Pleiades Sisters, a drawing by jude cowell (c) 2008.
Yes, it's true that
Secret Moon Art is not usually where I publish figure studies unless they have starry connections.
So here's a photo of the
Pleiades, the most auspicious and identifiable Taurean star cluster of all, the mythology of which appears in many cultures as a hen with chicks, a flock of doves, and for my drawing purposes,
The Seven Sisters.Which is which? You decide: it's Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Celaeno, and Alcyone, the daughters of Atlas and Pleione, as represented in whimsical human form by your artist of the evening, Jude Cowell.
And tonight is
Earth Hour from 8:00 to 9:00 pm, if it hasn't come to your time zone already...it will be a good chance to view the stars without the usual light polution and save some wattage simultaneously!