Waldrand, rechts Ausblick auf ein Dorf, am Weg ein stehender und ein sitzender Mann mit einem Hund 

Johann Christoph Dietzsch made this landscape, "Waldrand, rechts Ausblick auf ein Dorf, am Weg ein stehender und ein sitzender Mann mit einem Hund", with pen and brown ink. The artwork uses traditional materials associated with sketching and drawing, rather than painting. The artist has deployed the pen to describe the environment and its components: trees, rocks, clouds, people, and dogs. His drawing process, using thin and gestural strokes, has imbued the artwork with an informal, immediate quality. The artist uses the material and the marks of the pen to create the atmosphere of the landscape, and to highlight the shapes of the natural world. What I find interesting is how the apparent ease of the drawing belies the labor of observing and translating the natural world to a two-dimensional surface. This reminds us that art, whatever its medium, always involves a complex negotiation between concept, material, and skill. This artwork, although a drawing, is connected with other practices of art, craft, and design.