Solar Sketching A Comprehensive Guide to Drawing the Sun /

• Main Authors: Rix, Erika (Author), Hay, Kim (Author), Russell, Sally (Author), Handy, Richard (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2015.
• Series: The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series, 178
• Subjects: Physics.; Art education.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Arts Education.

From the authors of Sketching the Moon comes a comprehensive guide filled with richly illustrated, detailed drawing tutorials that cover a variety of solar phenomena. Time-honored, traditional methods and media are described in tandem with innovative techniques developed and shared by contemporary a...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction to Solar Observing and Sketching
• Basic White Light Sketching
• Sketching for Science – White Light
• Projection Sketching
• Tracking Active Regions
• Hydrogen Alpha
• Calcium K
• Composite Sketches with more than one type of filter
• Spectrohelioscope
• Transits/occultation
• Eclipse
• Animations
• Solar Inspired Art
• Contributor Gallery.