At the Rob Gutteridge School of Classical Realism (RGCR) (founded 2016), students are taught to make accurate and beautiful realistic drawings and paintings. They learn the techniques, develop the skills, and acquire the knowledge of materials required to achieve the high technical standards associated with classical realism in drawing, painting and sculptural anatomy. The range and depth of the school’s courses are coordinated in a purposeful study program, making it a unique place to study classical realism in Australia.

All students must begin with the course “Introduction to classical realism – Bargue drawing course”. They complete 9 x Bargue drawings before graduating to Cast Drawing 1. It takes a part-time student (studying 1 x 3 hour class per week) approximately 18 months – 2 years to complete the 9 Bargue drawings. Full-time study is available in 20-week study blocks. Full-time study provides an immersive experience in atelier training and accelerates learning.The school is set up for a large and small students. The are about 26 students who study most of time part-time.

RGCR is unique in Australia for a number of reasons: It offers a comprehensive, coherent, sequenced educational programme in classical realism, designed to organise student learning from the simple to the complex. This facilitates a logical, easy transition from novice, to intermediate, to advanced levels of learning and professional practice.

• It has the human figure as the central theme around which subjects are organised and taught.
• Flexible tuition based on year round enrolment on a monthly basis (no terms or semesters).
• An in-depth, comprehensive course in classical écorché (anatomical sculpture of a flayed figure) with an approach similar to the Lanteri method.
• A dedicated 4-subject program in human anatomy for artists combining perceptual drawing, conceptual drawing, and sculptural anatomy (écorché).
• Analytic figure drawing: constructive, conceptual figure drawing of form and structure exploring the anatomical architecture of the figure.
• Perceptual and conceptual figure drawing taught in complementary roles. Internationally, it is rare to find observational drawing (perceptual drawing), taught alongside analytic, constructive figure drawing (conceptual drawing).
• An aspiration at the current inception phase f the atelier: the Director’s Mentorship – at the completion of the entire program, and at the discretion of the Director, a student will be invited to work alongside the Director to be mentored by him for 1 year. The mentorship is full time, and tuition is free