Canadian Academy of Drawing
There are two accomplishments of which I am rather proud . One is the founding
in 1998, of the Drawing Society of Canada, (previous page). The other is the founding in 2005, of the
online Canadian Academy of Drawing. The Canadian Academy of Drawing is an educational arts initiative of the Drawing Society of Canada. The academy obtained permission from the Dahesh Museum in New York, to use their published works of Charles Bargue's Drawing Course. The course was first published in Paris in 1860, and taught at the leading academies of Europe. It is considered to be one of the best courses in classical drawing. The objective of the Canadian Academy of Drawing is to make this course available online to as many established and aspiring artists as possible. Our special outreach is to artists who live in remote communities where access to live studio instruction is limited or non-existent.
After 28 years and many students, the website had been quietly retired.
Our students (over 60 at various stages in the course) have been from remote villages, in cities, and in towns around the world, including Northern Ireland, England, Paris, Mexico, USA, Canada, Germany, Singapore, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Israel, and counting. Featured below are some student drawings from the course. Names have been withheld for privacy reasons.
