Dr. Sketchy's February: A Day at the Seaside

A sandy seaside set set the scene for our seaside themed sketchy's in February (say that 6x fast!). We celebrated some summer lovin' by welcoming back the glorious Gracie Hart.

Sunsmart and sizzling; she shone on stage.

Our beach bombshell spots some art monkeys ahoy!

Our guest model from the far north land of Para. Roy Buoy adored Gracie from every angle.

Gracie Hart, the seaside siren who stole ours.

Our art monkeys outdid themselves this time – all sorts of naughty-cal attire surfaced!

A surprise appearance by Pammy Andieson kept Baywatch fans happy...

Pammy was pumped to pose with Gracie. Her potruding assets proving to be quite a palmful...

Wardrobe malfunctions soon put an end to any stage stealing attempts!

Breast *cough* we mean BEST dressed was awarded based on Gracie's favourite swimming style. No surprises that a cheeky breaststroke won hoots n hollers from the audience... and the coveted voucher for Madame Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique.

Gracie tantaslises us all as she slip slop slaps into something more... sketchable...

Dreamy!

Parasol twirling perfection.

This may not be the most efficient way of wearing sunscreen... but the abstract expressionist references combined with sunsmart sentiments had our hearts aflutter!

It was an action packed night of sketchy carousing. Roy Buoy's staying power left us all a bit deflated... but he was a bit of an airhead anyway!

A huge thanks, as always to our sponsors - Absolution Tattoo and Body Piercing, Madam Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique, The Flying Burrito Brothers and Baby Tattoo Books.

For further seaside frolicking photos, head to our Facebook album!

A Day at the Seaside

THIS THURSDAY 3 FEBRUARY AT GOODBYE BLUE MONDAY.
LIMITED TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE FROM COSMIC CORNER.

DR. SKETCHY'S ANTI-ART SCHOOL: A DAY AT THE SEASIDE

MC Hells Belle will host our seaside themed session and she's ready to slip, slop, slap! We're delighted to have the sizzling hot Gracie Hart modeling for us after recently winning the "Christchurch's Got Tassles" burlesque competition. She'll splash about and may even give you a wave. She shell be joined by the nauty-cal Roy Buoy.

Our sponsors are our lifesavers: Absolution Tattoo & Body Piercing, Madam Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique and The Flying Burrito Brothers. We also welcome international Dr. Sketchy's sponsor Baby Tattoo books. So many tan-talising prizes for our faithful art monkeys to win!!

Thursday 3 February at Goodbye Blue Monday.
Doors 6.30pm, First pose 7.30pm.
BYO drawing materials and sketchpads.
Tickets $10 plus booking fee. Tickets from Cosmic Corner High Street or online via Cosmic Ticketing.

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

Thanks to Gussie Fenton for the use of her artwork on this month's poster. Layout and design by Rosie Reckless.

Dr Sketchy November: Heavy Petting

For our November session we indulged in a spot of purr-lesque. Mia Sophia was our divine feline and graced the stage at Goodbye Blue Monday for a night of purrs, furs and kitty mischief.

This was a theme made for our cat-crazy crew and MC Hell's Belle sunk her claws right into it. Rosie; our cheeky canine caused general mischief and mayhem throughout the night (don't fall for her puppy dog eyes!).

Our dedicated photographer, Paige Turner got some paparazi action this time around.

Tawdry made herself comfortable on our host, Mr. Moore's lap. We'd make great pets, no?

Our glamourpuss, Mia Sophia, kicked of the night with a song in French and fur.

Our audience accesorised suitably with ears and tails and plenty of perk. Here are a striking pair of art monkeys and resident anthropologists - Niki on the left is writing a thesis on the movement that is Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School, can you get any more dedicated?

Mia Sophia and Tawdry Trainwreck primped and posing.

Cat fight!

This was followed by various cavorting and kitteh antics, and a well earned cat nap.

With the aid of a little whiskery treat Mia performed quite the feat...

Three hoop hooplaah had our audience enthralled.

It's all fun and games till the booze runs out....

One of our favourite illustrations of the evening - the challenge? Draw Mia as your favourite kitty character.

Mia Sophia

A little yarn-bondage to tie the evening up?

The cat's out of the box!

For more photos of our final session for the year, visit us on the official Dr Sketchy.com page or check out our albums on facebook.

Many thanks to our wonderful sponsors, who we couldn't have done this without - the Flying Burrito Brothers, Absolution Tattoo and Body Piercing and Madame Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique.

Also a huge thanks to our gracious hosts, Goodbye Blue Monday, our dedicated photographers Paige Turner and Ryan Franicevic and all our brilliant helpers throughout the year!
We hope Santa-Claws brings you all you want for xmas and more!

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School: GORE

BLOOD-SOAKED BURLESQUE & LIFE DRAWING

WARNING: This month's session is NOT for the faint of heart.

The Sketchy Girls of Christchurch are all set to get their gore on. Tawdry Trainwreck will embrace disgusting, horrid themes and then smother them with blood, guts, and fishnets. Gracie Hart will be terrorised and torn apart in Tawdry's attempts to create the perfect woman for you to draw.

To further titillate your sick little minds, there will be a special performance by skindependent. Hooks will be sharp, flesh will be quivering, spines will be tingling.

This is a life drawing class like no other. Drinking! Drawing! Debauchery! Meat! Flesh! Blood! Boobs!

It's a wonder that our sponsors let us get away with this depravity. So be sure to show your support to Madam Butterfly’s Vintage Style Boutique, Absolution and The Flying Burrito Brothers.

We would like to advise there is no photography at this event. BYO drawing materials, and some red ink, to portray our models and all that blood.

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School: GORE.

Thursday 28 October, 2010 at Goodbye Blue Monday.

Doors 6.30pm. First pose 7.30pm.

Tickets $10 plus booking fee.


Pre-sales available from Thursday 21 October from Cosmic Corner High Street or online via Cosmic Ticketing.

Visit our facebook event page here.

IV: Bacchanalian Night of Revelry

After a month of disaster, ruin and hundreds (no, really hundreds!) of aftershocks we were all ready for some uplifting sketchy revelry. The luscious demigoddess Lucille L'amour played muse for our hedonistic art monkeys in attendance.


The wine was flowing (as well as the Bodgie Beer for those more hops-inclined) to encourage indulgent misbehavior and toga staining.

Ms. Rosie Reckless cavorts with a myseterious trader from The East, what wonders does she bring to the table?

MC Hells Belle channelled the gorgon medusa and transfixed the audience with her many snakey gazes.

The devine Lucille L'amour

Debauched noblewoman, entrancing vision and feast for our art monkeys eyes... Lucille L'amour performs her routine to Grecian lounge music.

Our sketchers were adorned with vine wreaths and bedazzling jewels. They were affectionately harassed by the mischievous satyr in attendance - Billy Goat Elliot. He spent the night capering about Goodbye Blue Monday, tooting on pan-pipes and spreading merriment.

Lucille managed to escape without getting her leg humped by that rascally Billy. No mean feat!

Headmistress Tawdry Trainwreck shocked us all by keeping most of her body clad this eve. She'll be sure to make up for that at next month's Dr. Sketchy's… because our next event will be all about the GORE.

We are very happy to announce that all of our sponsors survived le shakes and lent their support, as ever, to our night of sordid art practice. Many thanks to the Flying Burrito Brothers, Absolution Tattoo and Body Piercing and Madame Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique - we adore you! Another big thanks to our wonderful art monkeys for turning up - more in togas on a Thursday night in Crimeschurch than one would expect - and making this event brilliant.

For a more in depth catalogue of our Greco-Roman escapades, find us on the Dr Sketchy.com hub site or on facebook under Dr Sketchy's Christchurch. Until next time!

The Sketchy Girls of Christchurch

Dr. Sketchy's IV: Bacchanalia! A Night of Ancient Revelry

Sketchy Citizens!

Thousands of years ago, in the time of the toga, the ancient people of Greece and Rome would gather in groves and celebrate, often for days on end.

With our city in ruins around us, we have the perfect excuse for hedonistic excess. Join us for a night of bacchanalian revelry, where we'll invoke the gods of wine and indulgence. We'll partake in sketching rituals and draw upon ancient myths and legends.

Speaking of legends, our toga clad muse and performer is Lucille L'Amour. Her burlesque theatrics will surely please the gods, sparing our city from further decay. Come to drink, to draw … and to worship her.

This is a life drawing class like no other. Drinking! Drawing! Debauchery!

This event is possible because our sponsors make special sacrifices for us: Absolution Tattoo & Body Piercing, Madam Butterfly’s Vintage Style Boutique, and The Flying Burrito Brothers.

Doors open 6.30pm. Our first pose is at 7.30pm. Get in early for the best sketching spot.

Tickets $10 plus booking fee. Pre-sales available from Wednesday 22 September from Cosmic Corner High Street or online via Cosmic Ticketing.

We would like to advise there is no photography at this event. BYO drawing materials so you can document all our models and creatures.

Visit our facebook event page.

The Punk Set Rocked!

We put the PUNK back into SPUNK with our third sketchy session. Riotous models Ruby Ruin and Princess Profanity were our rockstars of the evening. There was enough tartan, safety pins and bad attitudes to make the Queen Mother shudder.

Ruby Ruin kicked off the night with a knock out performance - in true burlesque fashion she titillated us with a reverse striptease behind a custom-made screen before launching into proper punk mode...

We loosened the crowd up by telling them to shove it in their gobs! There were some definite masterpieces, but we wonder if the people using chalk pastels enjoyed this challenge... eurrrgh, not so tasty?

Sketchys girls say "UP YOURS!"

Nothin' but trouble these punks! They soon stormed the stage to let their aggression out on our models. A four minute art monkeys brawl... in extreme slow motion...

Ruby and Princess model for our third sketchy session (another full house!).

Our models bonded over music...

Our models/rockstars played with instruments.

One art monkey incurred the wrath of our headmistress, Tawdry Trainwreck, when he came dressed a f*¢k!n hippie and insisted on drawing sunrises, rolling hills. He then had the cheek to nominate himself for best-dressed award... "Take that, hippy!"

Tawdry, ever envious of Rosie's curls tries to make her own – punk DIY ethos... what would Vivienne Westwood think?

"Taaa-daaaa!" Ruby was very happy about her breasts' sketchy debut.

Ruby Ruin is a foxy, tattooed, roller derby gal. It was her burlesque debut in front of our enthusiastic sketchy crowd. You rocked it Ruby!

A intricately crafted guitar pinata was created just for the night, only for us to smash it to pieces! How rude are we!?!

Candy and cassette guts were hurled up, all over Goodbye Blue Monday's stage.

Guitars were smashed, boobs were drawn, beer was consumed... what an epic night!

Many thanks to our dedicated art monkeys and rockin' sponsors: Absolution Tattoo and Body Piercing, Madame Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique and The Flying Burrito Brothers.

For more incriminating photographic evidence, check out our photos on the main sketchy hub, or via facebook. Please feel free to comment. We love to hear your feedback and it helps to impress our international headmistress - Molly Crabapple.