Vilppu Drawing Manual [Spiral-bound]

Glenn Vilppu (Author)

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 177 pages
• Publisher: Vilppu Studio; 1ST edition (February 28, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892053039
• ISBN-13: 978-1892053039
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,818 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Life Drawing Instruction, August 5, 2001

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KNW (Fullerton, CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Vilppu Drawing Manual (Spiral-bound)

Glenn Vilppu is a master at communicating the "fundamental tools not only to aide us in drawing but in seeing." I have taken several life drawing classes which were competently taught, but Mr. Vilppu's book greatly augmented the classes bucause he is highly adept a explaining the process so that I now have a much clearer grasp of both the "what" and the "how to".

It seems to me that many art instructors are so visually oriented that they cannot clearly articulate what it is that they are doing. Mr. Vilppu uses both words and pictures to clearly communicate basic figure drawing tools. The book includes numerous examples supplemented with helpful explanations covering everything from gesture through basic procedure to anatomy , modeling and even atmospheric perspective. Accompanying video tapes are also available for each of the 12 chapters. I have viewed 4 of these tapes and they are even better than the book!

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A humble and modern master, June 16, 2004

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Christiana Suzuki (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Vilppu Drawing Manual (Spiral-bound)

I studied with Glenn Vilppu for two years at the American Animation Institute and I can definitely say that his teaching methods really improved my ability to draw the human figure. This book will teach you how to UNDERSTAND the construction of the human figure so that you can create any pose from any angle without have to draw it from life.

Additionally, I find his system of breaking down body measurements far more accurate and flexible that the traditional 7 and a half heads method that many teachers rely on.

Highly recommended from an extremely thankful student!

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the core of drawing..., September 13, 2006

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Darron Lee-Smith "Darron" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Vilppu Drawing Manual (Spiral-bound)

Besides Nicolaides' Natural Way to Draw, this book is really all the elements it takes to do drawing in about 13 lessons. If you have mastered all 13 lessons, you really will have become a great artist. Each lesson builds up on the previous one, and your suggested not to move on until you feel you are ready for the next one. Combine this manual with his series of DVD's and you pretty much have art school in a box. I am not even kidding about that either, the DVD's are literally him teaching in the class as well as demonstrations of him doing the drawings and models to draw from. You get to see a real master at work, and then you will have the confidence to do it yourself as he describes.

This is not a quick fix book like Edwards' Right Side of the Brain, this is the real deal as far as learn to draw books/ series are concerned. I liked Nicolaides' book as well starting out, although I feel that not enough people take it seriously due to the amount of work required. Believe it or not your going to arrive at doing the same amount of work even if it takes you a lifetime to discover that. It is best to do your blind contour and form studies, etc. now so you dont have issues later with the natural element to drawing. Although this Drawing Manual does not deal with such things, that would be how you should acquire the feel of the thing anyway.