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Artist Glenn Vilppu: Fine Art, Animation, and the Old Masters

The world-renowned teaching by award-winning artist Glenn Vilppu inspires some of the world’s top animators, illustrators, and painters.
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Artist Glenn Vilppu: Fine Art, Animation, and the Old Masters
Artist Glenn Vilppu teaching his students in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, in Vienna. Vilppu photographs a painting and explains how an old master made compositions come to life. He finds teaching in person “fun and energizing.” Courtesy of Vilppu Academy
Lorraine Ferrier
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A month shy of his 89th birthday, the award-winning American artist and art instructor Glenn Vilppu can’t stop drawing. He’s drawing every day, and often teaching—anyone from beginners to established artists.

He’s taught thousands of students and continues to teach around the world in person, in workshops, and in animation studios. He’s one of the founders and teachers of the New Masters Academy. Students also learn via his “Vilppu Drawing Manual.” He’s also taught students through a series of online demonstrations and interactive classes and critiques at the Vilppu Academy.

Lorraine Ferrier
Lorraine Ferrier
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Lorraine Ferrier writes about fine arts and craftsmanship for The Epoch Times. She focuses on artists and artisans, primarily in North America and Europe, who imbue their works with beauty and traditional values. She's especially interested in giving a voice to the rare and lesser-known arts and crafts, in the hope that we can preserve our traditional art heritage. She lives and writes in a London suburb, in England.