Picking Lilli Pillis, Piper St, Annandale, 2010
goldpoint & pastel on silicon carbide paper
21 x 28 cm

"Drawing is the foundation of my art -my sketchbook is always at hand" ~ Susan Dorothea White

Drawings

"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."
Grid view
List view
323 Works to view Page 1 2 3
323 Works to view Page 1 2 3
  • Emu bush 2025
    (Eremophila nivea)
    silverpoint, pastel
    21.0 x 28.2 cm
    D-2025
  • Macadamia flowers and nuts 2025
    (Macademia integrifolia)
    goldpoint, pastel
    21.0 x 28.2 cm
    D-2025
  • Finger lime flowers 2025
    (Citrus australasica)
    goldpoint, pastel
    21.0 x 27.8 cm
    D-2025
  • Jelly bush 2 2025
    (Leptospermum polygalifolium)
    goldpoint, pastel
    21.0 x 28.2 cm
    D-2025
  • Jelly bush 1 2021
    (Leptospermum polygalifolium)
    pastel and conte
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    D-2021
  • Native flame pea 2021
    (Chorizema cordatum)
    goldpoint, pastel and conte
    28.0 x 21.0 cm
    D-2021
  • Cootamundra wattle - 3 branches 2020
    (Acacia baileyana)
    pastel
    38.0 x 55.0 cm
    D-2020
  • Native pea flower 2020
    (Chorizema cordatum)
    pastel and conte
    28.0 x 21.5 cm
    D-2020
  • Native frangipani flowers 2020
    (Hymenosporum flavum)
    pastel and conte
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    D-2020
  • Scribbly gum blossom with flies 2020
    (Eucalyptus sclerophylla)
    pastel and conte
    21.0 x 28.0 cm
    D-2020
  • Scribbly gum blossom with teddy-bear bees 2020
    (Eucalyptus sclerophylla)
    pastel and conte
    21.0 x 28.0 cm
    D-2020
  • Queensland wattle - 5 sprigs 2018
    (Acacia podalyriifolia)
    pastel
    38.0 x 55.0 cm
    D-2018
  • Wiry bauera, Hartz Ranges, Tasmania 2018
    (Bauera rubioides)
    pastel, conte and goldpoint
    28.0 x 21.0 cm
    D-2018
  • Lucian asleep 2015
    pencil
    14.8 x 21.0 cm
    D-2015
  • Lucian asleep, Cafe 1900, Amsterdam 2014
    pencil
    13.0 x 20.3 cm
    D-2014
  • Odette breastfeeding Lucian 2014
    pencil
    20.3 x 13.0 cm
    D-2014
  • Queensland silver wattle and seedpods 2014
    (Acacia podalyriifolia)
    pastel and conte
    28.0 x 22.0 cm
    D-2014
  • Mum doing X-word 2013
    brush and ink
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    D-2013
  • Beggar in Venice 2013
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink and spittle wash
    13.0 x 20.3 cm
    D-2013
  • Sidewalk cafe, Venice 2013
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink and spittle wash
    13.0 x 20.3 cm
    D-2013
  • Women in Dubai 2013
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink
    20.3 x 13.0 cm
    D-2013
  • Russian cellist busking in Venice 2013
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink
    13.0 x 20.3 cm
    D-2013
  • Mum at 101 2012
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink
    14.8 x 20.7 cm
    D-2012
  • Houseboat trip, Murray River (windmill) 2011
    drafting pen, black ink
    14.0 x 18.0 cm
    D-2011-4
  • Murray River (cliffs and bird) 2011
    drafting pen, black ink
    14.0 x 18.0 cm
    D-2011-3
  • Acromion and elbow (muscles, tendons and fascia, right, lateral view) 2011
    study for 'The anatomy lesson of Dr Freeman'
    pastel
    29.0 x 21.0 cm
    A-2011
  • Imy reading 'Harry Potter' 2011
    drafting pen, black ink
    14.0 x 18.0 cm
    D-2011-2
  • Imy reading on sofa 2011
    drafting pen, black ink
    18.0 x 14.0 cm
    D-2011-1
  • Ngong Ping Garden Restaurant, Hong Kong 2011
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink
    14.8 x 20.7 cm
    D-1988
  • La Puerta del Vino 2011
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink
    20.7 x 14.8 cm
    D-1988
  • Toledo by day (diptych, RHS) 2011
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink
    14.8 x 20.7 cm
    D-1988
  • Toledo by day (diptych, LHS) 2011
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink
    14.8 x 20.7 cm
    D-1988
  • Stephen Freeman, Concertmaster NDA, Den Haag ... 2011
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink
    14.8 x 20.7 cm
    D-1988
  • Nielsen Park 2010
    aka Woman at Beach, Nielsen Park, Sydney
    drafting pen, black ink
    14.0 x 18.0 cm
    D-2010-7
  • Simon Murphy conducting The New Dutch Academy (Den Haag) 2010
    drafting pen, black ink
    18.0 x 14.0 cm
    D-2010-6
  • Molen [windmill], Kostverlorenkade, Amsterdam 1 2010
    drafting pen, black ink
    18.0 x 14.0 cm
    D-2010-5
  • Forceps gripping flexor tendons of forearm (left, medial view) 2010
    study for 'The anatomy lesson of Dr Freeman'
    pastel
    21.0 x 29.5 cm
    A-2010
  • Not a Rothko (pen study) 2010
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink
    21.1 x 14.9 cm
    D-2010-3
  • Stephen Freeman, Concertmaster and Nina Bols Lundgren, Soprano 2010
    drafting pen, black ink
    14.0 x 18.0 cm
    D-2010-2
  • Picking lilly pillies, Piper St, Annandale 2010
    (Syzygium sp.)
    goldpoint and pastel
    21.0 x 28.0 cm
    D-2010-3
  • Chatting smokers, Glebe Point Road 2010
    drafting pen, black ink
    14.0 x 18.0 cm
    D-2010-1
  • Hand and wrist (left), extensor muscles and tendons 2010
    pastel
    21.0 x 29.0 cm
    A-2010
  • Hand and flexed wrist (right), extensor tendons, intrinsic muscles 2010
    pastel
    21.0 x 29.0 cm
    A-2010
  • Imy drinking lemonade 2009 c.
    pastel
    30.0 x 42.0 cm
    D-2009
  • Sweet pea symphony 2009
    (Lathyrus odoratus)
    goldpoint and pastel
    28.0 x 21.0 cm
    D-2009
  • Waratah 2009
    (Telopea speciosissima)
    drafting pen, black ink
    18.0 x 14.0 cm
    D-2009
  • Imogen drawing 2009
    goldpoint, pencil, black conte
    28.0 x 21.0 cm
    D-2009
  • Low tide, Rozelle Bay 2009
    drafting pen, black ink
    20.8 x 29.7 cm
    D-2009
  • King tide, Rozelle Bay 2009
    drafting pen, black ink
    20.8 x 29.7 cm
    D-2009
  • Smasch's ear and Eva Cox, Glebe Deli Cafe 2009
    drafting pen, black ink
    18.0 x 14.0 cm
    D-2009
  • Waratah (goldpoint and pastel) 2008
    (Telopea speciosissima)
    goldpoint and pastel
    28.0 x 21.0 cm
    D-2008
  • Gaia listening to Grand'pa reading 2008
    drafting pen, black ink
    20.3 x 20.1 cm
    D-2008
  • White tea tree flowers 2008
    (Leptospermum scoparium)
    goldpoint and conte
    21.0 x 28.0 cm
    D-2008
  • Australian golden pea flower 2008
    (Dillwynia sericea)
    goldpoint and conte
    21.0 x 28.0 cm
    D-2008
  • Australian four-petal flower (blue) 2008
    goldpoint and conte
    21.0 x 28.0 cm
    D-2008
  • Shoulder and thorax (deltoid, pectoralis major, serratus anterior muscles, right shoulder, lateral view) 2008
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2008
  • Head, bisected (right side), medial view: nasal conchae, palate and tongue 2008
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2008
  • Head and neck (right side): muscles, vessels and glands 2008
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2008
  • Skulls: fetal and adult contrasted 2008
    goldpoint
    21.3 x 28.3 cm
    A-2008
  • Skull, bisected, opened out, with mandible 2008
    goldpoint and pastel
    28.3 x 22.1 cm
    A-2008
  • Skull, quarter-sectioned 2008
    conte and pastel
    22.1 x 28.3 cm
    A-2008
  • Upper limb and shoulder, hand with extensor tendons (right, lateral views) 2007
    pastel
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    A-2007
  • The skier (right upper limb and shoulder, anterior view) 2007
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Shoulders and upper limbs over skeleton (anterior view) 2007
    pastel and conte
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Pronated hand and forearm (extensor tendons, retinaculum, muscles and bones, right) 2007
    pastel and conte
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • My foot! 2007
    Foot right, superior view of extensor tendons, muscles
    pastel and conte
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Lower limb (hollow of knee, hamstrings, calf muscles, left, posterior and lateral views) 2007
    pastel and conte
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Pelvic basin and hip joints (skeleton, ligament attachments, deep muscles, superior view) 2007
    pastel and conte
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Anatomy of gestures in 'The Last Supper': Simon's hands 2007
    pastel and conte
    29.5 x 42 cm
    A-2007
  • Anatomy of gestures in 'The Last Supper': Peter's hand 2007
    pastel and conte
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    A-2007
  • Anatomy of gestures in 'The Last Supper': Matthew's hands 2007
    pastel and conte
    37.5 x 55 cm
    A-2007
  • Anatomy of gestures in 'The Last Supper': Judas' hand 2007
    pastel and conte
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    A-2007
  • Anatomy of gestures in 'The Last Supper': Christ's left hand 2007
    pastel and conte
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    A-2007
  • Anatomy of gestures in 'The Last Supper': Bartholomew's left hand 2007
    pastel and conte
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    A-2007
  • Anatomy of gestures in 'The Last Supper': Andrew's hands 2007
    pastel and conte
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    A-2007
  • Spinal cord in vertebral canal, spinal nerves, membranes, cerebellum 2007
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Brain (right): cerebral cortex and cerebellum 2007
    pastel
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    A-2007
  • Hip, thigh and knee (reflected gluteal muscles of pelvis, posterior view) 2007
    Lower Limbs and pelvis, posterior view, reflected gluteal muscles
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Deep muscles of hip region (gluteus maximus removed, left, lateral view) 2007
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Shoulder (left), posterior view: tendon attachments (above), muscles (below) 2007
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Back, neck and shoulder muscles, window dissections 2007
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Torso, neck and arms (muscles and fascia with mirror tendons, posterior view) 2007
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Chin up! (neck and lower jaw muscles, glands, inferior view) 2007
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Simon Murphy (viola), New Dutch Academy Soloists 2006
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14.6 x 21.0 cm
    D-2006
  • Eduard Wesley (oboe), New Dutch Academy Chamber Soloists 2006
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14.6 x 21.0 cm
    D-2006
  • Stephen Freeman (violin), New Dutch Academy Soloists 2006
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14.6 x 21.0 cm
    D-2001
  • Georgia Browne (flute), New Dutch Academy Soloists 2006
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14.6 x 21.0 cm
    D-2006
  • Gluteus maximus (window cut in muscle, sciatic nerve, right hip, lateral view) 2006
    pastel and conte
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Muscle action of an archer (posterior view) 2006
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    A-2006
  • Passionfruit and flower 2006
    (Passiflora edulis)
    goldpoint, coloured pastel and conte
    21.0 x 28.0 cm
    D-2006
  • Lilly pilly, blossoms and berries 2006
    (Syzygium sp.)
    goldpoint, coloured pastel and conte
    28.0 x 21.0 cm
    D-2006
  • Feisty 95-year-old Mum 2006
    goldpoint, coloured pastel and conte
    28.0 x 21.0 cm
    D-2006
  • Marking exams 2006
    goldpoint, black chalk and white chalk
    28.0 x 21.0 cm
    D-2006
  • Abducted thigh (muscles, femoral arteries, genitalia, anterior view) 2006
    Thigh muscles, femoral arteries, external genitalia
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2006
  • The cyclist, tennis player in background (spine, ribs, scapulae, neck muscles, posterior view) 2006
    pastel
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    A-2006
  • Upper limb actions (flexing and lifting , flexing and gripping, extending and pointing) 2006
    chalk on blackboard
    116.0 x 86.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Back of the blade (muscles and spine of scapula, left shoulder, posterior view) 2006
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Drawing the bow (muscle action of an archer, anterior view) 2006
    pastel
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    A-2006
  • Anatomy of Michelangelo's 'David': Proportion and Contrapposto (posterior view) 2006
    chalk on blackboard
    116.0 x 86.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Anatomy of Michelangelo's 'David': Proportion and Contrapposto (anterior view) 2006
    chalk on blackboard
    116.0 x 86.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Neck (right side): deep muscles and levator scapulae 2006
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Head and neck anatomy (half skull, half facial muscles) 2006
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Face and neck muscles (left side), lateral view 2006
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Insight (muscles of facial expression) 2006
    aka Here's looking at you
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Cavities and edges in breakfast setting, including kitchen sink plumbing and hatching eggs - left, right and centre 2005
    fibre-tip drafting pen, black ink with pencil underdrawing
    21.0 x 29.0 cm
    D-2005
  • Stonehenge, drawn with freezing hand 2005
    drafting pen, black ink
    14.0 x 11.0 cm
    D-2005
  • Fetal skeleton 2005
    drafting pen, black ink
    34.9 x 28.0 cm
    A-2005
  • Musicians living in Amsterdam 2005
    pastel
    29.7 x 42.0 cm
    2005
  • 15-colour sfumato tomato 2005
    pastel chalks
    32.5 x 24.5 cm
    T-2005
  • Sex change for Vitruvian Man 2005
    After Leonardo's 'Vitruvian Man'
    drafting pen, black ink and gouache
    24.5 x 21 cm
    2005
  • Surgery reattaching Ginevra de 'Benci's arms and hands 2005
    graphite underdrawing, coloured pencil and conte with giclee
    29.8 x 20.9 cm
    2005
  • Gilding the lily 2005
    goldpoint, black and white chalk
    23.0 x 28.0 cm
    D-2005
  • Studies of gripping action (right hand) 2003
    pastel
    30.0 x 42.0 cm
    A-2003
  • Wounded tree from our window 2003
    pastel
    63.0 x 93.5 cm
    D-2006
  • Young Street from our window 2003
    pastel
    62.5 x 94.5 cm
    D-2003
  • Anatomy of Rodin's Andromeda: pelvis, sacrum and coccyx 2002
    drafting pen, black ink, wash and white correction fluid
    30.0 x 20.3 cm
    A-2002
  • Imy listening to 'The Hobbit' 2002
    pastel
    55.5 x 79.0 cm
    2002
  • Stephen in ABO Farewell Concert, ABC Hall 2001
    aka Stephen in ABO farewell ABC Hall
    drafting pen, black ink
    20.9 x 28.4 cm
    SBD-2001
  • Peretta Anggerek (countertenor), ABO Farewell Concert, ABC Hall 2001
    drafting pen, black ink
    20.9 x 28.4 cm
    SBD-2001
  • Tommie Andersson (theorbo), ABO Farewell Concert, ABC Hall 2001
    drafting pen, black ink
    20.9 x 28.4 cm
    SBD-2001
  • Craig Hill (basset clarinet), Stephen Freeman (violin), Nicole Forsyth (viola), ABO 2001
    drafting pen, black ink
    20.9 x 28.4 cm
    SBD-2001
  • Bisection of head, neck and thorax (both halves, viscera removed) 2001
    pencil and conte
    29.5 x 42 cm
    A-2001
  • Upper limb and shoulder (muscles, tendons, fascia, left, posterior view) 2001
    pastel
    29.5 x 42 cm
    A-2001
  • Sole of left foot and ankle 2001
    aka Undersole of Left Foot
    drafting pen, brown and black ink
    21.6 x 26.9 cm
    A-2001
  • Head and shoulder, abducted arm (left side, superior view) 2001
    drafting pen, black ink
    42.1 x 29.0 cm
    A-2001

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Drawings : 323 Works Page 1 2 3

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