THEY SAID YES!!!

But... not a safe combination. And so instead Art Monkeys, you'll just have to accept a sword balancing, puppetmaking, death-defying Scallywag on our stage this month! How terrible.. ?

Our muse for July showcases the diversity that Melbourne holds, Little Laa Laa is a red-headed ragamuffin who serves up a perplexing platter indeed. Blending acts of absurdity with feats of death-defying lunacy, mind-boggling buffoonery and a wee little splash of salacious scalwaggery. You will squeal and squirm as this mischievous little mime and her delightfully dark, vaudevillian antics play out in front of your very eyes.

Little Laa Laa is tap-dancing clown and side-show scallywag, Gemma Lark . Born the bastard son of an alchemist and spent the first 10 years of her life surviving on a diet of split peas and cigarettes. At the age of 14 she was married to a travelling salesman who kept her in the glove box of his 1967 Ford Falcon, though when she failed to produce him with an heir he sold her to a troupe of wandering minstrels for the price of four bags of oats and an arthritic goat. She considered this to be a reasonable exchange.By the age of 16 Lark had developed a nervous twitch, a whiskey dependency and an impressive collection of facial scars. By 20 she had lost touch with reality entirely and by 25 she was shamelessly lying in her biographies.

Don't forget your sketch pad and pencils!

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WHEN Sunday July 27 WHERE - The Toff in Town Doors open 3.30. Session 4.00 - 6.00pm

I asked The Toff In Town if they thought in axle-grinders, alcohol and sketchpaper were a good combination...

THEY SAID YES!!!

But... not a safe combination. And so instead Art Monkeys, you'll just have to accept a puppetmaking, death-defying Scallywag on our stage this month! How terrible.. ?

Our muse for July showcases the diversity that Melbourne holds, Little Laa Laa is a red-headed ragamuffin who serves
up a perplexing platter indeed. Blending acts of absurdity with feats of death-defying lunacy, mind-boggling buffoonery and a wee little splash of salacious scalwaggery. You will squeal and squirm as this mischievous little mime
and her delightfully dark, vaudevillian antics play out in front of your very eyes.

Part art, part cabaret, all fun.

The world's premier alternative drawing movement. Whether you're an artstar or a scribbling newbie, the perfect place to get your fill of drawing fun. Come sketch glamorous underground performers, listen to good tunes, and drink great cocktails. Who said drawing can't be sexy, you've seen Titanic haven't you?

Little Laa Laa is tap-dancing clown and side-show scallywag, Gemma Lark . Born the bastard son of an alchemist and spent the first 10 years of her life surviving on a diet of split peas and cigarettes. At the age of 14 she was married to a travelling salesman who kept her in the glove box of his 1967 Ford Falcon, though when she failed to produce him with an heir he sold her to a troupe of wandering minstrels for the price of four bags of oats and an arthritic goat. She considered this to be a reasonable exchange.By the age of 16 Lark had developed a nervous twitch, a whiskey dependency and an impressive collection of facial scars. By 20 she had lost touch with reality entirely and by 25 she was shamelessly lying in her biographies.

Don't forget your sketch pad and pencils!

WHEN Sunday July 27
WHERE - The Toff in Town
Doors open 3.30. Session 4.00 - 6.00pm
TICKETS - http://tickets.thetoffintown.com/event/view/jb65pkz

8 years art monkeys! Every.damn.month. for 8 years!
Plus all the glorious festivals and pop-ups like that time Sylvia Ji came out and we invaded Outre Gallery Dios de le muerte style, or the time we took over Rites of Passage Tattoo festival, and of course when Kevin Jackson and Vivienne Wong from The Australian Ballet joined us for Midsumma..

Mel went to New York after a big crowd funding campaign got her a ticket to speak at the 2nd International SketchyCon and year after year we return to The Famous Spiegeltent.

How on earth do we say Happy Birthday to ourselves?

We have a party.

Need one helluva model to bring the partay. I think we’ve done it too.

Our objet d'art is Music Maker/Heart Breaker, TANZER .

“If I created a new depravity I would be a priestess, while my imitators would founder, after my reign, in abominable filth...”

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School celebrates 8 years in Melbourne with Music Maker/Heart Break, TANZER.

Crackling melodrama, cinematic love stories and big ass beats - Tanzer is a pop diva translating film noir nostalgia into bombastic modern love anthems. Blinged-out like a female Frank N' Furter with the haughty glare and big hair of a 60s film siren, this commanding chanteuse spins tales of OTT love affairs and fabulous heartbreak to a swelling, thumping soundscape. It's the soundtrack to your most devastating and delicious passion.

http://youtu.be/FtNLTv_d1_s

DEAR ART MONKEYS, this is your invitation to our partay!! PLEASE SHARE IT.

TICKETS AT http://tickets.thetoffintown.com/event/view/tg7fjk5pw

See you all SUNDAY 29 JUNE!!

Band atten-hut!

Drum roll please for our May muse, Australia’s French Jewel - Bijou LaLa. Crowned second place in Miss Burlesque Australia 2012 and winning the title of Miss Revival, a fire cracker entertainer best known for her hilarious theatrics and wicked dance skills Bijou is an experienced fan twirler, samba shaker, hip-hopper and parkour wild woman!

A wicked temptress who indulges in all things French, she has one thing to ask you… Is that a baguette in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

You might remember Bijou’s hilarious “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” act?

Who could forget the Bijou was the WORLD'S FIRST pregnant Dr Sketchy muse with her Papa Don't Preach number.

This May be prepared to stand to attention as Bijou brings her Marching Band Skipping Girl to the stage.

Watch a small sample of Bijou here

http://youtu.be/B99-cT0pGnM

Harxest Mag describes the event as “a room full of friendly people, an appreciation for art, beautiful models, unreal costumes and a truck load of fun times”.

Great tunes brought to you by resident Sketchy DJ, The Knave! Bringing a massive collection of boogie woogie, hip shakin’, room-a-quakein’ tunes! Expect an infectious blend of nostalgic flavour that will have you toe tappin while you sketch.. (The Knave is not liable should you lose your bananas)

SUNDAY 25 MAY Leave your drums behind - but do bring your sketch pad and pencils!

Tickets at http://tickets.thetoffintown.com/event/view/ryf1p6nt5

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E: hello@drsketchymelbourne.com
I: @DrSketchyMelbourne

Sunday 13 April, Dr Sketchy’s Melbourne held 4 pop-up sessions on the lawns of The State Library of Victoria to celebrate Viva Italia!

A magnifico day of free activities dedicated to Italian culture at the Library, inspired by Italy’s centuries’-old tradition of the family scampagnata (picnic). There’ll be folk music, bocce, life drawing with Roman gods, tours in Italian of Rome: Piranesi’s vision, Lego monuments to build, lots of food and lots of fun!

Dr Sketchy’s has always prided itself on bringing you the most beautiful and creative muses for your sketching pleasure.

The State Library celebrated its current exhibition, Piranesi’s Vision in the tradition of the family scampagnata and Dr Sketchy’s was there right in the middle of all of it.

The exhibition features exquisite rare artworks from 18th-century Italian master-printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–78) and highlights the grand churches, imposing palaces and monumental ruins of Rome.

So we invavded the high-brow and here’s what happened..

Melbourne brings the laughs this month with performances full of exoctica, sass and humour..

Domino de Jour echoes a screen goddesses of yesteryear. Sensual, classy and free, Domino is a cocktail mix of the 50’s, 60s and today. Be prepared for one helluva hangover as we present Domino De Jour, shaken not stirred.

Domino will be dominating the Dr Sketchy stage on Sunday 27 April bringing her killer curves, a deadly bump and grind with killer style.

Bringing to us a blend of Whitesnake, Bon Jovi and more in the guise of a tired diner waitress Domino will be making sure Dr Sketchy’s is the best Happy Hour in town!

Harxest Mag describes Dr Sketchy's as “a room full of friendly people, an appreciation for art, beautiful models, unreal costumes and a truck load of fun times”.

A boon to the art scene since its inception, promoting creativity and community in every city that runs one. Dr Sketchy's provides a space for people of all abilities to draw the flourishing alternative scenes that might otherwise be inaccessible to the lone artist.

Dr. Sketchy’s Melbourne is proud to attract the most accomplished performers in their field and bring them to our lovely, open community where we celebrate the fun often forgotten about as adults in creativity and drawing.

With the aid of killer tunes by Dj Knave Knixx and glorious cocktails supplied by The Toff in Town babes you're sure to release the inner muse.

What: Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School presents Domino De Jour
Time: 4pm-6pm (doors open 3.30pm)

Where: The Toff in Town Curtain House
2/252 Swanston St Melbourne

Tickets: $18 +booking fee –www.thetoffintown.com

Don't forget your drawing supplies!

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http://www.dominodejour.com/

2013 saw a formidable array of performers hit the Dr. Sketchy stage. In keeping with our ethos of providing an eclectic and exiting display of the country’s most unique and inspiring performers we greeted Tim Rogers of You am I, 3 sessions in The Famous Spiegeltent, Opera star Ali McGreogor, Princess of Burlesque The Strawberry Siren, Oktoberfest celebrations with Poppy Cherry, Sideshow heavyweight Lilikoi Kaos, and the world’s first ever glorious pregnant Dr Sketchy model (Bijou LaLa) amongst a bevy of beautiful and dynamic performers like Frankie Valentine, Evie Red, Vesper White, Lux St Sin.

And so the barr has been set and the challenge accepted. Gird your lions for a stellar 2014 where we maintain our promise to bring you both variety and excellence in our range of performers.

On Sunday 12th January we launch our 2014 season at The Toff in Town with female powerhouse, the sophisticated, seductive, siren of soul.. Stella Angelico.

‘Femininity… in full-throttle.’
theauureview.com.au, June 2013

Stella Angelico sings because she must, her voice and violent hip-shaking performance is an explosion of the untamed feminine. The daughter of cult cabaret darling Peaches La Crème and internationally renowned magician Sam Angelico, the world of music and performance course through Stella’s veins.

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Stella was born for the spotlight, this woman is the main event. Join us as Stella ignites our inner muse with her raunchy dips, swivelling hips and rips Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School into 2014.

‘Inescapably seductive’
theaureview.com.au, June 2013

See a whole lot more of Stella here https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stella-Angelico/186949314699884

Harzest Mag describes Dr Sketchy's Melbourne as “a room full of friendly people, an appreciation for art, beautiful models, unreal costumes and a truck load of fun times”.

WHEN: Sunday 12 January
TIME: Doors 3.30 Session 4 - 6pm
WHERE: The Toff In Town Swanston St
TICKETS: on the door or via The Toff $18.00

Bring your sketch pads and materials!

Happy New Year!

What a year! THREE Spiegeltent sessions, Tim Rogers, and a bombardment of babes, sparkles, charcoal and bewbs. Brilliant.

It's only right to send off a whopping year of sketching by turning up the volume and welcoming back the Queen of the Carinval, Superstar of the Sideshow, the vixen of Vaudeville! Oh yeah, and the female Houdini...

Do not miss Lilikoi Kaos next Sunday 1 December for our last session of the year!

Here's a teaser of what Lilikoi's brings to her audiences
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heT6j3LeqTE

Toot Toot!

Tickets over at The Toff In Town http://tickets.thetoffintown.com/event/view/4z39rmcg2

After travelling the world with the force that is Moira Finucane and Glory Box, Lilikoi returns to wreck havoc and cause Kaos on our sketch pads.

Eclectic, erotic, odd, fiesty, feminine. A female Houdini, with acrobatic precision in all her moves.

Lilikoi Kaos a second-generation contemporary circus performer grew up travelling the world as part of an international community of innovative artists, she works across circus, sideshow, physical theatre, comedy, and burlesque and filters it all through the prism of her own own edgy philosophy of life.

…Lilikoi Kaos thrilled audiences with a hula hoop act that was sheer skill, and a wink that would make any man (or woman) fall in love....

See photos of Lilikoi Koas at our Famous Spiegeltent session by Carbie Warbie Extended Edition
here and Tim Chuma's photo set here

Dr. Sketchy's is for everyone, no previous artistic ability required. The world's premier alternative drawing movement.

Harzest Mag describes the event as "a room full of friendly people, an appreciation for art, beautiful models, unreal costumes and a truck load of fun times".

Please bring your own sketchpad and art materials

Tickets at http://tickets.thetoffintown.com/event/view/4z39rmcg2

www.drsketchymelbourne.com

hello@drsketchymelbourne.com

www.facebook.com/groups/7707942862

Instagram: @DrSketchyMelbourne

Tickets: $18.00 +BF / $18.00 on the door
Time: 4.00am-6.00pm (Doors 3.30pm)
When: Sunday 1 December
Where: The Toff in Town, 2/252 Swanston St Melbourne

“The Strawberry Siren is the Tarantino of Burlesque…. Sexy and dangerous!”

King Henry the Eighth,
to six wives he was wedded.
One died, one survived,
two divorced, two beheaded.

This month we lay out the red carpet and sound the trumpets for Australia’s reigning Queen of burlesque, The Strawberry Siren. The Strawberry Siren has been dazzling Burlesque audiences worldwide for the last 6 years drawing on her 18 year background in Circus, Theatre and Dance to provide a fresh and fancy take on Burlesque that she’s dubbed Cirlesque.

Not only a Burlesque Queen Downunder, Strawberry has recently been setting the northern hemisphere on fire, sizzling and scorching her way through the London BurlesqueFest, Los Angeles, Kansas, Vancouver and New Orleans Burlesque Festivals!

Queen Strawberry will be paying homage to the Wives of King VIII with the most spectauclar of tudor inspired outfits. Join us as we kill off these woman with our mighty pencils!

Dr Sketchy’s Anti-Art Schools has been a boon to the art scene since its inception, promoting creativity and
community in every city that runs one. Providing a space for people to draw the flourishing alternative scenes that might otherwise be inaccessible to the lone artist, presenting hilarious and exciting performers as your unique muses.

Dr. Sketchy’s is for everyone, no previous artistic ability required. The world’s premier alternative drawing movement.

Harzest Mag describes the event as “a room full of friendly people, an appreciation for art, beautiful models, unreal costumes and a truck load of fun times”.

Please bring your own sketchpad and art materials

Join us on Facebook
Instagram: @DrSketchyMelbourne

Tickets: $18.00 +BF / $18.00 on the door
Time: 4.00am-6.00pm (Doors 3.30pm)
When: Sunday 27 October 2013
Where: The Toff in Town, 2/252 Swanston St Melbourne VIC 3000, Melbourne