Coming at you like a slippery slap to the brain banana, the pictures from the June 2nd session are up! Thanks go out to our lovely model who went an extra hour for the sheer fun of it all!

Tomorrow, Monday June 2nd, Dr. Sketchy returns to the Tatame Lounge for another night of dames, drinks and drawing! It's only $5 (we have to keep our models happy and fed) for you starving artists out there, but you can bring your non-participating drinking buddies with you for free. The session starts at 8pm, and lasts until 10. We recommend you arrive around 7:45 so you have plenty of time to grab a seat and start a bar tab

This month, our fabulous model will be the lovely costume designer and model, Miss Amanda.


Photo by Joe
For more Amanda: Her site

We'll have door prizes, wacky drawing contests, silly games, and more. Bring your sketchbooks, your friends, and a sense of humor!

Dr. Sketchy Orlando is looking for models for our upcoming drawing sessions!

We're looking for costumed models, cosplayers, dancers, burlesque performers, drag queens, actors, etc. to pose for artists for our next session. We'll happily pay you for the time, as well as encourage the artists to tip you. We also treat you to free drinks, advertise whatever business you're in (or personal site), and worship you for the wonderful person you are. How does it work?

Each monthly session is 2 hours long and are held at Tatame Lounge in downtown Winter Park. Models are asked to arrive in time to get comfy for the two-hour session which is 8pm-10pm. Costume choice will be yours, and we hope that you bring two costumes if possible (One for each hour). We also love to build themes around the costume, so please let us know what you'll be wearing so that we can get appropriate music, prizes, props, and more.

Each hour is broken up into timed poses, with breaks whenever needed or requested. An example schedule would be:

-10 different 30 second poses
-5 one minute poses
-5 five minute poses
-3 ten minute poses

Artists will be seated around you producing lovely works of art in tribute to your likeness. We also have drawing contests and games where the model chooses the winner.

Sounds like something you're interested in? Please let me know if you'd like to participate, or if you have any additional questions! If you'd like to see photos of the event at the venue, Tatame Lounge has them available here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakibar/sets/72157604867763535/show

Spread the word to anyone who might be interested. :D

A lot of you have been asking, "What is Dr. Sketchy's?". Below is an excerpt from the main Dr. Sketchy branch's website:

What is Dr Sketchy's?

"Dr. Sketchy's will cure you of every boring art class you've ever been to."
- The Sunday Age, Melbourne

Dr. Sketchy's is what happens when cabaret meets art school.

Dr. Sketchy's is the little Brooklyn event that became a movement. Founded in 2005 by artist Molly Crabapple, Dr. Sketchy's asked a simple question. Why can't drawing naked people be sexy?

Here's our attempt at an answer.

We combed New York to find the most beautiful burlesque dancers, the most bizarre circus freaks, and the most rippling hunks of man. Then, every other Saturday, we let you draw them for three hours. Interspersed with posing are comedy skits and ridiculous drawing contests (best left handed drawing? Best incorporation of a woodland animal?) where you can win booze or prizes.

We hauled the lights, sent out thousands of listings, and wheatpasted posters during snowstorms. We also insisted on our models making the highest wages in the city.

Dr. Sketchy's has received scads of media attention for it's combination of burlesque and art. We've been the subject of literally hundreds of articles, radio spots and TV shows around the world. We've been written up in The LA Times, the Washington Post, Time Out New York, Time Out London, The Village Voice, The Sunday Age in Melbourne, NY Press, Gothamist, Fleshbot, The National Post (Canada), Nikkei Trendy (Japan) and scores of alt.weeklies. Talking heads have talked about us on air in the USA, France,Germany, Finland, Brazil, Scotland, Australia, and Canada. We were chosen as "Best Wacky Life Drawing Session" by Shecky's 2007 Best of New York, and have places in Time Out and Lonely Planet Guides.

In the meantime, artists across the world wanted in on our three hours of decadence. Starting in Norfolk, Virginia, but soon spreading from Hollywood to London to Melbourne, Dr. Sketchy's began popping up across the globe. Now we're a 50-city strong art community, with new branches starting each week.

In June 2006, we signed with Sepulculture Books to do Dr. Sketchy's Official Rainy Day Colouring Book. Written by Molly Crabapple and John Leavitt, The Colouring Book is one part official Dr. Sketchy's history and DIY compendium, one part activity book on acid. Filled with drinking games, paper dolls, dirty word finds, and almost a hundred illustrations, it's available for sale now, with its first printing selling out fast.

In 2007, Molly toured the US, founding branches and spreading the Sketchy's gospel. We brought Dr. Sketchy's to Miss Exotic World, the San Diego Comic-Con, the New York Burlesque Festival, and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. We also threw international gallery shows, exclusive underground loft parties, a 2008 Dr. Sketchy's pinup calender, and even our radio-free radio show.

As Dr. Sketchy's enters it's third year, we couldn't be prouder. And we want to hear from you. Whether you're a New York Times reporter, documentary filmmaker, glittering burlesque girl, or just some scruffy art monkey off the street, drop by for your portal to babes, booze and Bristol.

Now, get drawing.