True Colours Of The Moon
Natalie Cramer
The Science
A photograph by Andrew Russian inspired this pastel pencil drawing of the moon showing the geological complexity of its surface. Seeing the moon with the naked eye from Earth, it looks like a monochromatic grey rock hanging in the sky. However, upon closer look we can see that there is much more to the moon. The mineral composition of the different rocks that compose the lunar surface give rise to a fascinating pattern of bright iridescent and darker, low reflective areas.
The Artist
Natalie Cramer (Ontario, Canada) is a new and coming Canadian artist. She has just begun sharing her artwork publicly but has always made art a part of her life starting with attending Lester B. Pearson School for the Arts in London Ontario. She likes to experiment with many art mediums but most recently has been enjoying working in watercolour as well as pastel pencils. Natalie also has a passion for space sciences, the moon and the NASA Apollo missions that got us to the moon. She loves to combine her love of space and art. Find her on Instagram @artcreationsbynatalie.
Copyright statement. This work is published under the CC BY-NC-SA license