Annotaties c. 1909

This page from a sketchbook by George Hendrik Breitner is all about process, a space for the artist to think on paper. You can see it in the casual, scrawling marks made with what looks like a graphite pencil, a testament to artmaking as an ongoing, evolving act. There's something so revealing about seeing an artist's notes, sketches, and calculations jumbled together. It shows how fluid the creative process is, a constant back-and-forth between idea and execution. I'm drawn to how the artist lets us in on this behind-the-scenes stuff, these raw notations that usually stay hidden. You see these flowing lines, almost like handwriting, crossing out and layering, revealing the artist’s hand and mind at work. It reminds me of Cy Twombly's notebooks, where the act of writing and drawing merge into a single, continuous gesture. Ultimately, this sketch isn't about perfection, but the messy, beautiful struggle to make something new.