Sketchy Citizens! Thousands of years ago, in the time of the toga, the ancient people of Greece and Rome would gather in groves and celebrate, often for days on end. With our city in quake-induced ruins around us, we have the perfect excuse for hedonistic excess. Join us for a night of bacchanalian revelry, where we'll invoke the gods of wine and indulgence. We'll partake in sketching rituals and draw upon ancient myths and legends. Speaking of legends, our toga clad muse and performer is Lucille L'Amour. Her burlesque theatrics will surely please the gods, sparing our city from further decay. Come to drink, to draw … and to worship her. This is a life drawing class like no other.

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Fellow Sketchy fiends, Our city was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake early on Saturday 4th September. We're pleased to report there were no fatalities (with the exception of one of the zoo's lemurs) and all of the sketchy crew are intact. Some of our local Art Monkeys have been badly affected. Many have lost their homes, and it's sad to see some of Christchurch's iconic historic buildings in ruins. Some areas are battling broken sewage pipes and contaminated water supplies. It's not safe to drink from the tap so we're sensibly sticking to alcohol. Our beloved hosts, Goodbye Blue Monday, have withstood the tremors with all their whiskey safe and sound. This part of the city is badly shaken up (excuse the term). The CBD is still cordoned

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We put the PUNK back into SPUNK with our third sketchy session. Riotous models Ruby Ruin and Princess Profanity were our rockstars of the evening. There was enough tartan, safety pins and bad attitudes to make the Queen Mother shudder. Ruby Ruin kicked off the night with a knock out performance - in true burlesque fashion she titillated us with a reverse striptease behind a custom-made screen before launching into proper punk mode... We loosened the crowd up by telling them to shove it in their gobs! There were some definite masterpieces, but we wonder if

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Local artist Gussie Fenton has kindly donated this painting to the Christchurch Sketchy Girls. We'd love to keep her for ourselves but we could really use some funds to create something spectacular for our upcoming shows. We'll auction off 'Cupcake' at our next event – Dr. Sketchy's ANTI-Art School: The Punk Set. Surely you all want us to have the frilliest and most flamboyant knickers to wear?! We'd love to hear what you think of Cupcake. Interested in placing a bid but can't be there? Just let us know. *Tickets are almost all sold out for next Thursday's session!! Be sure to head to Cosmic Corner on High Street or visit Read Full Article

THEY CAME FROM OUTER SPACE … to draw our women! SEE sights too weird to imagine! DRAW space sirens from lawless galaxies! DRINK at the astounding Goodbye Blue Monday! WIN out of this world prizes! Presented to you in the BLAZING colours of yesterday's future. Join Spacey Gracie Hart on an intergalactic romp. Our sexy space ranger will be up against aliens, robots and unspeakable horrors from the depths of space and time. Will she be enslaved by tentacled artists? Will you journey to the nearby planetoid of Goodbye Blue Monday to sketch her? Will you show your devotion to MC Hells Belle with gifts of whiskey (with coke. Make it a double.)? Robots, astronauts, aliens, mad scientists,

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Tawdry reports on her trip to NYC Well I managed to tear myself away from the awesomeness that was New York and come home to you, dear Christchurch city Art Monkeys. I had so much fun, probably too much, in fact. Amongst eating an array of odd sounding foods and spending a large portion of my budget on beautiful lacy things that I hope everyone gets to see, I attended the official Dr Sketchy's NY Art Monkey's Ball to conduct important research and meet our esteemed founder, the lovely Molly Crabapple, and her cohorts. I'll share just a little of the experience with you... I wandered into the Red Lotus, a very well hidden underground bar in the heart of Brooklyn. The only sign of the shenanigans inside was a glamourously dressed lady entering a small roll-down door, her red lipstick and pencil skirt as much out of place

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