El Dia De Los Muertos

Poster illustration by Shannon Williamson.

Hola amigos,

Get ready for a life drawing class like no other – drinking, drawing and dames. This session we're paying tribute to the ancient mexican celebration known as dia de los muertos, or day of the dead.

Our starring model, Ruby Ruin, is hotter than jalapenos! She'll illuminate the stage, and our souls, at the altar de muertos. It's bound to be a memorial occasion.

Bring your own drawing equipment, and feel free to dress up for this fiesta.

Our sponsors are muy buena onda! Absolution, Gordon Harris, Madam Butterfly’s Vintage Style Boutique and international Dr. Sketchy's sponsor Baby Tattoo Books.

R18. Strictly no entry prior to 6.30pm, First pose at 7.30pm.
Canterbury Bowling Club - 109 Salisbury Street, with entry via Gracefield Ave.
BYO drawing materials and sketchpads.
Tickets $13 plus booking fee, available online via Cosmic Ticketing, with limited in-store tickets available from Cosmic Corner at The Palms.

We would like to advise there is no photography at this event.
Document our models with drawing only.

Sports: Illustrated

For September we couldn't help but succumb to the Rugby World Cup fever pervading our antipodean nation. The bats, balls and boxes were out in force for our sports themed session starring Henry Flower - the stamen with stamina!

MC Hells Belle kept us all in line with a whistle round her neck and red cards at the ready. Our art monkeys came dressed in scrum-ptious sporting attire - from a kick boxing femme fatale to a sweetheart cheerleader and a Hufflepuff quiddich player; while our paparazzi Paige Turner moonlighted as Penis Williams.

Warm up sketches ensured no strains or sprains as Henry flexed into fine form for our audience.

The first performance certainly warmed us up! With a bend and flourish it was off with the track pants and on with the show!

Hardly hokey; this champion model was worth his weight in gold.

For our embellishment competition, we asked our art monkeys to add a tabloid title to a pose...

but Mr Flower had a posy of fans determinedly going up against any slander.

 

Not all brawn - our Henry's a thinker as well.

Rosie Reckless maintained half time tradition - toting a bag full of orange quarters to re-invigorate the team for more sketching on the sidelines.

There was even a spot of badminton; but the shuttlecock seems to have been censored!

Tawdry came in left of field and went in for a no holds barred pose.

 A special award was given out for the man sporting the Biggest Beard. Any year now that sport's going to be an Olympic one - you heard it here first!

Henry's aerobic endeavors in the second performance had our hearts aflutter!

 

Sumo-stache!

 

Henry got his game face on and flashed us a winning grin.

Our Stamen with Stamina was the man of the match, but sketching was the winner on the night. September's sporting shenanigans was made possible and infinitely more prize-laden by our glorious sponsors: Absolution Tattoo and Body Piercing, Madame Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique, Gordon Harris Art Supplies and our international sponsor Baby Tattoo Books.

For more photos documenting our exploits - have a look at our Facebook album!

A Visit to Madame Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique

Today the Sketchy Girls played dress ups at our most fashion forward sponsor's shop - Madame Butterfly's. Nestled at one end of Stanmore Rd this glorious shop is a treasure trove of vintage, quirky and timelessly stylish pieces of clothing from here, there and every when. And for those of you who just want to borrow an item for a good time, Melanie also hires some of the pieces out!


Distractions galore as we hunted for sparkly, spangly items to don for the next Sketchy session

Help! Rosie's trapped in a tasselled tinselesque number. But does she really want to escape?

Tawdry wrenched it off her and twinkled around in it for a while...

Melanie shows us her many wares. Oh so much treasure it was hard to keep on track...

SUPRISE SPACE LEOTARD ATTACK!

Taa Taa till next time!

Madame Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique

330B Stanmore Rd