So, all of a sudden April comes along and takes the rug out from under our feet! Yes, it’s been a crazy month, Art-Monkeys, but we have not forgotten about you. We will make up for our lack of April posts with more fun stuff to come.

SketchyCon ‘09 was this past weekend in NYC and holy hell, Art-Monkeys, did we have a ball! Molly Crabapple and the New York branch staff put on one hell of a show. We will not forget it. We arrived for day one’s festivities at the Slipper Room – home of Dr. Sketchy’s NYC. It was a session just for directors since most of us are running around with our heads cut off at our own events. It was a nice change of pace – we got to draw! Our models were NYC faves, Gal Friday and Amber Ray!

Photo courtesy Katie Laird

Photo courtesy Georgiana Elias

Nicola Black, Dr. Sketchy’s Philly director, was called up on stage to participate in a human sketchpad competition that was a hoot. She and San Diego director, Miss Lily, drew on Dallas’ director, Johnny Hardy. Philly represented on his back while San Diego took the front. The audience voted and Philly won! Yay! San Diego’s sketch was quite nice, though, incorporating Johnny’s nipples as the models’ eyes! Very creative, indeed. Philly won a choice of a shot of alcohol or an original Molly Crabapple sketch of a specified pornographic act we choose. The choice was obvious to us – now to think of what pornographic act we’d like Molly to draw… hmmmm.

Photo courtesy Katie Laird

There was quite a bit of debauchery that night on the Lower East Side including an after party at Sutra, a burlesque show at the Slipper Room (incredible!), greasy pizza, and conversations of world domination. Oh, what fun!

Sunday was our “get down to business” day with presentations from all sorts of directors highlighting their specialties. Ours was one on graphic design and it went well. We learned so much from the other directors in attendance and have a few new ideas up our sleeves for the Philly branch. It was fantastic.

Photo courtesy Katie Laird

Photo courtesy Georgiana Elias

We are so happy to be a part of this worldwide phenomenon (80 branches and growing). We are proud to highlight the burlesque babes / alt. models in our area for artists to draw without the stuffiness of your traditional drawing courses. We pride ourselves on being just the opposite. A place to have a good time, draw your sexy models, let loose and relax.

Thanks to all of our Art-Monkeys who continue to keep Dr. Sketchy’s Philly afloat. We could not do this without you! Cheers!

PS. Stay tuned for info on our May 15th session. We are featuring two nationally recognized dominatrixes (also performers with Hellcat Girls Burlesque) for your drawing pleasure! Tickets are on sale now and you can purchase them by clicking here!