Weg door het bos 1640s

Abraham Furnerius created "Weg door het bos" using pen and brown ink, crafting a landscape scene. The drawing emphasizes the interplay between light and shadow, achieved through the varying densities of ink application. You can see how the artist built depth and volume in the foliage of the trees. Furnerius uses simple materials like ink and paper, but that doesn't mean the drawing isn't labor-intensive. Consider the skill required to manipulate the ink, building up textures and tones to create a realistic image. The artist must have spent hours observing and then translating the forest onto paper. "Weg door het bos" invites reflection on our relationship with the natural world. It prompts us to consider the labor and skill involved in artmaking, and challenges the notion that fine art is somehow separate from the craft of drawing.