Sketch and Shimmy

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School proudly presents Sketch and Shimmy. It's a night of drinking and drawing … with dancing dames!

Nova and Aaralyn of TribalDiva sway their way onto the sketchy stage. They'll perform a blend of tribal and fusion belly dancing. It promises to be one hafla night!

Bring along your own art supplies to capture the beautiful lines and movements of these talented performers, and their stunning, sumptuous costumes.

Our sponsors go to the beat of their own drum! Absolution Pierce and Tattoo, Madam Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique, Gordon Harris Art Supplies and international sketchy sponsor Baby Tattoo Books.

Wiggle on down to Cosmic in the Re:Start Mall to get yourself a ticket. Or buy online from Cosmic Ticketing.

Tickets $13 plus booking fee.
NB: Online tickets available from Friday 15th March.
In-store tickets available from Tuesday 20th March.

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.

Pin ups, pinned down!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The sketchy girls got down and dirty for our Wrestlemania session. In the battle for the Championship garter-belt, no punches were pulled - we had hard hitting professional posers at work!

MC Randy Rosie Savage was in fine form - wrangling our gorgeous grapplers and keeping our ringside art monkeys in line.

Our models went head to head in the battle of the booty. The beautiful Brigitte de Brief made a welcome return to the stage as the formidable Undie-Taker!

 Our  heathenly headmistress, Tawdry Trainwreck, masqueraded as The Bushwhacker. 

Smack down came at an unexpected moment - Tawdry's down trou'ing of The Undie-Taker could not go unpunished!

 UNMASKED!

 

 UNCINCHED!

 The infamous Tassel-attack proved futile against the Undie-Taker's superior technique...

EXPOSED!

 

Down trou'd and all out.

Back for another round of wr-ASS-lin'

Our beautiful brawlers in a comfy headlock

 The best dressed award went to the Crotch Crusher - with her custom made cape and villainous sneer!

And then there was jelly. A suprise treat for Tawdry our art monkeys, we revealed it's full glory in the second half of the night. Our sultry scrappers got...slimy.

 

Suffice to say: jelly was the winner on the night....

Our mighty muses threw in the towel and made up for the final pose; united in stickiness and sweat.

It was a night of unexpected absurdity and plenty of awesome. Our sponsors provided sweet (and thankfully unsullied by jelly) prizes for our punters - many thanks to Absolution Tattoo and Pierce, Madame Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique, Gordon Harris Art Supplies and our international sponsor Baby Tattoo Books!

Wrestle Mania!

 

Let's get ready to rumble!

Dr. Sketchy's Christchurch presents Wrestle Mania; a night of drinking, drawing and burlesque-flavoured brawling. Pin ups, pinned down! Things are bound to get hot and heavyweight in this epic encounter between Tawdry 'The Bushwhacker' Trainwreck and Brigitte 'The Undie-Taker' de Brief.

Amateur wrestlers, professional posers: our muses will knock your socks off!

Flex your drawing muscles and get a table ring-side to sketch this saucy scrap. BYO drawing supplies and don't forget your mouthguard. MC Rosie Reckless will be refereeing your attire and also your smack talk.

We'd like to advise there is no photography at this event - capture the clash of our contenders using drawing only.

Our sponsors are champions! 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. Tickets $13 plus booking fee. Available online via Cosmic Ticketing and in-store at Cosmic in Cashel Mall.

Red, Hot 'n Blues

Dames n Swells! Hound-dogs n Broads!
 
Early summertime brings a sumptuous night of blistering-hot blues and
sizzling mood. We have the cure for the low-down, no-good devils that
ail your soul.
We're giving you a melodic mix of saucy sin, foot-stompin' tunes, and
class in a glass.
 
This is a steamy night of drinking and drawing your blues away with a
fast-paced blues soundtrack and fast-paced women. Bring your own drawing
instruments, play your heart out onto paper, and be in to win some
seriously cool prizes, man. Show us your smooth bluesy style, be it
chic elegance, super sharp, or down and dirty. Blow your own horn!
 
Baring her soul and her voluptuous form, Hells Belle is our plush
plus-size model for this night of swinging tunes and swelling busts.
Dangerous curves ahead!
Joining her is The Syncopated Princess. You'll want this leggy lady to
be your lead soloist! This bawdy pair of redheads will show you a good
time!
 
Our sultry sponsors soothe our heartaches: 

Absolution Pierce andTattoo, Madam Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique,  

Gordon Harris ArtSupplies 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.
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.

Halloween Spooktacular

We had plenty of tricks up our sleeve for our halloween session, and The Purple Rose provided the treats! She made a special trip from the far shores of Wellington to maker her Dr. Sketchy's debut. MC Rosie Reckless played host to our motley crew and kept things heading in the right vein.

Our art monkeys turned up in their undead best - what a dapper pair!

The Purple Rose stumbled into our monstrous enclave, her pristine tea-dress belying the arachnaphobic trick within!

The marvellous and multi-talented Rachael Travaille lent some of her monster bits and pieces to the mash. Check out more of her work - including some highly creative road-kill taxidermy, steampunk noir and star wars geekery projects.

 

Our second half introduced The Purple Rose's take on a familiar good time ghoul, serving up a bloody good time for all.

Things got messy. Just how we like it!

This devine deviant had us wanting to do real bad things with her *swoon*

Monster mash called for an exquisite corpse challenge!


With some hilarious outcomes.

The night was full of thrills, spills (courtesy of Ms. Trainwreck) and lots of laughs. The sugar rush of our candies were tempered by some of the more longlasting treats provided by our sponsors: Absolution Tattoo and Pierce, Madam Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique, Gordon Harris Art Supplies and international sponsor Baby Tattoo Books.

Make sure to check out the other adventures that The Purple Rose got up to while in the South - she was part of Nerdlesque; a  comic caberet put together by none other than Harlow Lestrange. It was a huge hit and we can't wait to see another episode!

Monster Mash

 Ladies and Gentlemen, Bogeymen and Ghouls!

The time has come to caper out of your crypts and get to boogying. We're doing the Mash, doing the Monster Mash.… It'll be a graveyard smash!

This is a crash corpse in life drawing, with drinking, diabolical games and dames. Bring your own drawing implements and stake your claim for some rewarding treats (or tricks?). Summon your inner monster and join our menagerie of beasts and creepy crawlies.

She's sexy, spooky, and oh, so kooky! Our leading lady, The Purple Rose, joins us from Wellington to show us a bloody good time. She'll send shivers down your spine, and kick-start any flagging pulses.

Our sponsors give us goosebumps (and sweet prizes)! Absolution Pierce and Tattoo, Madam Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique, Gordon Harris Art Supplies and international sketchy sponsor Baby Tattoo Books.

We'll be at our usual haunt - the Canterbury Bowling Club on Salisbury Street. Entry from 6.30pm, first pose at 7.30pm. Be early for the best seats!

Canterbury Bowling Club - 109 Salisbury Street, with entry via Gracefield Ave.
Tickets $13 plus booking fee. Available online via Cosmic Ticketing and in-store at Cosmic in Cashel Mall.
R18.

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

Macho Madames and Femme Fellas

Our much anticipated Gender Blender theme was just the right mix of sugar and spice. Gender constructs were flouted and transgression was the order of the day! Art monkeys happily took a walk on the wild side - our audience was awash with fabulous facial hair, frocks and socks in all sorts of places. Miss Candy AppleBottom and the dashing Julio Juju made their joined debut on the sketchy stage, to the delight of us all.

What a pair! Our stars for the evening, Miss Candy AppleBottom and Mister Julio Juju.

Miss Candy AppleBottom was in her element! Already somewhat of a local legend, Candy runs a regular Cross Dressing Sunday event at our favourite portside watering hole The Wunderbar. If you're in Christchurch, head on down in your finest and join in the fun and fabulousness.

Miss AppleBottom ensnared us all with her her endless legs and magical loop pedal; even adding witty banter and flirtatious de-frocking to the mix.

Roguish yet refined; Julio Juju had us all a bit hot under the collar.

Dream date! The chemistry! The camaraderie! The combined hotness!

Rockin' the mo, like a pro! Julio set hearts a-fluttering with his macho mien.

 

Tawdry and Pimp Master of Ceremonies, Rosie Reckless admiring all the awesome.

Julio brought all the girls to the yard! The night was characterised by boogying, beer consumption and Village People songs.

Julio's ruse unravelled in the most delightful way!

The night was full of surprises!

There were bountiful beards and bodacious bottoms galore!

For one of our famous embellishment challenges, we encouraged our art monkeys to take
our stars facial hair to the next level!

 A classic pose to end the night....

And what a peen-tastic night it was! There may even have been some serendipitious product placement by Absolution in the last pose..

A modelling match made in sketchy paradise; Julio and Candy's androgynous antics and perfect posing had us all enamoured. It was all captured by our keen eyed paparazzi - many thanks to Amy Lilley and Natasha Halliday!

Our prizes, as ever, hit the spot - many thanks to Absolution Tattoo and Pierce, Madam Butterfly's Vintage Style Boutique, Gordon Harris Art Supplies and our international sponsor, Baby Tattoo Books.