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Glenn's Personal Sketchbooks

The artist's sketch book is more than just a collection of drawings. Like a diary, the sketch book reveals the day to day visual involvement of the artist in his world and in that sense, gives you a more intimate picture of the artist.  This "behind the scenes" view has historically been of keen interest to collectors, art historians and students of art.
The sketch book, to the artist, is the repository of his observations, trials, studies, and experimentation.  The pages of the sketch book are populated with the germs of future works, family, friends, and the world he lives in.  The artist as an individual.
To the artist, the sketch book drawings are a library of his visual thoughts that he refers back to again and again.  Drawing, to the artist, is the process of visual thinking, and the sketch book is its most intimate form.  Not only is the sketch book the beginning of the creative act, it is an Art form in itself.
- Glenn V. Vilppu, 1993 The Vilppu Sketch Book

 

Vilppu Collectors Series February 2008

Every month we feature a different sketchbook.

This is Glenn's sketch book from February 2008.  It includes 88 pages of drawings done during the month, mostly zoo animals. 

Price (On CD, Full Color): $14.95

Price (Hard Copy Printed & Bound, Black & White): $24.95

See inside this book... 

The Vilppu Sketch Book

This sketchbook of Glenn Vilppu's is on the recommended reading list by Disney and the other major studios for their animation employees to study drawing from.  First published in 1994, this classic has been out of print and unavailable for years!   It is finally back, and back with style!   100 pages of Glenn Vilppu's selected drawings. 

Regular Price $39.95

Vilppu Quick Sketch

The Vilppu Quick Sketch is the first of what will be a series of inexpensive short books dealing with specific subjects. This first one is a collection of my quick Sketches. It is not a how to book, but does demonstrate many of the elements discussed in both the Drawing Manual and Drawing on Location Manual.

Price: $8.95