These weekly drawing sessions were offered after school one day per week and were highly recommended by faculty, especially since there was not sufficient time in the curriculum to offer these during the day.  These drawing sessions 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 increased 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 for 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.Joey Hebert (Fall 2016) and Denis Mocanu (Winter 2017), both third year Illustration & Design student, 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 themcomfortable with the appropriate studio equipment. The sessions began in late September scheduled on Wednesdays in the fall and on Mondays in the winter till early-May 2017. In all 21 sessions were scheduled for 3 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.