![]() ![]() Once a week after work, this aged but agile figure jumped from drawing board to drawing board, patiently teaching us the principles behind the high baroque style of Walt Disney Animation drawing. Huzzah to Don Hahn for putting it all together for us!Eric Goldberg, Walt Disney Animation StudiosDuring the Animation Renaissance of the 1990s, one of the Walt Disney Studio's best kept secrets was Walt Stanchfield. His classes and notes have inspired countless animation artists, and his approach to drawing of caricature over reality, feeling over rote accuracy, and communication over photographic reproduction gets to the heart of what great animation is all about. John Musker, Walt Disney Animation StudiosWalt Stanchfield was one of Disney Animation's national treasures. He was grizzled and he was great and proof that there was more than one Walt at the Disney Studio that could inspire a legion of artists. Whether he drew with a ball point pen or painted with a brush dipped in his coffee cup, he got to the essence of things and was eager to share what he learned to his eager disciples, myself among them. One couldn't help walk away with your mind and soul a little more open than when you entered.Glen Keane, Walt Disney Animation StudiosWalt Stanchfield's classes and writings were little distillations of the man: quirky, strongly stated in a genial voice, and brimming with a lifetime of sharp observations about story telling and graphic communication. We all have 10,000 bad drawings in us so the sooner you get them out the better!" Sitting in Walt's class was as much a psychology course as it was a drawing class. I remember him one day encouraging us to leap into our drawings with boldness and confidence, "Don't be afraid to make a mistake. You learned to see the world through his eyes. He was grizzled and he was great and proof that there was more than one Walt at the Disney Studios that could inspire a legion of artists." - John Musker, Walt Disney Animation Studios, For nearly thirty years, the artists that passed through the gates of Disney Animation, and even non-artists like myself, were influenced by the craft, skill, wisdom, writings and sketches of Walt Stanchfield.Roy DisneyWalt was a kind of Mark Twain for us at Disney. ![]() Whether he drew with a ball point pen or painted with a brush dipped in his coffee cup, he got to the essence of things and was eager to share what he learned with his eager disciples, myself among them. ![]() One couldn't help walk away with your mind and soul a little more open than when you entered." - Glen Keane, Walt Disney Animation Studios "Walt Stanchfield's classes and writings were little distillations of the man: quirky, strongly stated in a genial voice, and brimming with a lifetime of sharp observations about story telling and graphic communication. Credits include Lion King, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin., "Walt was a kind of Mark Twain for us at Disney. With Stanchfield for the first time you see a real Disney master at work teaching his charges real principles. Edited by Academy Award¿-nominated producer Don Hahn, who has prduced such classic Disney films as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King.įor most of its history the Walt Disney Animation Studio kept their techniques carefully guarded secrets. His work can be seen in films like Sleeping Beauty, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians, and Peter Pan. Written by Walt Stanchfield (1919-2000), who began work for the Walt Disney Studios in the 1950s. These writings represent the quintessential refresher for fine artists and film professionals, and it is a vital tutorial for students who are now poised to be part of another new generation in the art form. For over twenty years, Walt helped breathe life into the new golden age of animation with these teachings at the Walt Disney Animation Studios and influenced such talented artists as Tim Burton, Brad Bird, Glen Keane, and John Lasseter.
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