[markseibold (Mark Seibold)]

On July 7th ~ 8th I spent two nights sketching this as the largest pastel of the moon that I have produced yet as the disc of the moon is rendered at 16.5 inches in diameter on 20" X 24" black Strathmore Artagain pastel paper. Seeing conditions were average. Observing was done through a 10.1" f/4.5 Newtonian with 32mm and 9.7mm plossl eyepieces.

In some areas I have exerted more details than others due to time constraints after a total of 4.5 hours work. Other areas were left as roughly blended and impressionistic.
Mark