Glenn Vilppu

Biography

Glenn Vilppu teaches Foundations of Drawing for the VPA LA Semester program.

Vilppu is an internationally renowned draftsman, painter and instructor whose books and DVDs are used by universities, art schools and independent students around the world. Vilppu has had at least 20 one-man shows and is represented in collections throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe. The Vilppu Academy online art school is an international resource for students wishing to improve their drawing skills remotely. Vilppu’s approach to teaching drawing has become the standard for professional artists, imitated by numerous teachers and applied by the tens of thousands of students of his teaching.

At the age of 40, Vilppu brought his approach to traditional figure drawing and composition to bear in the animation industry. He has worked for over 20 years on both features and shorts for all of the major studios, as well as teaching at all of the major studios and many of the game and special effects studios.