These drawing sessions helped all art students who attended them. They helped the weaker students with extra practice time on a regular basis. Stronger and more advanced students also benefited by this practice time since it permitted them to gain confidence and speed but also to increase their competency in anatomy, composition, perspective, etc. Students were free to work with pencil and paper, charcoal or even digitally on their Wacom tablets and laptops. The live model sessions also allowed students to use this time to draw and complete assignments which require this type of subject, or simply to add to their sketchbook assignments, which is a requirement for several of their classes.

David Fortin, Illustration & Design 3rd year student (Fall 2017) and Jordan Loria, Illustration & Design 3rd year student (Winter 2018), volunteered to be responsible for this event and ensured that they also attended personally and supervised the drawing sessions. They were also responsible to select and organize the list of models, making sure that they were scheduled ahead of time, attended as scheduled, as well as made them comfortable with the appropriate studio equipment. The sessions began in September 2017 scheduled on Monday nights in the fall and in the winter till late April 2018. In all 23 sessions were scheduled for 2.5 hours.

During each semester, the number of students in attendance varied, but there was always a healthy participation. The majority of students are from the Illustration & Design program, but several consistently attended from the Fine Arts (now called Visual Arts) and the 3D Animation & CGI programs. Several alumni also made it a point of returning to Dawson to be part of this drawing studio.

This project has been extremely successful and many students cannot wait to start it again each year. Their drawing skills are directly impacted by this practice time.