Second Birthday Burlesque Bash

June marked the second anniversary of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School in Christchurch. It's been a stupendous couple of years filled with breathtaking burlesque, scintillating sketching and large quantities of bawdy jokes, booze and boobs. Our birthday session was one big Party Party Party!

To get the party started and celebrate in style, crowd favourite and sketchy siren Gracie Hart paid us a special visit from the windy shores of Wellington.

 Our stage set as well as the model looked good enough to eat!

You can have our cake and sketch it too! (But don't touch the shoes)

Best. Present. Ever.

 The crowd was a festive one - donning glad rags, party hats and sketching up a storm!

For her first performance, Gracie sang a sultry number that got all our hearts thumping.

Gracie Hart: sugar and spice and all kinds of nice!

One of our embellishment challenges was to draw a portrait of your dream date on a balloon. Our prize winner got a bit more than he bargained for...

To prevent any peckish art monkeys from getting their nibble on, the wonderful Princess Pi baked us a giant batch of cupcakes. They went down a treat at half-time!

Gracie spoilt our crowd further when the time came for her second performance. Glow sticks for everyone! Glitter! And glowing body paint! After the second party-licious performance, we had our first ever pose in the dark! We encouraged the audience to take pause and try to capture the essence of the glowing hand prints Gracie had left, er, behind...

The sketchy girls and our rugged up art monkeys partied on at Smash Palace - where our old friends and hosts from Goodbye Blue Monday now ply beer and mulled wine from inside a bus! It was a great reunion of burlesque, bikes and a very ubiquitous can of whipped cream....

 

It's been a crazy, fabulous and rewarding couple of years. We owe many thanks to our loyal art monkeys, who have continued to give Tawdry an excuse to parade about in various states of undress, Rosie an outlet for her amazing drinking and design skills, and a multitude of performers a gig to showcase their talents and er, assets on a regular basis.

We'd also like to thank our brilliant sponsors for their ongoing support - they keep us inspired, excited and supplied with awesome prizes for every session. Show them some love and if you happen to pop on into their shops, let them know the Sketchy Girls sent you (with love) - Absolution Tattoo and Body Piercing, Madame Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique, Gordon Harris Art Supplies and international sponsor Baby Tattoo Books.

Our sketchy shenanigans couldn't run like they do without the aid of minions, photographers, friends and cohorts - we'd like to acknowledge the many people who help Rosie and Tawdry each and every session!

Party Party Party!

It's been two stupendous years since Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School launched in Christchurch. So we're going to celebrate with a birthday party like no other! With fun, frivolity and fine ass females.

The legendary Gracie Hart is gonna get the party started. She'll take to the sketchy stage to pose and perform with such sass we'll be breathless.

We'll spoil our art monkeys with presents and prizes. So get your tickets quick, and we'll see you at the Canterbury Bowling club in your glad rags.

At the end of the drawing antics the sketchy girls invite you to join them at Smash Palace. It's the Party Party Party After Party!

Our sponsors have gifted us with their support for two years. So show some love to Absolution Pierce and Tattoo, Madam Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique, Gordon Harris Art Supplies and international sketchy sponsor Baby Tattoo Books.

R18. Strictly no entry prior to 6.30pm, First pose at 7.30pm. Be early for the best seats.
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 and in-store at Cosmic in Cashel Mall.

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

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.

Gorey, Gruesome & Gorgeous

WARNING: The evidence of this night of blood-soaked burlesque and life drawing is not for the faint of heart. The images are graphic, so proceed with caution... and excitement!

October - what month could be more apt for a gore theme. The Christchurch Sketchy Girls embraced their dark demented side and got their gore on, a perfect start to Halloween weekend. Goodbye Blue Monday was once again host to a full house of eager art monkeys for our fifth session.

Our models this month were a gruesome twosome – the wonderful Gracie Hart (who previously starred in July's retro sci-fi night), and our very own headmistress Tawdry Trainwreck.

Deputy Reckless ensured the booze was flowing, mostly down her own throat, to loosen up any art monkeys with inhibitions about what was in store. We had warned everyone this night was not for the faint of heart!

MC Hells Belle was our hostess for this eve. She wore her heart on her bosom, literally.

The atmosphere was more mysterious and intimate than ever - in our secret lab the walls were lined with plastic and the windows were all blocked, ensuring prying eyes did not catch a glimpse of this insanity!

Tawdry embraced her mad scientist role as she brought her creation to life. Both adoringly and maniacally, sniffing the embalming fluid and snipping away bandages. She even had a mid-operation snack on some juicy gummy guts.

Gracie Hart.

We even had boylesque… of sorts. Skindependent joined us for a very special performance. Eden pierced his own neck in the back room, before carrying out a live on-stage throat piercing.

The boys then posed tied together with tension ropes. This was definitely not for the squeamish. Some people had to walk away, while others moved closer for gorey perving pleasure.

Our girls were pleased with their catches of the night.

In their second performance things got messy. Gracie Hart starting to tear off her bandages.

And then Tawdry got involved … and so did some blood.

The performance was breathtaking and our girls were left bloody gorgeous after a saucy make-out session.

In true gore style a chainsaw was there to rev up the evening and provide a spectacular final pose of the night.

Tawdry Trainwreck loved her mad scientist tools. We loved her awesome mangled boobs - torn apart by the make up artist at Blood Soaked Candy.

Please view our albums on DrSketchy.com and Facebook to see the uncensored evidence of this, our most raunchy and depraved session yet.

Thanks to Paige Turner for the Photos. Cecil Macabre for writing a review and filming the performances (video coming shortly). Blood Soaked Candy for amazing makeup. Skindependent for getting involved on-stage with a hot piercing and suspension performance.

And of course to our sponsors who let us get away with this madness - Absolution Tattoo and Piercing, Madam Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique and The Flying Burrito Brothers.

Bites and Pieces

Phew… what an epic halloween!

Just got a few wee bites to share with you all…

We hosted a truly wild session with our Gore night on Thursday. Check out what local blogger Cecil Macabre had to say about our session:

Advent of the New – Cecil Macabre

One of our stars was the beautiful Gracie Hart. She's now got a fanpage on facebook. Go on, become a fan and show her some love:

Gracie Hart Burlesque Facebook Fan Page

The Flying Burrito Brothers are always hooking us up for great prizes for our art monkeys. They're opening for lunches from Thursday. Daytime margaritas? Don't mind if we do!

The Flying Burrito Brothers Christchurch on Facebook

We're busy writing blogs and uploading photos of our last session – we'll share all the gorey details soon.

THEY CAME FROM OUTER SPACE ... to draw our women!

Our second Dr Sketchy's was out of this world! Starring the delectable Gracie Hart and featuring: Robots! Aliens! Tentacles! HYPNOTIC LAZER BOOBS!

We pulled out all the stops for our b-grade retro sci-fi extravaganza. Our awesome artsy art monkey minions went so far as to construct a giant paper mache alien with tentacles galore for our stage.

But really, the night was all about boobs. And tentacles. Reckless utilised her hypnotic laser tits to broadcast Dr Sketchy's Chch live and intergalactic to an enthralled audience...

They were later used by the one and only Spacey Gracie Hart as a powerful weapon to neutralise all threats.

Art monkeys! Enthralled and in abundance on a cold and drizzly night.

Rosie made a most excellent effort with her hypnotic robo-boobs, which kept flashing all night long.

Tawdry, however, remains hypnotised by MC Hells Belle's planetoidal gazungas.

A gang of robots harangued Gracie, but she kept them at bay with a sultry batting of her eyelashes.

But soon she is in the inescapable clutches of Tenaclees, stuck posing for a b-grade movie poster... *horror!*

One of our embellishments was an invitation to add the special effects that our meagre budget couldn't supply.

The Evil Lady Pinkbits made an appearance; only to be molested by a randy space frog.

Hells hath no fury like... heeeyyy is that Mulder?

Visit our facebook group to see further photo evidence of this fantastical night.

Thanks to all the enthusiastic Art Monkeys and to our astounding sponsors – Absolution, Madam Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique and The Flying Burrito Brothers.