Moss & Maps
The visual notebook

Places to imagine.
Shapes to study.

Three original landscape illustrations and a set of contour studies. Explore the composition, or download a full-resolution image for your notebook.

A painterly autumn path between birch trees and mossy banks

A turn in the trees

The path draws the eye through several layers of foliage. Look at how a light line can hold a dense composition together.

A painterly shallow stream with mossy stones, reeds and reflections

The shape of a reflection

A quiet study of edges, ripples and interrupted symmetry. The small warm accents help organise the cooler surface.

An illustrated grassy ridge and path above misty layered hills

Distance in three layers

Foreground texture gives way to simplified hills and a broad sky. The sequence of shapes matters more than a named destination.

From image to observation

Read the shapes.
Then look outside.

These AI-assisted illustrations depict imagined places. Use them as composition prompts, then try the same ideas on a familiar walk.

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Abstract lines contour study

Reading the ground

Original vector study of interval, rhythm and direction.

Abstract water contour study

Water / intervals

Original vector study of interval, rhythm and direction.

Abstract light contour study

Soft light

Original vector study of interval, rhythm and direction.