For years I've kept a box where I throw drawings and sketches. Sometimes I'll do these things to work out a composition in advance, or sometimes during the painting process, if I run into trouble, a small study of some component or other is helpful. At times I might make some drawings to determine if I want to proceed with a painting idea and then decide against it. Other times I just may do some drawing to loosen up for the painting process itself. In any case I was going through this box and decided to document the material. Usually pencil on scraps of paper, I don't consider these things to be works of art in themselves but since they are, or at least at various times have been part of my process, I thought it may be of interest for some of you If I posted the scraps I've found that connect to some of the work in my AP portfolio. Follow the links to the images of the finalized paintings.