Drawing Resources

Websites:

  1. Arp Galaxies
  2. Astronomical League
  3. Astronomy Sketch of the Day
  4. Howard Banich
  5. Mel Bartels
  6. Nicolas Biver
  7. Friends of the Night (German)
  8. Fred Burgeot
  9. Cassini 17th-18th century
  10. Tony Cifani
  11. Cloudy Nights sketches
  12. DeepSkyLogs
  13. Ewe Glahn
  14. Roger Ivester
  15. Jay's Astronomical Sketches
  16. Peter Kiss
  17. Rony de Laet
  18. Bertrand Laville
  19. Raul Leon
  20. Bernard Lyot
  21. Alexander Massey
  22. Larry McHenry
  23. Hans-Juergen Merk
  24. Fabrice Morat
  25. Richard Orr
  26. Jeremy Perez
  27. Jeremy Perez resources (older)
  28. Yann Pothier
  29. RASC AstroSketchers
  30. Lord Rosse
  31. Akarsh Simha
  32. Etienne Leopold Trouvelot
  33. Serge Vieillard
  34. Michael Vlasov's Deep Sky Watch
  35. The Webb Deep-Sky Society

Books:

  1. A Portfolio of Lunar Drawings by David Hill
  2. Astrodessin Observation & Dessin en Astronomical
  3. Astronomical Cybersketching: Observational Drawing with PDAs and Tablet PCs
  4. Astronomical Sketching: A Step-by-Step Introduction
  5. Atlas of the Messier Objects: Highlights of the Deep Sky by Ronald Stoyan, Klaus-Peter Schroeder
  6. Deep-Sky Companions by Stephen James O'Meara
  7. Dibujo Astronomico by Leonor Ana Hernandez
  8. interstellarum Deep Sky Guide Desk Edition by Ronald Stoyan, Uwe Glahn
  9. Observing by Hand: Sketching the Nebulae in the Nineteenth Century by Omar W. Nasim
  10. Sketching the Moon: An Astronomical Artist's Guide
  11. Solar Sketching: A Comprehensive Guide to Drawing the Sun
  12. The Messier Album by John H. Mallas, Evered Kreimer
  13. Visual Lunar and Planetary Astronomy by Paul G. Abel
  14. Visual Lunar and Planetary Astronomy (The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series)

Observing lists and reports:

  1. Adventures in Deep Space

Articles:

  1. Gerry Smerchanski on Sketching the Moon

Videos:

My Videos

  1. "Drawing in the Digital Age"
  2. Drawings through the 30 inch and 16 inch telescopes (begins at the 28th minute)
  3. Faster and fainter: drawings with a 30 inch F2.7

Sketching is personal. Here are a few educational videos.

  1. Peter Vercauteren's 6 part series
  2. Sketching Astronomical Objects with Dr. Cindy Krach
  3. Astronomy Sketching with Mary McIntyre
  4. Michael's Astronomy Sketching Stars
  5. Sketching the Deep Sky, Basingstoke Astronomical Society
  6. Jeremy Perez's Introduction to Astronomical Sketching
  7. Alexander Massey's Mellish Technique astronomical sketching
  8. More youtube videos