I swear, ever since I started my Full Moon Series, the most wonderful celestial events have occurred 🙂

The weather report looked good. On the cold side, though (okay…. cool for you folks in the north) . I knew I’d have to be wearing my gloves. At least I could get away with the thinly lined Isotoners.

I set the alarm for 2 a.m., but like all times when I have to get up unusually early, I really didn’t get any sleep – I was up and out by 2! 

I was soooo excited, I decided to somewhatly  plan my journal page. This is a first for me and I must say from now on, I’m just going to let the page just happen. I selected Fabriano soft press – new to me.
I laid out my supplies, had all my clothes ready to go, along with camera, monopod and bins.

Ahhhhhh! Clouds! Cottonball puffs all over the place! But, at least there was some space between them and by 2:30 they dissipated.

The eclipse was well underway – just about a quarter of the moon was visible.  There was a colorful ring around it, too. I decided to used the upper left of the page for the initial view.

I really liked how the paints and water were reacting on the paper. The cold temps (37 degrees) seemed to make the paint take longer to dry so I painted the blue box to be ready for the final show.  Then, I moved onto a Fabriano HP sheet –  also new to me. I love painting on a HP finish.

It’s very immediate and there’s very little you can do as far as corrections are concerned. It encourages freedom! I did three vignettes, working from left to right.  You can see my stop and start marks. This brand of HP is a bit softer than Arches. I’m going to really enjoy working with it.

I added the dark blue box today so that Orion could have a home 🙂

I was back in bed by 3:30 with a huge smile on my face 🙂

Now, why would I rather just let the page happen versus planning the design before I get to the event to paint?  Total loss of freedom –  on site and later on when adding the type. The first piece was a total design challenge. Thank goodness for tissue paper!   I went through several drafts while deciding where to say what 🙂

I hope you, too, were able to enjoy this glorious celestial event!