Belt of Venus - Digitizing Tutorial Preparing your sketches for display online can present some unique challenges. This tutorial discusses some methods for dealing with these challenges.
Belt of Venus - Sketching Close Double Stars Very close double stars resist sketching techniques that scale them to the field stop and sketch circle. This post discusses those issues.
Drawing the Deep Sky Discussion of the benefits of astronomical sketching, and a concise sketching tutorial by Yann Pothier
Astronomical Sketching Galleries
Astronomy Sketch of the Day Daily postings of astronomical sketches by contributing artists in all possible sketch media. Details about the sketching process and the objects featured accompany each sketch.
Erika Rix Sketch Gallery Lunar, solar, planetary, and deep sky sketches by Erika Rix using a variety of media including charcoal, graphite, and hard pastels.
Bill Ferris' Cosmic Voyage: Deep Sky and Planetary Sketches Astronomical observation notes and sketches by Bill Ferris of all Messier, all Herschel 400, a variety of NGC/IC objects, comets and planets.
Astronotas Deep sky observations with accompanying sketches by Luis Martínez Guzmán. Site is in Spanish. The following links will take you to the object directories. (Each object is accompanied by a sketch.) Messier Objects/NGC Objects
The Deep Sky Archive Archive of deep sky observations and sketches by numerous observers. Use the search feature to list objects. (e.g. Type "Messier" to list all Messier Objects.)
Dark Sky Journal Astronomical sketches and observations by Kenneth.
Corner of the Galaxy Astronomy site by Taras Shevchenko. After entering the site, links in the left side frame will take you to all categories of astronomical objects with sketches.
Astrozeichnungen Deep sky sketches by Manfred Kleisa and Peter Brosowski. Site is in German. Click the "Objekt Index" link to proceed to the index of sketched objects.
Astro-visuell.de Digital Deep sky, Solar, planetary and comet sketches by Daniel Restemeier. Site is in German. Click the links beneath the "Zeichnungen" heading for sketch galleries. The Zeichentechnik link will take you to a tutorial covering Daniel's digital sketching technique.
Himmel-und-Er.de Deep sky and planet sketches by Christian. Site is in German. Click the "Zeichnungen" link and then click either the "Deep-Sky" or "Planeten" links for sketch galleries.
Astronomie - Homepage von Stefan Schönig Deep sky and planet sketches by Stefan Schönig. Site is in German. Click the "Astrozeichnungen" link for sketch galleries. Click the Zeichnen-Technik link for a sketching tutorial.
AstroPage Cai - Uso Wohler Deep sky and planet sketches by Cai-Uso Better. Site is in German. Click the "JupiDraw" and "AstroDraw" links for sketch galleries.