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
226 Works to view Page 1 2 3 4
226 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 Asleep 2015
    pencil
    14.8 x 21 cm
    D-2015
  • Odette Breastfeeding Lucian 2014
    pencil
    20 x 13 cm
    D-2014
  • Lucian Asleep, Café 1900, Amsterdam 2014
    pencil
    13 x 20 cm
    D-2014
  • Russian Busking in Venice 2013
    drafting pen, black ink
    14 x 20 cm
    D-2013
  • Women in Dubai 2013
    drafting pen, brown ink
    20 x 13 cm
    D-2013
  • Sidewalk Café, Venice 2013
    drafting pen and spittle wash
    13 x 20 cm
    D-2013
  • Beggar in Venice 2013
    drafting pen and spittle wash
    13 x 20 cm
    D-2013
  • Mum doing Crossword 2013
    brush and ink
    21 x 29.7 cm
    D-
  • Mum at 101 2012
    drafting pen, black ink
    15 x 21 cm
    D-2012
  • Stephen Freeman, Concertmaster 2011
    drafting pen, black ink
    15 x 21 cm
    D-1988
  • Ngong Ping Garden Restaurant, Hong Kong 2011
    drafting pen, black ink
    15 x 21 cm
    D-1988
  • Imy Reading on Sofa 2011
    drafting pen, brown ink
    21 x 14 cm
    D-2011-1
  • Imy Reading Harry Potter 2011
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14 x 21 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, brown ink
    14 x 21 cm
    D-2010-2
  • Simon Murphy Conducting New Dutch Academy 2010
    drafting pen, brown ink
    21 x 14 cm
    D-2010-6
  • Nielsen Park 2010
    aka Woman at Beach, Nielsen Park, Sydney
    drafting pen, brown ink
    14 x 21 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
  • Stephen 2009
    pencil
    14 x 18 cm
    D-2009
  • Gaia Listening to Grandpa Reading 2008
    drafting pen, black ink
    20 x 20 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
    T-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 giclee
    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
    blue ballpoint
    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 conte 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 cm
    2001
  • Tommie Andersson (theorbo), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Farewell Concert, ABC Hall 2001
    drafting pen, brown ink
    21 x 28 cm
    2001
  • Peretta Anggerek (countertenor), Australian Brandenburg Orchestra Farewell Concert, ABC Hall 2001
    drafting pen, brown ink
    21 x 28 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 cm
    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, 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
  • Resident's Meeting 1985
    (Annandale)
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    18 x 26 cm
    1985
  • Federal Park 1985
    aka Practising Hockey, Viaduct at Federal Park
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash on toned paper
    38 x 51 cm
    1985
  • Woman on a Park Bench / Observatory Hill 1985
    drafting pen and wash
    18 x 26 cm
    1985
  • Kent Street 1985
    aka Traffic Control Man, Kent Street
    drafting pen, brown ink and spittle wash
    42 x 59 cm
    D-1985
  • Mother and Baby on Bus 1984
    drafting pen, brown ink
    18 x 24.5 cm
    D-1984
  • The Ghost of Kabbarli, Daisy Bates (drawing) 1983
    conté
    54.5 x 75 cm
    D-1983
  • The Stroke / The Life and Death of St. Francis of Australia 1983
    graphite
    50 x 33 cm
    D-1983
  • The Last Breath, Aunty Dot [12 August 1981] 1982
    graphite
    57 x 76 cm
    D-1982-1
  • Women Waiting 1981
    graphite on Arches 300gsm paper
    38 x 56.4 cm
    D-1981
  • Parents at a School Concert 1981
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27 x 37 cm
    D-1981
  • Stephen practising Violin (bridge in view) 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    36 x 48.6 cm
    T-1980
  • Stephen in Dressing Gown, Watching TV 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    36.8 x 53.5 cm
    T-1980
  • Anton Wernig with his new Coffee-machine Toy, Munich 1980
    aka Doktor Frosch (Anton Wernig) mit seinem neu Kaffee Spielzeug
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27 x 36.8 cm
    D-1980
  • Sydney County Council (SCC) Workmen Resting in Hudson St, Annandale 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27 x 36.7 cm
    D-1980
  • Chinese Girl Seated 1980
    drafting pen, brown ink
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Chinese Toddler 1980
    drafting pen and spittle wash
    17 x 23.5 cm
    D-1980
  • Homework, Brian Helping Stephen 1979
    aka Homework
    drafting pen, brown ink
    27 x 36.3 cm
    D-1979
  • Chatting Commuters, Munich 1979
    'Munich commuters' series
    drafting pen, brown ink
    23.8 x 18.1 cm
    D-1979

Drawings : People 226 Works to view Page 1 2 3 4
Drawings : People 226 Works to view Page 1 2 3 4

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