Shoreline 

Franz Kobell made this drawing, Shoreline, using pen and brown ink, sometime in the late 18th or early 19th century. The drawing’s effect is all in the skillful application of ink. Kobell varied the pressure on his pen, and adjusted the spacing of his hatched lines, to give a convincing impression of light and shadow. You can really sense the density of the vegetation, and the hard surfaces of the rocks. In its time, a drawing like this would have been considered a minor art form, distinctly separate from painting or sculpture. Yet, this drawing represents hours of patient, skillful labor. With this in mind, you might consider how labor practices can be overlooked in the art world, even as they determine the very appearance of artworks themselves.