[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-mossy-dartmoor":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Stuart and I visited the Reeves on Dartmoor this Christmas, and went on loads of walks in the area. I love all the mossy trees and stones and lichen everywhere. Here's a photo of us by \u003Ca href=\"http://instagram.com/moorland\">Sarah Reeve\u003C/a>:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/sarahstuart_dartmoor_zpsccbd734c-6ef28d36ee.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI keep wanting to stop and draw everything, but it's way too complicated to sketch quickly, so I took some reference photos, like this one. I love how it looks like a beardy old man - well, alien - and the raindrops make an eye and a sort of crown. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/moss_dartmoor_zps67c85ef7-46acfc3a3a.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nWhen I got back to London, I made an ink study from the photo:\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mossy_man_lj_zps4149f4ad-d002576619.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nI'm not sure it really works as a picture, but I had fun doing it and learned a lot about the textures and patterning.\\r\n\u003C!--more Click for more under the cut!-->\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/moss_raindrop_dartmoor_zps5a4818a7-95518f668c.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nOh look, there's a tiny \u003Ca href=\"http://philipreeve.blogspot.co.uk/\">Philip Reeve\u003C/a> down among the mossy rocks! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/mossy_philip_stones_zps2d53da29-22a31de0d6.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAh, it's not Philip, it's his 1/48th-scale action figure.\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/philip_dartmoor_48scale_zps96af1696-c0ac680d10.jpg\">","2014-12-29T09:55:00.000Z","mossy-dartmoor",[],"mossy dartmoor",1776628727126]