{"id":565,"date":"2011-04-07T23:48:20","date_gmt":"2011-04-07T23:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2011\/04\/07\/drawn_to_the_un_21\/"},"modified":"2011-04-07T23:48:20","modified_gmt":"2011-04-07T23:48:20","slug":"drawn_to_the_un_21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2011\/04\/07\/drawn_to_the_un_21\/","title":{"rendered":"Drawn to the Universe<br \/>APRIL 2011 &#8211; M81\/M82"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2011\/img201104AN_M81M82poslg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2011\/img201104AN_M81M82pos.jpg\" alt=\"Positive Sketches of Messier 81 and Messier 82\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Positive Sketches of Messier 81 and Messier 82<\/p>\n<p><i>Click image to view larger version.<br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2011\/img201104AN_M81M82neglg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2011\/img201104AN_M81M82neg.jpg\" alt=\"Original Negative Sketch of Messier 81 and Messier 82\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Original Negative Sketch of Messier 81 and Messier 82<\/p>\n<p><i>Click image to view larger version.<br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"imageblock\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2011\/img201104AN_M81M82Mag.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/archives\/images\/2011\/img201104AN_M81M82Mag.jpg\" alt=\"Original Negative Sketch of Messier 81 and Messier 82\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">Original Negative Sketch of Messier 81 and Messier 82<\/p>\n<p><i>Click image to view larger version.<br \/><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table class=\"objectdata\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px;\">\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject:<\/b><\/td>\n<td class=\"subject\">Messier 81 and Messier 82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Issue:<\/b><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.astronomynowstore.com\/ww\/catalog\/product_info.php?products_id=339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 2011<\/a> <i>Astronomy Now<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Basic Media:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>Graphite on White Paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Featured Technique:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>While an observer usually wants to include as much detail as possible in a sketch, the finished drawing can raise unrealistic expectations if the sketch is used to familiarize new observers with the object. This column describes the process of supplementing a detailed sketch with a simplified version that represents the at-a-glance view of an object.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Suggested Sketching Materials:<\/b><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>White, acid free sketch paper<\/li>\n<li>HB and 2H graphite pencils<\/li>\n<li>Blending stump and sanding block<\/li>\n<li>Transfer tracing paper<\/li>\n<li>Adjustable red observing light<\/li>\n<li>Clipboard<\/li>\n<li>Optional digital processing with GIMP or Photoshop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Positive Sketches of Messier 81 and Messier 82 Click image to view larger version. Original Negative Sketch of Messier 81 and Messier 82 Click image to view larger version. Original Negative Sketch of Messier 81 and Messier 82 Click image to view&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":595,"url":"https:\/\/perezmedia.net\/beltofvenus\/2012\/10\/06\/drawn_to_the_un_32\/","url_meta":{"origin":565,"position":0},"title":"Drawn to the Universe &#8211; FEBRUARY 2012 &#8211; Messier 1","author":"jperez1690","date":"October 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Positive Sketch of Messier 1 Click image to view larger version. Original Negative Sketch of Messier 1 Click image to view larger version. 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Original negative sketch of Messier 31 and Companions Click image to view larger version. 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