Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School

Crimson Skye (Fox in woodland), digital tablet

Phew! I've just got back from school... kinda. This afternoon I attended Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School (warning - MySpace page) in an upstairs room at the Victoria pub here in Brum (as blogged by Graphiquillan). For those not in the know, Dr. Sketchy's is a burlesque life-drawing class, originally founded in New York in 2005 as an attempt to take life-drawing out of the classroom and make it, well, sexy. So for three hours, with a pint of cider in one hand and drawing implements in the other we drew scantily clad ladies in corsets, suspenders and tassles. Each model started out with a burlesque performance, followed by a couple of short poses or so. Prizes were awarded to the best drawings on the night (as judged by the model herself). The theme for the evening was Dr Doodle-a-little, and all the models wore animal-themed costumes - first up was Crimson Skye (fox), followed by Cherry Fox (pink leopard) and Emerald Ace (octopus), and for each we were given a theme (woodland, jungle and under the sea respectively). This was followed by a second set from Crimson Skye (with a wolf theme...) and finally Cherry Fox and Emerald Ace posing together. All in all, a fun evening's entertainment.

Anyway, enough of the padding, on with the ladies! Here's a selection of my favourites...

Crimson Skye (Fox in Woodland Scene), pencil on paper

Cherry Fox (leopard in the jungle), brush pen on paper

Cherry Fox (leopard in the jungle), pencil on paper

Emerald Ace (octopus under the sea), digital tablet

Emerald Ace and Cherry Fox, pencil on paper

Anyway, all things considered, I'm looking forward to the next one on 16th January - theme: Hollywood Babylon.


Update

I wasn't there on my own - go check out graphiquillan and Antonio's accounts and sketches...