29 Sep 10 by Hillel Kagan
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.
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Scrap for Runners
https://artprocess.com/kagan#717
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13026
Scrap for Front Room Large
https://artprocess.com/kagan#706
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13027
Scrap for Study of Bertha and Joseph
https://artprocess.com/kagan#794
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13028
Scrap for Confined Figure II
https://artprocess.com/kagan#800
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13029
Scrap for Staircase and Figures
https://artprocess.com/kagan#708
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13030
Scrap for Wrestlers in Foyer
https://artprocess.com/kagan#689
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13031
Scrap for Fallen Figures
https://artprocess.com/kagan#707
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13032
Scrap for The Staircase
https://artprocess.com/kagan#1748
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13033
https://artprocess.com/kagan#1748
Interestingly, after all the work I put into studying the figure descending the stairs, in the end I didn't like it and drastically turned it into a kind of self portrait ascending the stairs. It seemed more correct and enigmatic.
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13034
Scrap for Photo Opportunity
https://artprocess.com/kagan#709
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13035
Scrap for Arcade
https://artprocess.com/kagan#1731
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13036
Scrap for Spent Figures
https://artprocess.com/kagan#4816
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Scrap for Study 1
https://artprocess.com/kagan#5780
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13037
Scrap for Ennui
https://artprocess.com/kagan#4745
Scraps of Paper and Drawings For Paintings
Permalink: https://artprocess.net/kagan/6963#13038
Scrap for 2 Figures & 1/3
https://artprocess.com/kagan#5784