The Eagle Nebula is 6,500 light-years away in the constellation of Serpens. It contains a young hot star cluster, NGC6611, which is visible with modest back-yard telescopes. This cluster is sculpting and illuminating the surrounding gas and dust, resulting in a huge hollowed-out cavity and pillars, each several light-years long.
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It was really fun to paint this series of painting Nebulae. I love the play of light and colors and space fascinate me.
This painting was made with dry brush technique. Firstly, I made black background. Than I gradually added layers of paint. When dry I splashed white paint with large flat brush to paint stars.
First layer
Lighter shades and hues
more layers
Splashes
Finished painting and details:
Finished
Side
Bottom-left
Top-left
Top-right
Bottom-rigt
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