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Day 2705 I rolled a 1 for today’s assignment

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Day 2741

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Day 2714. A beautiful morning after capturing two hours of the North America Nebula, then spending the rest of the night on Andromeda. I’m shooting calibration frames now and will process everything later today.

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Day 2742: The final four pages of my current sketchbook. Excited to begin the next one.

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Day 2729: I transformed a new game punch-out into a sketching stencil.

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Day 2717, Part 2: Caught this morning’s sunrise as the sun appeared over the mountains.

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Day 2715: The North America Nebula lies about 2, 600 light-years away near Deneb in Cygnus. The photons captured Saturday left 2, 600 years ago—so this is what it looked like then. Astrophotography is time travel. The Pelican Nebula is on the right.

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Day 2731: I researched eye anatomy to better understand the link between posterior vitreous detachment and retinal detachment, then drew what I learned. Thankfully, they didn’t occur together. My risk is higher for a few months, but still low.

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Day 2717. Drawing from life in a coffee shop yesterday was fun. For today’s assignment from Draw or Die, my first thought was that purple has been my favorite color since childhood.

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Day 2704. Had a fun first session last night in a sketching class sponsored by Crucial Comix and taught by Anna Sellheim. This morning’s 1×1-inch sketch shows the object I chose to draw from different angles using as many mark-making tools as we

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Day 2720: My cousin brought photos to my parents’ home today—me as a baby, and my parents as newlyweds, when they were barely more than babies themselves.

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Day 1735 I challenged myself to choose nine favorite astrophotographs from my first full year of astrophotography. It was difficult, but here they are—proof that the universe is strange and beautiful. Top: North America Nebula, Fleming’s Triangular

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Day 2707 Forest is helping me with this morning's workout.

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Day 2422: What I’m doing instead of getting ready for class.

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Day 2721 Self-portrait

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Day 2737 Pen and path

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Day 2734 Thinking about unions and enjoying my new gel pens this weekend

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New Hampshire friends: don’t forget to vote today!

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Day 2732. Sad news to wake up to today.