Daniel Buck
I am Daniel Buck, a London based illustrator and tattoo apprentice. As a freelance illustrator, my drawings have been featured in two publications, both of which are self-established postgraduate opportunities. I was approached by author Jude Whiley-Morton after he’d seen my work featured in a BBC4 television broadcast “Life Drawing Live!”. On this platform I was able to showcase my skills as a draughtsman, and as a result confirm my second commercial job as a freelance illustrator. My success in figure drawing is the result of my strong understanding of form, anatomy and gesture, which allows me to sketch
This body of work was created during my final semester, exploring/celebrating the versatility of charcoal.
Sensitive Chaos Triptych
90cm x 100cm Charcoal powder on paper. The body of work explores charcoal as a painterly medium as well as drawing. The collection celebrates the versatility of the medium, using a variety of marks made with both brush and pencil.
Sensitive Chaos Triptych
90cm x 100cm Charcoal powder on paper. The subject matter depicts an extension of the subconscious, as the marks are made with the surrealist approach of automatic drawing.
Sensitive Chaos Triptych
90cm x 100cm Charcoal powder on paper. The initial marks are painted spontaneously with charcoal powder, then reinforced with charcoal pencil, adding figurative elements to the fluent brush stokes.
Tiger & Dragon
90cm x 100cm Charcoal powder on paper
Sensitive Chaos Diptych
21cm x 29.7cm Charcoal powder on paper
Sensitive Chaos Diptych
21cm x 29.7cm Charcoal on paper.