I first taught myself to draw by copying the Old Masters. In particular I bought this corpus of Michelangelo’s work at Casa Buonorotti in Florence and copied all of the drawings (not the architecture ones). I did similar things with Rubens and other masters. I also taught myself anatomy. After this I started studying with Glenn Vilppu privately at his home in Acton and we along with his wife Eleanor became dear friends. He mentored me for years and even now, every time we are together I show him my work and he is generous with his feedback. Glenn and I planned and built Vilppu Academy (me mainly in an advisory role) and Glenn was instrumental in the development of New Masters Academy. I’ve had other mentors and teachers over the years, Mark Westermoe and Steve Huston to name just a couple but Glenn has probably had the biggest impact on me.
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