Name: David Downton
Born: Kent England 1959
Background:
o Studied Illustration/graphics at Canterbury and Wolverhampton 1977-1981
o 1984 began illustration career
o 1996, the Financial Times commissioned him to draw at the couture shows and since then David has become known principally as a fashion illustrator
o Client list includes: Tiffany & Co, Bloomingdales, Barney’s, Harrods, Top Shop, Chanel, Dior, L’Oreal, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, V Magazine and the V&A Museum
o In 2007, David launched Pourquoi Pas? the first ever journal of Fashion Illustration
Methods used:
o He does dozens of drawings on to layout paper taking the best from each. When the drawing looks right he start to eliminate, to de-construct. I keep working until it looks spontaneous.
o Watercolour or gouache for small scale pieces, if he needs flat saturated colour he uses cut paper collage and then apply line using an acetate overlay. For pure line drawing he uses black Indian ink on acetate or paper.
Inspiration:
Matisse, Boldini, Picasso, Francis Bacon, Euan Uglow, Réne Gruau, Mats Gustafsson, Tony Viramontes, Abraham Ganes, Al Hirshfield and Bob Peak.- 1978
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