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!
Celebrate absence of all control exercised by reason.The superior reality of certain forms of previously neglected associations. The omnipotence of dreams.
Artists such as Dalí, Man Ray and Magritte will inspire, while the music of Edgard Victor Achille pulls at our subconscious.
Glamazon Miss Mary Wanna returns as our mysterious muse and is joined by model Mojo Licious. These beauties transcend time and space and are armed with an arsenal of wild costumes for your drawling pleasure.
Imbibe your senses with the aromatic flavors of our sponsor Hendricks Gin!
DJ John Burke will be our dashing master of tunes.
Hello to all!
This last year of Dr. Sketchy's Chicago has been magnificent! So many beautiful models, performers, and artists all converged bi-monthly to sketch, sip and socialize in a sexy, sizzling setting (how's that for aliteration?)
This new year, we're bringing some new things to Dr. Sketchy's! New games with goofy prizes, a variety of models both male and female, and new themes to play with for your drawing pleasure. Of course, we still will have the same shenanigans that come along with drinking, drawing and debauchery...
Join us for our next installment on February 16th 2013 with two...count 'em...TWO sexy models for a drawing experience unlike any other! Details coming soon!
Thanks so much for supporting art! See you soon!
It's Hogmanay tonight so I figured I'd post one of these horrendous, long-winded blogs about what made 2012 special for me. Then I realised that nobody cared and decided short and sweet was the way to go.
2012 was a fun year for me, that spark of love I have for drawing was rekindled and I decided to have a look into some life drawing in the Aberdeen as well as starting working my way through various "How to be a proper, srs drawerer and make buzillions of $$$ from yewr ahrt" type books, as well as some more light-hearted, comic book orientated affairs.
Anyway, my hunting led me to discover the existence of Dr Sketchy's and, more importantly, the absense of an Aberdeen branch! A few emails and a skype call later, I was underway in meeting some new amazing people and having
Merry Christmas, Art Martians!
Don't you love Christmas movies? Don't they just bring out the holiday spirit in you? They're such an essential part of the season. Why, with the secularization of America, you would hardly even know when it was Christmas if it weren't for the constant reminders for three months of every year. If there's one thing that we at Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School like more than old-fashioned Christmas movies, it's old-fashioned science fiction. Nothing puts us in the spirit of brotherhood and charity more than robots and time-traveling space monsters. It was only natural, then, that this Christmas, we staged a tribute to the science fiction Christmas classic Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. I know that
