M42 The Orion Nebula Eyepiece Pastel Sketch 12/01/23

            As a surprise, my husband made me a parallelogram mount for my 15 x 70 binoculars and tonight I finally took it out and created my first sketch using it.  When I set up the sky was crystal clear, but as soon as I'd drawn 4 stars it started to cloud over. It was so frustrating! But I sat there for well over an hour just waiting for those brief gaps that allowed me to add one more star.  There were more stars in the eyepiece that I just wasn't able to get on the paper before the cloud became too solid to do anything.  

I used black paper and a white Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencil. I dotted the stars on first, then for the nebulosity I scratched a bit of the pastel onto the page and blended it with a brush. This gives a lovely translucence that doesn't translate very well when I photograph or scan my sketches.  Once I got inside I went over the stars with a white Posca paint pen and added the notes. I then scanned the sketch on our printer and adjusted the contrast and exposure in Fast Stone Image Viewer.

I am so looking forward to doing more sketching with this mount :)

Taken on: January 12, 2023

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Messier 42

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