Since 2005, Dr. Sketchy's has been the name in alternative drawing. From illegal flashmobs to the Museum of Modern Art, Dr. Sketchy's has brought artists a rule-breaking cocktail of dames, drinking and drawing. Dr. Sketchy's branches draw in over a hundred cities around the globe, from Akron to Zagreb. Whether you're an artstar or a scribbling newbie, Dr. Sketchy's is the perfect place to get your fill of life-drawing
Dr. Sketchy's is the brainchild of artist Molly Crabapple
This website is the official site for all licensed Dr. Sketchy's branches. If you hear of a branch, but they do not have a profile on this site, be warned that they will not provide our authentic Sketchy's experience. Check our Branches page for your local branch!
The return of the Indianapolis Dr. Sketchy was amazingly successful thanks to our devoted followers and Jo Brenner. 
Please feel free to check out our gallery: http://www.drsketchy.com/branch/photos/5563 Thanks so much to our official Dr. Sketchy Indy photographer Ryan Baxter!
When the amazing Molly Crabapple inspired me to start Sketchy's in Denver in 2007, I was excited about the possibilities- what amazing art would come from linking the Denver art community to the Denver performing community. As both an art school girl and a burlesque performer I loved the idea of introducing artists to models a bit (or a lot) different from the models from traditional life drawing classes. Models who used their performances to inform their poses, who used costumes to create characters for the artists to draw, and brought color, both physical and emotional to their modelling.
After five years and five venues (
Holy Mictecacihuatl. Well, Nona Narcisse of Slow Burn Burlesque out of New Orleans was [ 5 pages of expletives removed due to space considerations and Aaron's repetitiveness - Alexis ], fucking amazing. If you were there for our Day of the Dead session (Oct. 24th), you know. If you weren't---well, remember that Christmas where you really, really, really wanted He-Man's Attak Trak and when you got up that morning, not only was the Attak Trak under the
So, at the end of the last session (Oct. 10th) with Reverend Valentine, three different people proclaimed, "THIS WAS THE BEST SESSION EVER OF DR. SKETCHY'S BALTMORE!" That's paraphrased by the way----not all of them screamed it, as the all-caps imply (though one did). I don't think anyone said "Baltimore" either since, you know, the context made it pretty clear they weren't including sessions in the Philippines or Waco, Texas or whatnot. Suffice it to say, Reverend Valentine
