Drawings | Zoe Nathan

Pen and ink became my favorite medium between 2017 to 2019, and I mostly focused on a series of heroes portraits or authors, scientists, and civil rights activists.

Pastel pencils was the primary medium I used during a 100 day art challenge in 2021, and I have grown to like it's soft neutral tones.

Graphite has been an old favorite since I was a child, but these studies are more from recent sketchbooks. Here are some figurative and still life sketches.

Click on one of the categories above, or view a sampling of the categories in the gallery below.

Portrait of Ida B. Wells | Heroes Series

Ink on paper
11.5″x9
2018

Portrait of Claudette Colvin | Heroes Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2018

Portrait of Maya Angelou

Graphite on paper
11″x8.5″
2019

Katherine G. Johnson | Heroes Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2018

Portrait of Mary Jackson | Heroes Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2018

Dorothy Vaughan | Heroes Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2018

Portrait of Hermann Hess | Heroes Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2018
SOLD

Reverend Martin Luther King JR. | Heroes Series

Pen on paper
8″x6″
2017
SOLD

Portrait of Nicola Tesla | Heroes Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9
2019

Portrait of Alan Turing | Heroes Series

Ink on paper
11.5″x9
2017

Portrait of Michael Faraday | Heroes Series

Ink drawing
11.5″x9″
2019

Portrait of Dolores O’Riordan | Heroes Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2018

Portrait of Klaus Nomi | Heroes Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2017

Portrait of Buster Keaton

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2018

Portrait of Buster Keaton | Introspection

Pen and India ink on paper
11.5″x9
2017

Portrait of Buster Keaton | Virtual Isolation

Ink on paper
11.5″x9
2017

Buster Keaton | Toil

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2018

Fall Flowers

Pen on paper
8″x5″
2019

Portrait of Newly Weds

Pen on paper
9″x11.5″
2017
SOLD

Andreas Scholl in Rodelinda | Heroes Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2017

Harlequin Muse | Artist Muse Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2018

Portrait of Pausha | Artist Muse Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2017
SOLD

Portrait of Prince Charles in The Crown

Pen on paper
5″x7″
2020

Pausha in Foliage | Artist Muse Series

Pen on paper
11.5″x9
2019

Portrait of Sammy

Pen on paper
11.5″x9″
2018

Figure Study

Pen on paper
5″x3″
2019

Nopales

Pen on paper
7″x5″
2020

Portrait of Chelsea

Pen on paper
11.5″x9
2020

Modern Harlequins

Pen and ink on paper
11.5″x9
2013

Harlequin Muse Chelsea | Artist Muse Series

Pen on paper
5″x3″
2018

Portrait of Shannon

Pastel on paper
12″x9″
2021

Portrait of Elma

Pastel on paper
12″x9″
2021

Portrait of Clara Oddstad

Pastel on paper
12″x9″
2021

Portrait of Andy Oddstad

Pastel on paper
12″x9″
2021

Portrait of Artist Melody Owens

Pastel on paper
12″x9″
2021

Portrait of Jia Jung

Pastel on paper
12″x9″
2021

Portrait of Nirlepa

Pastel on paper
12″x9″
2021

Portrait of Rachel Glikes

Pastel on paper
12″x9″
2021

Portrait of Karma El Khalil

Pastel on paper
12″x9″
2021

Portrait of Tenario

Pastel on paper
12″x9″
2021

Portrait of Joseph Albers | Heroes Series

Pastel on paper
8″x5″
2021

Portrait of Jia Jung

Pastel on paper
8″x5″
2021

Portrait of a Girl

Pastel on paper
8″x5″
2021

Portrait of Pausha

Pastel on paper
8″x5″
2021

Flamenco Dancer XIX

Pastel on paper
8″x5″
2021

Flamenco Dancer XVIII | Daniela Zermeño

Pastel on paper
8″x5″
2021

Flamenco Dancer XVII

Pastel on paper
8″x5″
2021

Yo-Yo Ma | Pet Portrait Commission

Pencil on paper
8″x5″
2022
SOLD

Poppy | Pet Portrait Commission

Pencil on paper
8″x5″
2022
SOLD

Pia | Pet Portrait Commission

Pencil on paper
8″x5″
2022
SOLD

Leo | Pet Portrait Commission

Pencil on paper
8″x5″
2022
SOLD

Bonnie | Pet Portrait Commission

Pencil on paper
8″x5″
2022
SOLD

Beatrix | Pet Portrait Commission

Pencil on paper
8″x5″
2022
SOLD

Portrait of Sonya Fairbanks | Artist Muse

Graphite on paper
11″x9
2013

Figure Drawing | Couple

Graphite on paper
8.5″x8.5″
2019

Figure Drawing

Graphite on paper
8.5″x8.5″
2019

Figure Drawing

Graphite on paper
8.5″x8.5″
2019