The British land artist "Long has extended the straight line to encompass the cross, the square, the circle, the spiral, the ellipse, the curved line, the crooked line, the zig-zag, concentric rings, parallel lines, the heap, the dribble, the scratch; every possible means of making marks in nature with what is to hand, using simple actions with the artist’s hands or feet, is covered in Long’s oeuvre. More recently he has gone full circle with the notion of mapping and the trajectory of a body (in this case a body of water) through the landscape by tracing the pathways of rivers and recreating them, much reduced in size, out of gravel or stones."-Tate.

His use of his manual work into the piece and his work of creating something in the landscape is beautiful and time consuming. He creates these types of maps through walking either by the trails left over on repitition of the route or by leaving water stains. I like how he keeps everything natural. He comes to the landscapes and leaves, his work is ephemeral and almost sensual. 

"The power of reportage drawing is in the immediacy of the images that are created and the feeling of the illustrator's presence on location. Comparable in some ways to photojournalism, reportage illustrators are acting as visual journalists, proactively creating narrative work about issues and subjects, translating what they witness into handmade imagery. There is evidence that illustrations connect to people in powerful ways whether they are drawings created while embedded with troops in Afghanistan, documenting during a courtroom trial or recreating the energy of the crowd at a rock concert. This area of applied illustration also provides career opportunities for students and takes them out of the classroom and into different environments and situations. With practical information about tools, techniques and coping in various situations as well as inspirational interviews and advice from reportage artists working in the field, this book will fill a gap in this growing market."

contemporary illustrator uses his ears and eyes – plus a camera, digital voice recorder, sketchbook, pencil, scanner and laptop – to document stories of exile, displacement and the complex reality of refugees’ lives

https://youtu.be/Eh3wp3qO9o0

"A few years ago i was in New York and visited the Empire State Building. I did some sketching up there and then made this drawing back in the studio. "

I have been following jennifer Pochinski for a while now and have always been fond of her work and style. The loose palette style she creates by blocks of colour and tone and so simple and effective in creating the form. She has produced these two pieces where I can get a feeling of the relaxation in such few strokes of pen. I think it's amazing. the few indications of line create a vast amount of detail for the eye to understand the piece. 

I also think her colour schemes are always fabulous. They have an organic feel which works nicely alongside the 'unfinished' finished look of the paper. I am intrigued by the confidence of leaving white background to shine through.