Timelapse of me creating my friend's wedding gift. It's a pastel drawing of the Moon as it looked on the couple's wedding day, a 12% Waxing Crescent. I used Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencils on black paper.
Music is by Dave Simpson #MoonArt #SpaceArt #AstronomySketching

This was a wedding gift for a friend - a pastel drawing of the Moon as it looked on the couple's wedding day, a 12% Waxing Crescent. I used Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencils on black paper #MoonArt #SpaceArt #PastelArt #AstronomySketching #AstronomyDrawing

Here are collages of #lunarsketches from my workshops this weekend at #EuroreanAstroFest2026 (click to expand them). I'm insanely proud; the majority of people had NEVER attempted to draw the Moon or indeed drawn anything since high school, so these are very impressive! #AstronomySketching

Exciting news; I am going to European Astrofest!! I doing drop-in #LunarSketching workshops both days so I hope to see some of you there. 6 & 7 February, Kensington London. More details can be found on the Astrofest website #AstronomySketching #MoonSketching

You can watch the timelapse video of me creating this #PastelDrawing of a 25% #WaningCrescent #Moon which was my wedding gift to my stepson + wife on my YouTube channel:
youtu.be/DH7u6iB_b8I?... #SpaceArt #MoonArt #AstronomySketching #AstronomyDrawing #LunarArt #PastelArt

Creation timelapse of my pastel drawing of a 95% #WaxingGibbousMoon which was a wedding gift for my friend. Now I have finally given them the gift I can share the video. Music is by Dave Simpson #AstronomySketching #MoonArt #LunarArt #SpaceArt #AstronomyDrawing #PastelArt

My friend Claire got married earlier this year and my gift was a #PastelDrawing of the #Moon on their wedding day, 95% #WaxingGibbous. I was finally able to give them their gift yesterday so I can now share the photo #AstronomySketching #MoonArt #LunarArt #PastelArt

4 years ago I created this pastel drawing of the lunar crater named for #CarolineHerschel. From Earth it's a small crater with little detail visible so I used an #LRO photo as my reference.
#AstronomySketching #SpaceArt #LunarCraterSketch #CraterDrawing

Several hours of work condensed into a minute! Here is a timelapse of me creating the 1% #WaningCrescent #Moon #PastelDrawing I shared yesterday. Pastels + Posca paint pen on black paper #AstronomySketching #SpaceArt #MoonArt #MoonDrawing

Here is a snippet of our new collab video where we attempted some #AstronomySketching - whilst blindfolded! Huge thanks to Mark Radice for humouring me on this, it was hilarious 😆 Full video here: youtu.be/wPtKeAraluw?...

New collab video with Mark at Refreshing Views is going live today, Fri 22 Aug at 6pm UK time (5pm UTC/GMT). Mark was a great sport going with my crazy idea to have a go at some #AstronomySketching while blindfolded...😂 Join me in the live chat here: youtu.be/wPtKeAraluw

Creation timelapse of the #WaningCrescent #Moon pastel drawing I shared yesterday. There's a less frenetic paced video on YouTube! Black paper, Stabilo Carbothello pastel pencils #SpaceArt #MoonArt #AstronomySketching #PastelArt

Pastel drawing of a 28.5% #WaningCrescent #Moon with #Earthshine. Sketched on Frisk black A4 sketching paper using Stabilo CarbOthello pastel pencils. I created this last week for a gift #AstronomySketching #AstronomyDrawing #AstronomyArt #SpaceArt #PastelArt #MoonArt #LunarArt

#PastelDrawing of a 35% #WaningCrescent #Moon that I actually did in June 2024 but totally forgot to share! #Stabilo #CarbOthello pastel pencils on black paper. This was a wedding gift showing the Moon on the couples' wedding day #AstronomySketching #SpaceArt #MoonArt

Absolutely amazing results from my #AstronomySketching #Workshop at the Women in STEM conference for teachers and technicians yesterday! We created pastel drawings of #M51 the #WhirlpoolGalaxy and they're all fantastic :-D

Pastel sketches of #LunarCrater #Clavius 6th Feb '25 at 16:58 & 19:44UT. The #EyesOfClavius looked stunning! Sketched from photos with white pastel on black paper. 2hrs 45min later the sunlight had begun to illuminate the crater floor #AstronomySketching #MoonSketching #MoonArt

#PastelDrawing of the Sun setting over #SinusIridum based on a photo taken by Dave Eagle on 31/07/24. I used #StabiloCarbOthello #PastelPencils on black A4 paper #AstronomySketching #MoonArt #LunarArt #SpaceArt #PastelArt

Memory from 2 years ago. I saw Steve Knight's gorgeous photo of the Sun rising over #LunarCrater #Gassendi and just had to create a #PastelDrawing of it. It's a simple drawing but it has so much impact #AstronomySketching #LunarSketching #MoonDrawing

Three pastel sketches of lunar crater Archimedes and a sketch of M51 the Whirlpool Galaxy, done on black paper by Mary McIntyre using black and white pastels

Had a lovely day for my last set of #workshops of 2024. I taught 3 classes today in a local(ish) high school. All 3 did #AstronomySketching + 2 had short talks too. The pupils were impeccably behaved & they produced amazing results! Here are my sketches #SpaceArt #STEM #Outreach

Collage of pastel sketches of the lunar surface by Mary McIntyre, drawn on black paper

Collage of pencil sketches of the Moon by Mary McIntyre

Welcome to my new followers. In addition to astrophotography I love to create #AstronomyDrawings, some at the eyepiece, some from photos. Here is a selection of my lunar pastel / pencil art. #SpaceArt #AstronomySketching #MoonArt #LunarDrawing