Sketch Notes

The original sketch at the eyepiece was done in a freehand ellipse a little less than 2" in diameter. For the finished sketch, I tried to stick to something like the standard ALPO way of drawing Jupiter. I didn't use an ellipse since I don't have an elliptical template. The circle is 2.5" in diameter and I colored in the black background with a pencil.

I don't really care to use the ALPO pre-printed forms since I can't get them into my bound sketchbook and it would be hard to get them on the kind of paper I find works best for shaded pencil sketches. After doing this drawing, I also don't care for the pencilled-in black background. In the future, I think I'll get an ellipse template about this same size and leave the background white. It won't be standard but then again I'm not submitting my observations for anyone else to record.