Glenn Vilppu Drawing Seminars in Tokyo - SEPTEMBER 2026 グレン・ビルプ先生 東京ドローイングセミナー

Learn Figure Drawing from a Master

Glenn Vilppu, one of the most influential drawing instructors of the past 50 years, will lead a two-day seminar in Shinjuku, Tokyo on September 19–20, 2026.

A former layout artist for Disney, Warner Bros., and Marvel Productions, and long-time instructor at Walt Disney Animation Studios and DreamWorks, Vilppu has shaped generations of professional artists. In this intensive seminar he will share his clear, practical approach to figure drawing—focusing on gesture, anatomy, and composition.

Open to artists of every level. Every participant receives direct feedback and personal critique.

A rare chance to study with a true industry legend.

マスターから人物デッサンを学ぶ

過去50年で最も影響力のある絵画講師の一人、グレン・
ビルプー氏、2026年9月19日・20日に東京・新宿で2日間の集中セミナーを開催致します。

ディズニー、ワーナー・ブラザース、マーベル・プロダクションズでレイアウトアーティストとして活躍し、ウォルト・ディズニー・アニメーション・スタジオやドリームワークスで長年指導してきたヴィルプー氏は、数多くのプロフェッショナルを育ててきました。

このセミナーでは、ジェスチャー、解剖学、構図を中心に、明確で実践的な人物デッサンの方法をレクチャーします。

初心者からプロまで、あらゆるレベルの方が対象です。 参加者全員に直接のフィードバックと個別講評を行います。

業界の真のレジェンドから直接学べる、貴重なチャンスです。

Event Overview

Dates: September 19 (Sat) – 20 (Sun), 2026 | 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Duration: 360 minutes (including breaks)

Capacity: 35 participants

Format: Hands-on

*Japanese interpretation provided

Venue: NT Goburin [Shinjuku-sanchome] – 5-10-14 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022

Price: 35,000 JPY (excl. tax)

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Learn Gesture Drawing and Quick Sketching from a Master

Glenn Vilppu, one of the most influential drawing instructors of the past 50 years, will lead a one day seminar in Shinjuku, Tokyo on September 27, 2026.

A former layout artist for Disney, Warner Bros., and Marvel Productions, and long-time instructor at Walt Disney Animation Studios and DreamWorks, Vilppu has shaped generations of professional artists.

In this seminar he will share his clear, practical approach to gesture drawing and how to draw human figures quickly and effectively that tells a story.

Open to artists of every level. Every participant receives direct feedback and personal critique.

A rare chance to study with a true industry legend.

巨匠から学ぶジェスチャー・ドローイングとクイック・スケッチ

過去50年間で最も影響力のあるドローイング講師の一人、グレン・ヴィルプ（Glenn Vilppu）氏が、2026年9月27日に東京・新宿で1日セミナーを開催します。

ディズニー、ワーナー・ブラザース、マーベル・プロダクションズでレイアウト・アーティストとして活躍し、ウォルト・ディズニー・アニメーション・スタジオやドリームワークスで長年にわたり指導を行ってきたヴィルプ氏は、数多くのプロのアーティストを育成してきました。

本セミナーでは、ジェスチャー・ドローイングに対する明快かつ実践的なアプローチに加え、ストーリー性を感じさせる人物画を素早く効果的に描く方法を学びます。

あらゆるレベルのアーティストが参加可能です。参加者全員が、直接フィードバックや個人的な講評を受けることができます。

業界の真のレジェンドから直接学べる貴重な機会です。

Event Overview
Dates: September 27 (Sun), 2026 | 12:00 – 18:00
Duration: 360 minutes (including breaks)
Capacity: 35 participants
Format: Hands-on
*Japanese interpretation provided
Venue: NT Goburin [Shinjuku-sanchome] – 5-10-14 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0022
Price: 17,500 JPY (excl. tax)

開催概要
開催日：2026年9月 27（日） 12:00 – 18:00
講義時間：360分　※休憩も含みます
定員：35席
講座スタイル：ハンズオン
※日本語通訳あり
開催場所：エヌティGoburin【新宿三丁目】- 〒160-0022東京都新宿区新宿5丁目10−14２０
価格：17,500円（税抜）

See Master Drawing Japan to Reserve / 予約

SPECIAL OFFER:  

Register Today and include the Discount Code:  KICSTUDIO26 and Receive a 10% discount!   

This discount code expires August 17, 2026

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今すぐご登録いただき、割引コード KICSTUDIO26 をご入力ください。

10%オフになります！

割引コードの有効期限は 2026年8月17日 までです。

 

GLENN VILPPU : The Drawing Master Returns to Tokyo again!

"Glenn Vilppu was the caliber level of work that we strove for." - Aaron Blaise, Veteran Disney animator/ director, artist. 

www.creaturearteacher.com

He has been teaching drawing in the animation industry for over 40 years. He's been called a legend. His teachings are part of the compilations notes of fellow Disney teacher, Walt Stanchfeld in Drawn to Life.   His original Drawing Manual is one the most coveted instructional art books in the world but sadly is the the most pirated globally. 

His name:  Glenn Vilppu.   

アニメーション業界でドローイングを教えて40年以上。彼はいまやレジェンドと呼ばれている。彼の教えは、同じくディズニーで講師を務めていたウォルト・スタンチフィールドがまとめた「Drawn to Life」にも掲載されている。彼が著した「Drawing Manual」は、アートの指南書として非常に人気を博したが、悲しいことに、世界中に海賊版が出回ることにもなっている。

彼の名は、グレン・ビルプ

He humbly just calls himself an drawing teacher, but Glenn is a master draftsman whose teachings has enabled countless students, artists and professional artist to have the skills and confidence to pursue their dreams.  

グレンは自身を単に「ドローイングの先生だ」と言う。しかし、グレンは巨匠のひとりでもあり、彼の教えによって育てられた生徒、アーティスト、業界のプロは数多く、グレンからの教えによって、技術と自信を持って夢を追いかけている。

Glenn has taught at some of the biggest animation studios in the world, Disney and Dreamworks and has taught globally, from  North America, Europe and Asia.   

グレンは、ディズニー、ドリームワークスをはじめ大手アニメーションスタジオで教えるほか、北米、ヨーロッパ、アジアなど世界各地で授業を行っている。

This coming December will be Glenn Vilppu's 4th seminar with Master Drawing Japan.  Additionally he is coming to Japan to christen the release of his NEW Drawing Manual which has been translated in to Japanese with Born Digital. 

来る12月、グレン・ビルプはMaster Drawing Japan主催のセミナーに来日。これは、4回目のセミナーになる。また新しいバージョンになった「ドローイングマニュアル」は(株)ボーンデジタルによって日本語版も出版されている。その記念の講義も同じく12月に開催の予定だ。

December 2nd and 3rd Glenn will teach a Figure Drawing masterclass from 12PM - 6PM on both days. 

2月2日～3日：フィギュアドローイングマスタークラス：12時-6時（両日とも）

December 4th Glenn will give a demonstration of his drawing techniques followed by a book signing from 6PM - 9PM. 

12月4日：グレン・ビルプ メソッド：6時～9時（講義の後にはサイン会も行われます）

December 9th and 10th Glenn will teach s Composition masterclass from 12PM to 6PM.  

12月9日～10日：構図マスタークラス：12時-6時（両日とも）

Your Friend: The Rice Bag (or Flour Sack )

The model of the flour sack, or the rice bag is nothing new at all in the west, but I thought it deserves some review for our friends in Japan.

The torso which makes up two of the largest masses of the body, determines the weight of the body.

There are many models to help simplify these masses in drawing:  the bean, the box forms and in animation, “the flour sack” or the “rice bag.” 

The rice bag functions just as well as the box form or the bean shape to simplify the torso as a 3-dimentional form but it also:

1)   Makes weight clear

2)   Shows forces acting on the body

3)   Shows Emotion!!

Master the Rice Bag and use it as a model to show feelings.  Where energy is  heavy, the form will squash.   Where energy is pulling the form will stretch.

To help yourself visualize:  How would you show emotion if you didn’t have any arms or legs??

アーロンのアート・ティップス ようこそ!! Welcome to the Art of Aaron Blaise, Japan!

アーロンのアート・ティップス  ようこそ!!   

Aaron Blaise's  Art Tips Welcome Video in Japanese 

Please hit the links below

Welcome to Aaron's Art Tips (Japanese)

The Art of Aaron Blaise YouTube Channel

ディズニーのベテランアニメーター、イラストレーターが、イラスト、アート、デザイン、アニメーションのティップス、チューリール、デモをYouTubeチャンネルで公開しています。しかも無料！
アーロン・ブレイズのアートティップスとライブデモをYouTubeでご覧ください。

Veteran Disney animator and illustrator has a wealth of tips, tutorials and demonstrations on illustration, art, design and animation on his YouTube channel! Best of all, it's free! Please join Aaron for his weekly art tips and live YouTube broadcasts!

GLENN VILPPU MDJ (MASTER DRAWING JAPAN) DRAWING SEMINAR VOL. 3 -

December 10th, 11th, 17th and 18th of 2016, Master Drawing Japan (MDJ) held its 5th production drawing seminar and its 3rd successful seminar with veteran drawing instructor to the animation industry, Glenn Vilppu.   Much thanks to Tokyo's Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design who sponsored the space for this great event! 

Like previous seminars, the event focused on figure drawing, but this year with an emphasis on composition. 

Glenn cited examples such as de Cortona, Rubens and other great masters  as well as playing against opposites and using compositional tools to direct the audiences eye.  

Glenn Vilppu is a world renown drawing instructor who has been working in the animation industry for decades, notably the Walt Disney Animation Studio and Dreamworks.  His teachings are often referred to in the Walt Stanchfield books edited by Don Hahn, "Drawn to Life Volumes One and Two."  

Glenn teaches internationally and gives lectures at UCLA and the Animation Guild.  Glenn will be returning again Japan again later this year as a featured instructor with MDJ.  

Disney Veteran Ron Husband is Coming to Tokyo!

"The animator must be a keen observer of action and must understand and remember it, for he never knows when we will find in it the inspiration for the entertainment he puts on screen." 

- Eric Larson

"The first and most important things for an animator to know is how to draw." 

-Walt Disney

This June, Disney veteran animator Ron Husband, (otherwise known as "Huz" to those close to him) will be coming to Tokyo,  touring and giving a series of seminars on quick sketching, and traditional hand drawn animation.  

Ron Husband was part of the first generation of animation artists to be passed down the torch of animation by Disney's greatest animation directors, sometimes known as Disney's Nine Old Men. 

Ron learned from some of Disney's best, such as Eric Larson and assisted legendary animator, Frank Thomas.   

Ron started with Disney in its training program in 1975 as many of the artists who established modern American animation as we know it today were retiring.  For the artists who brought life to Walt Disney's greatest films, such as Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty and Snow White, the sun was setting.  However,  a new dawn of animation was on the horizon.  

Ron Husband's peers would include now legends in animation such as Glen Keane, Andreas Deja, Ron Clements, John Musker,  and John Lasseter just to name a few.   Their names would be associated the Disney Renaissance films such as "The Little Mermaid", "Aladdin" and "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Little Mermaid".  

In addition to being Supervising Animator on films such as "Fantasia 2000",  "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Atlantis the Lost Empire",  Ron is notorious for his passion for drawing.  Recently Ron has published his book "Quick Sketching" which has become a much coveted book by professional artists and animators and has been translated into several languages including Japanese.  

Asia is entering the animation market on an international level.  Which means having a better understanding of the Western approach towards animation, which tends to gravitate towards "three-dimensional" forms with "two-dimensional designs" and "acting" as opposed to iconic, purely two-dimensional, (almost notan-like) designs often seen in Japanese comics and animation.  

The first seminar will be held on June 18th at The Waterrace and the second seminar will be held on June 25th and 26th at the Sokei Academy of Fine Art and Design.  

This will be Mr. Husband's first tour in Japan. 

Glenn Vilppu's Second Tokyo Masterclass November 7th, 8th, 14th and 15th 2015

"A figure is not done well unless action appears it in it that expresses a state of mind." 
-  Leonardo DiVinci 

"If you don't have the gesture and the action, you literally don't have anything." 
 - Glenn Vilppu

World renown Disney, Dreamworks and UCLA drawing instructor Glenn Vilppu  is returning to Tokyo again for his second drawing masterclass with Master Drawing Japan.  It will be a four day drawing seminar on November 7th, 8th and 14th and 15th.

One of the most coveted drawing instructors in the animation and production art industry, Vilppu has taught the art of figure drawing for over 40 years in workshops around the world teaching principles and techniques professionals in the animation industry such as Disney, Dreamworks and Warner Bros.  

Vilppu will help participants master techniques of drawing the human figure in the first session and teach a special class on the human head in the second session..   He will give direct receive instruction and feedback to each participant.

Vilppu's mantra has been to teach "No rules, just tools" to enable artists to use them in any direction he or she wishes.  

The event will be held at Suidobata Fine Arts Academy in Ikebukuro.  

To learn more about this event please visit: http://www.suidobataabroad.com/glenn-vippuドローイングセミナー/