Halloween spectacular with Ruby Ruin

October is one of our favourite times of the year - when the sun starts to shine and all the skeletons come dancing out of the closet for halloween hijinks. We welcomed back to our stage the wonderful Ruby Ruin our for Dia De Los Muertos themed sketching session. The stage was set with swathes of flowers - not just crepe ones! Set against a riot of colour and lights, an enshrined Ruby held sway over our art monkeys as they sketched her avidly.

Tawdry and Rosie were on the door - guiding our (misguided) art monkeys into the depths of drawing depravity once again!

  

Rosie Reckless was on hand to ensure monkey business ran jauntily.

MC Hells Belle was at the helm, ensuring there was plenty of pun and games to be had while Tawdry and Rosie kept up their tequila tolerance.

Our gore-geous model Ruby Ruin. she first graced our stage with her debut burlesque performance at our Punk Set session last year. We welcomed her back with muchos enthusiasm.

Ruby has become quite the local burlesque and tattoo icon. For more information and updates of her modelling, tattoo suit progress and general adventures - visit her website at www.rubyruin.com or find her on facebook.

A bit of gender-bending and (indecent) proposals made Tawdry's night
 

Ruby's first performance had us all reaching for a cooling refreshment! Here's to drinking, drawing, death and dames!

Ruby Ruin: hotter than a jalapeno and thrice as nice, as she can-cans across the stage.

This session, we held our first colouring in competition! The prize was the stunning original poster illustration by local artist, Shannon Williamson.
 

"Alas poor pedro"
 

For her second performance, Ruby captivated us with a fan dance.
 

Our best dressed was a tough decision this month, with a human sized taco (taco grande!) competing with delicately paint-faced ghouls and boys, all mesmerized by Ruby's risque poses.

 

Ruby Ruin, spoiling us with her presence and performances!

All in all it was a theatrical, boozy and wonderful night for all. For more documentation by our ever-present and fabulous paparazzi Paige Turner, stalk us on facebook. 

As usual, without the support of our amazing sponsors, we'd be pretty deadbeat. A hearty thanks to Absolution Tattoo and Body Piercing, Madame Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique, Gordon Harris Art Supplies and Baby Tattoo Books.

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.

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.

The Punk Set

Punk burlesque clashes with life drawing.

This month the Christchurch Sketchy Girls are gonna put the PUNK back into SPUNK. It’s a night of studs, spikes, fishnets and revolutionary attitudes. This one’s gonna be loud and rocking!

Ruby Ruin (of The Living Dolls) and Princess Profanity will lead you astray on a night of punk and disorderly behaviour.

MC Hells Belle will be amongst the filth and the fury, chanting "Hey Ho! Let's Go!"

Turn up in your spikiest punk attire with your sharpest pencils to draw these foul-mouthed sketchy grrrls.

Our sponsors rock: Absolution Tattoo & Body Piercing (to ensure you're punk for life); Madam Butterfly’s Vintage Style Boutique (rocking outfits); and The Flying Burrito Brothers (punks need to eat!).

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

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

Thursday 26 August, 2010 at Goodbye Blue Monday.
Tickets $10 plus booking fee. 
Pre-sales (available soon) from Cosmic Corner High Street or online via Cosmic Ticketing.