I had wonderfully clear weather the morning of August 28th, 2007 and was able to create a sequence of sketches of the total lunar eclipse for the ingress side of the event. Unfortunately the Eucalyptus grove in the west blocked my attempt to sketch the egress. Erika Rix graciously offered to animate this sequence for me, thank you so much Erika, you did such a wonderful job! I hope you all had a chance to witness this one, it was an awesome and colorful event.
Telescope:12″ SCT f/10
Eyepiece: 35mm Televue Panaoptic
Magnification: 87X
Medium: white Conte’ Crayon and colored pastels on black 400 series Artagain paper
Richard Handy – Sketches
Erika Rix- Animation
Rich & Erika,
Thank you for sharing this amazing sketch and animation of the entire sequence of amazing sketches! I was unable to witness this event for myself (thanks to stormy FL skies), so this is the next best thing. 8)
Jason
Rich and Erika
You two are the dynamic duo. This is sketching at its very best.
Frank
Thanks so much Frank and Jason! 🙂 I’m hoping you two get the chance to sketch the next one in February of next year.