Drawings : Anatomy

"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: Anatomy
Theme:
Medium:
Grid view
List view
Drawings Theme: Anatomy
56 Works to view
56 Works to view
Anatomy: Artworks drawn in the university laboratory from embalmed human dissections (specimens) and from plastinations of human specimens. Anatomical analysis of works by the Masters Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and Rodin.
  • 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
  • Hand and flexed wrist (right), extensor tendons, intrinsic muscles 2010
    pastel
    21.0 x 29.0 cm
    A-2010
  • Hand and wrist (left), extensor muscles and tendons 2010
    pastel
    21.0 x 29.0 cm
    A-2010
  • 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
  • Skull, quarter-sectioned 2008
    conte and pastel
    22.1 x 28.3 cm
    A-2008
  • Skull, bisected, opened out, with mandible 2008
    goldpoint and pastel
    28.3 x 22.1 cm
    A-2008
  • Skulls: fetal and adult contrasted 2008
    goldpoint
    21.3 x 28.3 cm
    A-2008
  • Head and neck (right side): muscles, vessels and glands 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
  • Shoulder and thorax (deltoid, pectoralis major, serratus anterior muscles, right shoulder, lateral view) 2008
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2008
  • Chin up! (neck and lower jaw muscles, glands, inferior view) 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
  • Back, neck and shoulder muscles, window dissections 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
  • Deep muscles of hip region (gluteus maximus removed, left, lateral view) 2007
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 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
  • Brain (right): cerebral cortex and cerebellum 2007
    pastel
    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
  • The skier (right upper limb and shoulder, anterior view) 2007
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 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
  • 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': Christ's left hand 2007
    pastel and conte
    21.0 x 29.7 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': Matthew's hands 2007
    pastel and conte
    37.5 x 55 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': Simon's hands 2007
    pastel and conte
    29.5 x 42 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
  • 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
  • My foot! 2007
    Foot right, superior view of extensor tendons, muscles
    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
  • Shoulders and upper limbs over skeleton (anterior view) 2007
    pastel and conte
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2007
  • Upper limb and shoulder, hand with extensor tendons (right, lateral views) 2007
    pastel
    21.0 x 29.7 cm
    A-2007
  • Insight (muscles of facial expression) 2006
    aka Here's looking at you
    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
  • Head and neck anatomy (half skull, half facial muscles) 2006
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Neck (right side): deep muscles and levator scapulae 2006
    pastel
    29.7 x 21.0 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
  • Anatomy of Michelangelo's 'David': Proportion and Contrapposto (posterior view) 2006
    chalk on blackboard
    116.0 x 86.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Drawing the bow (muscle action of an archer, anterior view) 2006
    pastel
    21.0 x 29.7 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
  • Upper limb actions (flexing and lifting , flexing and gripping, extending and pointing) 2006
    chalk on blackboard
    116.0 x 86.0 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
  • Abducted thigh (muscles, femoral arteries, genitalia, anterior view) 2006
    Thigh muscles, femoral arteries, external genitalia
    pastel
    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
  • Gluteus maximus (window cut in muscle, sciatic nerve, right hip, lateral view) 2006
    pastel and conte
    29.7 x 21.0 cm
    A-2006
  • Fetal skeleton 2005
    drafting pen, black ink
    34.9 x 28.0 cm
    A-2005
  • Studies of gripping action (right hand) 2003
    pastel
    30.0 x 42.0 cm
    A-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
  • Dissected legs and feet (muscles, fascia and Achilles tendons) 2001
    Legs and feet: muscles, fascia, Achilles tendons
    pastel and conte
    30.0 x 42.0 cm
    A-2001
  • Mother and son (proportions in skeletons) 2001
    Skeletons of adult and child contrasted
    pastel and conte
    42 x 29.5 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
  • 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
  • Upper limb and shoulder (muscles, tendons, fascia, left, posterior view) 2001
    pastel
    29.5 x 42 cm
    A-2001
  • Bisection of head, neck and thorax (both halves, viscera removed) 2001
    pencil and conte
    29.5 x 42 cm
    A-2001
  • Lower limb and bisected pelvis specimen 2000
    drafting pen, black ink
    29.0 x 42.1 cm
    A-2000
  • Skull plaster cast, Julian Ashton Art School 1960
    charcoal
    50.5(l)-50.6(r) x 38.3 cm
    A-1960

Drawings : Anatomy 56 Works to view
Drawings : Anatomy 56 Works to view

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