Drawings : People

"Susan White is constantly sketching from everyday life and it is from the many sketchbooks that she first extracts the material for her compositions." (A. Wernig, Munich, 1980)

The artist works in a variety of drawing media: pen and ink, ballpoint, brush, crayon, chalk, pastel, conté, and charcoal. Recently she has developed mixed media techniques in silverpoint and goldpoint.

"Capturing the essence in line alone is for me the purest form of expression."

Drawings

Theme: People
Theme:
Medium:
Grid view
List view
Drawings Theme: People
238 Works to view Page 1 2 3 4
238 Works to view Page 1 2 3 4
People: The human narrative and genre scenes inspired by domestic situations, people at work, musicians, commuters, social issues, blindness, illness, poverty, old age. Portraits include family members, self-portraits, children, babies, and people in their environment. In major paintings the subject is repeated from varied viewpoints in a fugal style composition.
  • Lucian Sketching, Bar Italia 2025
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip
    15 x 21 cm
    D-2025
  • Lucian looking ahead 2016
    pencil
    21 x 14.8 cm
    D-2015
  • Lucian looking up 2016
    pencil, drafting pen, black fibre-tip
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2015
  • Lucian Asleep 2015
    pencil
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2015
  • Lucian waking 2015
    pencil
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2015
  • Lucian waking 2015
    pencil
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2015
  • Lucian asleep on couch 2015
    drafting pen, brown fibre-tip
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2015
  • Lucian asleep, nose 2015
    pencil
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2015
  • Lucian (two heads, two hands) 2015
    pencil
    21 x 14.8 cm
    D-2015
  • Lucian in Helmet 2015
    pencil
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2015
  • Odette Breastfeeding Lucian 2014
    pencil
    20.3 x 13 cm
    D-2014
  • Lucian Asleep, Cafe 1900, Amsterdam 2014
    pencil
    13 x 20.3 cm
    D-2014
  • Lucian (right hand) 2014
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2014
  • Lucian (hands, foot, eye) 2014
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2014
  • Lucian in pram 2014
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2014
  • Lucian (asleep) 2014
    pencil
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2014
  • Lucian, face and hand 2014
    pencil
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2014
  • Lucian (four hands) 2014
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2014
  • Russian cellist busking in Venice 2013
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip
    13 x 20.3 cm
    D-2013
  • Women in Dubai 2013
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip
    20.3 x 13 cm
    D-2013
  • Sidewalk Cafe, Venice 2013
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip and spittle wash
    13 x 20.3 cm
    D-2013
  • Beggar in Venice 2013
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip and spittle wash
    13 x 20.3 cm
    D-2013
  • Mum doing X-word 2013
    brush and ink
    21 x 29.7 cm
    D-2013
  • Lucian (asleep) 2013
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip
    13 x 20.3 cm
    D-2013
  • Lucian (breastfeeding) 2013
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip
    13 x 20.3 cm
    D-2013
  • Lucian feeding 2013
    drafting pen, black fibre-tip
    13 x 20.3 cm
    D-2013
  • Mum at 101 2012
    drafting pen, black ink
    14.2 x 21.1 cm
    D-2012
  • Stephen Freeman, Concertmaster NDA, Den Haag ... 2011
    drafting pen, black ink
    14.8 x 20.7 cm
    D-1988
  • Ngong Ping Garden Restaurant, Hong Kong 2011
    drafting pen, black ink
    14.2 x 21.1 cm
    D-1988
  • Imy Reading on Sofa 2011
    drafting pen, black ink
    18 x 14 cm
    D-2011-1
  • Imy Reading 'Harry Potter' 2011
    drafting pen, black ink
    14 x 18 cm
    D-2011-2
  • Chatting Smokers, Glebe Point Road 2010
    drafting pen, black ink
    14 x 18 cm
    D-2010-1
  • Stephen Freeman, Concertmaster and Nina Bols Lundgren, Soprano 2010
    drafting pen, black ink
    14 x 18 cm
    D-2010-2
  • Simon Murphy Conducting New Dutch Academy (Den Haag) 2010
    drafting pen, black ink
    18 x 14 cm
    D-2010-6
  • Nielsen Park 2010
    aka Woman at Beach, Nielsen Park, Sydney
    drafting pen, black ink
    14 x 18 cm
    D-2010-7
  • Imy Drinking Lemonade 2009 circa
    pastel
    30 x 42 cm
    2009
  • Smasch's Ear and Eva Cox, Glebe Deli Cafe 2009
    drafting pen, black ink
    14 x 18 cm
    D-2009
  • Imogen Drawing 2009
    goldpoint, pencil, black conté on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 21 cm
    D-2009
  • Gaia Listening to Grandpa Reading 2008
    drafting pen, black ink
    20.3 x 20.1 cm
    D-2008
  • Marking Exams 2006
    goldpoint, black chalk and white chalk on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 21 cm
    D-2006
  • Feisty 95-year-old Mum 2006
    goldpoint, coloured pastel and conté on silicon carbide paper
    28 x 21 cm
    D-2006
  • Georgia Brown (flute), New Dutch Academy Soloists 2006
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14 x 20 cm
    D-2006
  • Stephen Freeman (violin), New Dutch Academy Soloists 2006
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14 x 20 cm
    D-2001
  • Eduard Wesley (oboe), New Dutch Academy Soloists 2006
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14 x 20 cm
    D-2006
  • Simon Murphy (viola), New Dutch Academy Soloists 2006
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14 x 20 cm
    D-2006
  • Surgery Reattaching Ginevra de 'Benci's Arms and Hands 2005
    graphite underdrawing, coloured pencil and conté with giclée
    29 x 21 cm
    2005
  • Sex Change for Vitruvian Man 2005
    (After Leonardo's 'Vitruvian Man')
    drafting pen, black ink and gouache
    24.5 x 21 cm
    2005
  • Musicians Living in Amsterdam 2005
    pastel
    29.7 x 42 cm
    2005
  • Draw Like Me 2005
    red and white chalk, drafting pen and ink
    26 x 21 cm
    D-2005
  • Where's my Bicycle? 2005
    ballpoint pen, blue
    25 x 18 cm
    D-2005
  • Betraying Chalk for Conté 2005
    conté pencil and conté sticks, damp brush wash, paper toned with conté stick and finger
    21 x 16 cm
    T-2005
  • Muscles of Disgust 2005
    (after Leonardo da Vinci's Study of a man's head in profile to right c. 1503-4)
    black chalk and coloured conté on buff paper
    26 x 19 cm
    A-2005
  • Imy Listening to 'The Hobbit' 2002
    pastel
    55.5 x 79 cm
    2002
  • Due 2001
    pastel
    42 x 29.7 cm
    2001
  • Baroque Violinist - Stephen [Freeman] 2001
    aka Stephen in 'Mixed Doubles' Canberra
    drafting pen, black ink
    28.5 x 21 cm
    T-2001
  • Craig Hill (basset clarinet), Stephen Freeman (violin), Nicole Forsyth (viola), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra 2001
    drafting pen, brown ink
    21 x 28.4 cm
    2001
  • Tommie Andersson (theorbo), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Farewell Concert, ABC Hall 2001
    drafting pen, brown ink
    21 x 28.4 cm
    2001
  • Peretta Anggerek (countertenor), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Farewell Concert, ABC Hall 2001
    drafting pen, brown ink
    21 x 28.4 cm
    2001
  • Stephen Freeman (violin), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Farewell Concert, ABC Hall 2001
    aka Stephen in ABO farewell ABC Hall
    drafting pen, brown ink
    21 x 28.4 cm
    2001
  • Sketch of elbow with hands placed on circular table 2001
    drafting pen, black ink
    29 x 42.2 cm
    D-2001
  • Stephen Freeman - Baroque Violin 2000
    pastel
    26 x 42 cm
    D-2000
  • Genevieve Lacey - Recorder Player 2000
    drafting pen, brown ink
    15 x 20 cm
    2000
  • Eric Hoeprich (clarinet), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra 2000
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14 x 20 cm
    D-2000
  • Storytime for Grandchildren 1998
    drafting pen, brown ink
    19 x 24 cm
    D-1998
  • Jordi Savall at Martigny 1998
    drafting pen, brown ink
    19 x 24 cm
    D-1998
  • Columbia University Medical Center Cafeteria, New York 1998
    drafting pen, black ink
    19 x 24 cm
    D-1998
  • Food Court, Leichhardt MarketPlace 1997
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14 x 21 cm
    D-1997
  • Aunty Dossie, Pog, in Nursing Home 1996
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14.5 x 21 cm
    D-1996
  • Dug Talking 1996
    drafting pen, brown ink
    21 x 14 cm
    D-1996
  • Maya – terra cotta, Berlin 1990
    (sketch)
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    17.5 x 19.5 cm
    SB-1990
  • Ustad Amjad Ali Kahn Playing Sarod 1988
    drafting pen, black ink
    14 x 21.5 cm
    D-1988
  • Cynthia O'Brien (violin) and Ruth Wilkinson (cello), Capella Corelli 1988
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14 x 21.5 cm
    D-1988
  • Ruth Wilkinson Playing Recorder, Capella Corelli 1988
    drafting pen, brown ink
    21.5 x 14 cm
    D-1988
  • The Invalid / Brian Sick 1987
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    51 x 38 cm
    D-1987
  • Growth Spiral (pastel) 1986
    pastel
    61 x 52 cm
    1986

Drawings : People 238 Works to view Page 1 2 3 4
Drawings : People 238 Works to view Page 1 2 3 4

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