneaded eraser
Sketch inverted
Magnification: range used 70x-31

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[frank5817]

June 2020 has but one entered sketch in the month’s Sketching Contest and it is a very fine one.
No Vote This Month with One Entry
As a result we have a winner by default. Congratulations to  Achim (acr astro) - Great Sketching

Hopefully we will have more submissions in the July 2020 Sketching Contest.

 

Achim (acr astro)
Sketch of Sinus Iridum the ‘Golden Handle’ on the Moon
Telescope: Martini 10" f/5 truss-tube Dobsonian
Eyepiece: Explore Scientific 6.7mm/82°
Date & Time: June 1st, 2020 / 22:15-23:15 CEST
Location: Home terrace, Dusseldorf Region, Germany
Technique: Koh-i-Noor chalk, extra charcoal and whitecoal pens and pieces on black sketching paper
Size: appr. 25x25cm

 

[frank5817]

The Winner for the July 2020 Sketching Contest is Michael Downs (mdowns)  Congratulations Michael - Great Sketching of Messier 8 The Lagoon Nebula.

 

Your sketch and the comet C/2020 F3 (Neowise) sketch submitted by Riceca were both excellent works.

 

1.Michael Downs (mdowns)

Englewood, Florida ? (not specified)
Date: mid-spring 2020
Target object: Messier 8
Telescope C 11
Bortle Sky Scale 4.9
80lb.  white drawing  paper, HB and 2B graphite pencils, kneaded eraser
Blending stump
Sketch inverted
Magnification: range used 70x-200x

 

[frank5817]

We have no entries for the August 2020 Sketching Contest therefore no sketching contest for this month ending. Wow, this has not happened since December of 2018. So we will move on to the September 2020 Sketching Contest and hopefully we will have some wonderful sketch entries this new month..

[frank5817]

September 2020 has but one entered sketch in the month’s Sketching Contest and it is a fine one.
No Vote This Month with One Entry
As a result we have a winner by default. Congratulations to E-Ray - Great Sketching
Hopefully we will have more submissions in the October 2020 Sketching Contest and in that way have a 'real contest' with more entries.
E-Ray

August 30, 2020
Waxing Gibbous Moon
Cedar Park, Texas
Sketched from image taken on August 28, 2020 with Orion ED80T CF scope with Celestron 8x24 zoom (set to 8mm) magnification 60x
Sketching medium: Faber-Castell Polychromos pencils and white chalk. Paper is black artist sketching pad.
Digital modification: sketch scanned on HP printer at 600 dpi. Image contrast adjusted in PowerPoint to better match original drawing.
Excellent sketching conditions for Moon

 

 

 

[frank5817]

The Winner for the October 2020 Sketching Contest is Sean S. (SeanStaresatStars).  Congratulations,  very fine sketching of the eastern part of the Veil Nebula. 

 

All three sketches entered for this month were very good works and Thank You Trent and David for entering your very fine Mars sketches.

Thank you all for participating in this contest.

 

Sean S. SeanStaresatStars
C33 Eastern Veil Nebula.
Oct. 18, 2020
NE Denver, CO
Skywatcher 250p, 24mm ES82 eyepiece (50x), Orion Ultrablock Filter.
Black Paper, White charcoal and white soft pastel.
Transparency: 4/5, Seeing: 2-3/5

 

 

[frank5817]

The Winner of the November 2020 Sketching Contest is E-Ray. Congratulations E-Ray. Your Waning Gibbous Moon Sketch was Excellent. 

 

Both entries this month were superb and both were lunar sketches Thank you both E-Ray and Achim for entering the contest for the month of November.

 

E-Ray
October 7, 2020,
Waning Gibbous Moon, 20 day old Moon
Cedar Park, Texas
Equipment and magnification used not included
Faber-Castell polychromos pencils on black artist paper
Slight contrast adjustment

 

[frank5817]

The Winner of the December 2020 Sketching Contest is Trent ( Marvin 452). Congratulations Trent ( Marvin 452). Your Waning Gibbous Moon Sketch was Excellent.

All three of this month entries were superb works. Thank you Trent ( Marvin 452), Stanislas- Jean and Michel (Aquarellia) for entering the contest for the month of December 2020.

 

Trent ( Marvin 452)
12/08/2020, 03:30-04:10local time
Crater Eratosthenes, Dia. 35miles
Cape Coral, Fl.
C9.25" SCT, Televue 7mm Nagler ep for 336x
Sketch done with white and black charcoal on black pastel paper using blending stumps and Q-tips.
Temp.: 56 deg., Dewpoint 45 deg., Seeing: 3/5 Trans: 5/5
Apparent size: 32.20"

 

[frank5817]

January 2021 has but one entered sketch in the month’s Sketching Contest and it is certainly a fine one.
No Vote This Month with One Entry
As a result we have a winner by default. Congratulations to arc_astro (Achim) - Great Sketching
Hopefully we will have more submissions in the February 2021 Sketching Contest and in that way have a 'competitive contest' with more entries nest month.

 

acr_astro  (Achim)
Date & Time: Jan 22nd, 2021 / 1900-2000 CET
Crater Copernicus
Location: home terrace, Dusseldorf region, Germany
Telescope: Martini 10" f/5 truss-tube Dobsonian
Eyepiece: Explore Scientific 6.7mm/82° with Explore Scientific 2x focal extender
Technique: Koh-i-Noor charcoal, whitecoal and chalk blocks and pens on black sketching paper
Size: 11"x11"

 

 

[frank5817]

February, 2021 Sketching Contest Winner by the voting results is

Michel DECONINCK (Aquarellia)

Venus and Saturn

Sketch date: February 11, 2021
Location: France Provence at the top of a hill (Altitude 700m) near the small village of Entrevennes - with excellent municipal nocturnal extinction
Equipment: naked eye and 102/1000 mm refractor
Magnification: naked eye and zoom EP 25-13 mm
Medium sketch: watercolor for the global view.  For the zoom portion: pencil, blending stump (plus china ink for Venus) on white paper, both digitally inverted
Conditions: -6 ° C, wind, good transparency

 

All 3 sketches entered this month were wonderful representations of sketches in this forum  thank you Ivan and Alder  for entering these excellent works.

 

[frank5817]

March 2021 has but one entered sketch in the month’s Sketching Contest and it is a very fine one.

No Vote This Month with only One Entry
As a result we have a winner by default. Congratulations to Ivan May - Great Sketching
Hopefully we will have more submissions in the April Sketching Contest.

 

Name: Ivan Maly

Target: M-63, galaxy in CVn. Fuzzy objects are HII regions/OB associations in the galaxy.
Observed and sketched: March 13, 2021
Location: remote ridge, 700 m. above sea level in Pennsylvania
Equipment: 20-inch Newtonian, 100 deg. oculars
Magnification: 150 and 250x, combined view
Technique: black paper, white pencils, tortillon, completed at the telescope. Touched up the next day (stars refreshed and some eraser work on the galaxy).
Conditions: transparency 9/10, seeing 4 arcsec, sky 21.85 mag/sq. arcsec.  North up in sketch

 

[frank5817]

April, 2021 Sketching Contest Winner by the voting results that just ended is Raul Leon

 

With his sketch of Messier 104 ( Sombrero galaxy) in Virgo
Observed 3/7/2021 and 4/11/2021
Chiefland Florida
14.5 Starstructure Dob f/4.3
6mm Ethos at 264x
white charcoal pencils on black Strathmore paper tile
8/10 transparency
8/10 seeing

 

All 4 sketches entered this month were wonderful representations of sketches in this forum, thank you Johnny L, Eric K and Achim for entering these excellent works.

 

[frank5817]

May, 2021 Sketching Contest Winner by the voting results that just ended is Gregrox (Gregory)

 

With his sketch of Jupiter and Saturn
Observed from North Carolina
Zhumell Z130 (130/650 Newtonian)
2.5x Barlow and 10mm Kellner, 163x
#2 Pencil on white Mixed Media Paper, colorized in Paint Shop Pro.
Excellent seeing conditions, good transparency.
Seen during dawn and just after sunrise.
2021-May-22, 05:20-6:20 AM EDT.

 

 

 

All 5 sketches entered this month were wonderful representations of sketches in this forum, thank you  Achim, Stanislas-Jean, Jef and Guilaume  for entering your excellent works.

[frank5817]

June 2021 Sketching Contest Winner

 

June 2021 has but one entered sketch in the month’s Sketching Contest and it is a very fine one.
No Vote This Month with One Entry
As a result we have a winner by default. Congratulations to Achim (acr astro) - Great Sketching

 

Pastel Sketch of the Partial Solar Eclipse - Germany
Acr_astro  (Achim)
Telescope: Lunt LS 50 THa B600 PT
Eyepiece: Celestron X-Cel  10mm
Date & Time: June 10th, 2021 / 1215-1245 CEST
Location: home terrace, Dusseldorf region, Germany
Technique: reddish Koh-i-noor pastels, pastel pens and charcoal pen on black Hahnemühle Ingres mould-made pastel paper
Size: 24x31cm

 

 

[frank5817]

July 2021 Sketching Contest Winner

Since July 2021 has only one entry and and excellent one I might add there will be not vote this month  and therefore Michel Deconinck (Aquarellia) is this months winner by default Congratulations Michel

 

Name: Michel Deconinck (Aquarellia)
Target: The sun from my terrace
Date: the target was sketched, July 21 2021 - 13h50 UTC
Location when sketching, Artignosc-sur-Verdon - Provence - France
Equipment: Bresser refractor - as shown -152/1200 EP zoom here 24mm, full objective filter white light.
Magnification used : 50x
Sketching medium, Sketch main pigment ink and coffee imawake.gif, plus alizarine crimson and orange for the sun.
Conditions (seeing, transparency). Quality AAVSO Solar: 3/4, some light clouds, temperature 32°C.

 

[frank5817]

August 2021 Sketching Contest Winner by a very close vote is: Raul Leon with his sketch of Messier 16 (the Eagle Nebula)

 

Congratulations to you. Both sketches this month were excellent entries Gregrox's Jupiter Entry was beautifully done as well.

Thanks to both of you .

 

Entry by: Raul Leon
Date of sketch: 8/7/2021
object: Messier 16 (Eagle nebula)
location: Chiefland Florida
equipment: 14.5” Starstructure Dob f/4.3
Eyepiece: 21mm Ethos
filter: Lumicon H Beta
Magnification: 115x
Sketching medium: white charcoal pencils w/blending stump on Strathmore black artist tile
Object type: DSO
conditions: 7/10 transparency 9/10 seeing

 

[frank5817]

September 2021 Sketching Contest Winner by vote is: Erick86 (Eric K) Congratulations!

 

Congratulations to our other two contestants Apollo XX (Mike McCabe) and Guilaume for their fine sketching entries. The sketches entered in this month’s contest are representative of the fine sketches seen here in the Sketching Forum.

 

Look for the sketch by Erick86 on the Home page here at Cloudy Nights

 

Erick86 (Eric K)

Target:   Andromeda Galaxy (M31, M32, and M110)
Date:     September 5, 2021, 02:00am MDT
Location: Starland, Alberta, Canada
Scope:  TeleVue Genesis 100mm f/5
Eyepiece: TeleVue Pantopic 35mm
Magnification: 14x
Seeing: Fair
Transparency: Fair
Medium: White sketching paper, graphite pencils, inverted in Photoshop

 

[frank5817]

October 2021 Sketching Contest Winner is Mitu0715 with Lunar Crater Sketch of Arzachel, Alphonsus Congratulations!

 

Congratulations also to our other contestants for their fine sketching entries. All of these sketches are winners to my way of thinking. 

The sketches entered in this month's contest are representative of the fine sketches seen here in the Sketching Forum.

Look for the sketch by Mitu0715 on the Home Page at Cloudy Nights.

 

Mitu0715

October 14, 2021, 17:45 Local time
Crater Arzachel,Alphonsus
Tokyo,Japan
Seeing: 3/5 Trans: 4/5
TeleVue-85(D=85mm fl=600mm)
Matsumoto EMS-UL
Pentax XW 5mm 125x
White drawing  paper, Staedtler Mars pencils, Kneaded eraser

 

[frank5817]

November 2021 Sketching Contest Winner is Cindy Krach (Warmvet)  Congratulations Cindy!

 

Congratulations also to our other contestants for their fine sketching entries. All of these sketches are winners to my way of thinking about this contest.

The sketches entered in this month's contest are representative of the fine sketches seen here in the Sketching Forum at Cloudy Nights.

 

Look for the sketch by Cindy Krach (Warmvet) on the Home Page at Cloudy Nights.

Cindy Krach (Warmvet)

Partial Lunar Eclipse & Pleiades
Date and Time:11/18/21 23:03 HST  -  11/19/21 0903 UT
Maui, Hawaii 4,000' elevation
7x50 Action Extreme Binocular
Black Artagain paper, conte crayons
Seeing: Excellent, Transparency: 5/7

 

 

 

[frank5817]

December 2021 Sketching Contest Winner is Eric K.(erick86)  Congratulations Eric!

 

Congratulations also to our other contestants for their fine sketching entries. All of these sketches are winners to my way of thinking about the Sketching Contest.

The sketches entered in this month's contest are representative of the fine sketches seen here in the Sketching Forum at Cloudy Nights.

 

Look for the sketch by Eric K. (erick86) on the Home Page at Cloudy Nights.

 

  Eric K (erick86)

  Comet Leonard passing Messier 3
  Date: December 3, 2021
  Time: 05:25am MST
  Seeing: Good
  Transparency: Poor - Good (partly cloudy)
  Location:  Alberta, Canada
  Scope: 17.5" f/5
  Eyepiece: Televue Panoptic 35mm, 4 fields
  Temperature: - 8 C
  Mosaic widefield sketch on white paper with graphite pencils, inverted in Photoshop

 

[frank5817]

January 2022 Sketching Contest Winner is Achim (acr_astro), Congratulations Achim !

 

Congratulations also to our other contestants for their fine sketching entries. All of these sketches are winners to my way of thinking about the Sketching Contest.

The sketches entered in this month's contest are representative of the fine sketches seen here in the Sketching Forum at Cloudy Nights.

 

 

Look for the sketch by Achim on the Home Page at Cloudy Nights.

 

Achim (acr_astro)

Object: Lunar craters Ptolemaeus, Alphonsus and Arzachel
Telescope: Celestron NexStar 127 SLT
Eyepiece: Explore Scientific 6.7mm/82°
Date & Time: January 10th, 2022 / 1745-1900 CET
Location: home terrace, Dusseldorf Region, Germany
Technique: Koh-i-Noor chalk, extra charcoal and whitecoal pens and pieces on Seawhite of Brighton black sketching paper
Size: appr. 20x30 cm

 

[frank5817]

February 2022 Sketching Contest Winner is Jan De Ceuster, Congratulations Jan De Ceuster !

 

Congratulations also to our other contestants for their fine sketching entries. All of these sketches are winners in my book in the Sketching Contest.
The sketches entered in this month's contest are representative of the fine sketches seen here in the Sketching Forum at Cloudy Nights.

 

Look for the sketch by Jan De Ceuster on the Home Page at Cloudy Nights.

 

Jan De Ceuster
Sketch of Sinus Iridum  Moon
February 11, 2022 in Mortsel (Belgium)
Orion XT8 with Baader Hyperion Zoom
seen at 338x
Sketch with white, gray and black pastel pencils on black paper
Cloudless night, very good seeing conditions

 

[frank5817]

March 2022 Sketching Contest Winner is JMSchwartz(Jon), Congratulations Jon !

 

Congratulations also to our other contestants for their fine sketching entries. All three of these sketches are winners in my book in the Sketching Contest.
The sketches entered in this month's contest are representative of the fine sketches seen here in the Sketching Forum at Cloudy Nights.

 

Look for the sketch by JMSchwartz(Jon)  on the Home Page at Cloudy Nights.

 

JMSchwartz(Jon)

Galaxy Messier 82 in Ursa Major
Dates ranged from 2017 - March 29, 2022, combining three separate sketches using my newly found Mellish technique to create the very fine details in the core.
Locations: Mountain top locations The White Mountains at 8,600', Rodeo New Mexico at 4,600' and Mount Pinos at 8,300'
Equipment used: 32" 3.6 Starstructure ,  32" F-3.3 Slipstream and  28"F-4,3 Slipstream Telescope
Magnification: 220x-800x and eyepieces binoviewer, Parcorr 2

 

[frank5817]

April 2022 Sketching Contest Winner is Phil (Astromade) Congratulations Phil.

 

Congratulations also to our other contestants for their fine sketching entries. All of these sketches are winners in my book in the Sketching Contest.
The sketches entered in this month's contest are representative of the fine sketches seen here in the Sketching Forum at Cloudy Nights.

 

Look for this Lunar crater sketch by Phil (Astromade) on the Home Page at Cloudy Nights.

 

Phil (Astromade)
Sketch of Lunar crater Prinz
Date: April 12, 2022
France
Wet Conditions for sketching, 45 minutes of drawing before the paper became a sponge.
Shot on 04.12.2022 in Mayenne (France)
Chalk A3 Conté Dobsonian T 400 with Denkmeier binoculars and ES 14 x 3 eyepieces