WHY YOU SHOULD DO THE BARGUE DRAWING COURSE
Charles Bargue (1825-1883) was a French painter and lithographer noted for devising an influential drawing course conceived in collaberation with Jean-Leon Gerome. This course was designed to guide students to a higher level of skill in drawing using plates, plasters and living models. The course was called "Cours de Dessin" (drawing course) similar to the teaching of the prestigious Ecole des Beaux-Arts(pronounced"Ecole de Boz-Ar") of Paris, and is now used for curriculum in very expensive Atelier training. It consisted of 197 lithographs printed as individual sheets. The modern book "Cours de Dessin" (pronounced "cor de desson") ($10-Amazon) has 130 of those lithographs, and the book "Complete Bargue Drawing Course" by Burst Books ($30-Amazon) contains the entire 197 plates. This is one of the most popular classical art drawing courses in the world, training the eye of the student to understand the effects of light
