A festive crowd of art monkeys joined us in December for our STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL! We had funny Star Wars songs, wookiee cookies, drinks, drawing, a cameo by Han Solo and TWO Princess Leias!

San Francisco/San Diego burlesque beauty Mynx D’Meanor started things off as “classic” Leia.

Cosplay cutie and San Diego Star Wars Society member Trista was up next as “slave Leia”, every 70s born boy’s wet dream!

Many worthy art monkey entered our “Draw Trista as a Wookiee” contest, hoping to win a coveted slave Leia Hallmark Keepsake ornament.

The grrrr-tastic winner…

Even galactic princesses need a ciggie break!

Entries in the “Santa Jabba” contest…

The winner!

Han Solo joined his princess onstage for the last pose.

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Festivus and all that good stuff! We’ll see you in 2010! Remember to upload scans of your sketches to our FLICKR pool!

Hello lovely and cultured art monkeys! In November we hosted our first ART STAR session, focusing on the work of a local artist. We were honored to have David Russell Talbott showing his art and meeting our sketchers while the gorgeous Jolie Goodnight of Hell on Heels Burlesque struck poses inspired by his paintings (Check out the songs used at this session on our Playlists page). Here’s David, looking very arty…

David’s work is inspired by film stars of the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s and images of Americana and consumerism of the 50s. First, Jolie posed as the ultimate 50s icon Marilyn Monroe from David’s painting “Hollywood Eats It’s Own”.

We judge the pre-Thanksgiving “Draw Jolie with a turkey” contest

Jolie gives us a hand and judges the “Draw Jolie as Overdosed Marilyn” contest

Happy Birthday Mr. President!!

Next, Jolie posed as this sexy and dangerous dame from David’s painting “Wake Up and Die”.

Goodbye cruel world!

Thanks to all our beautiful art monkeys, Jolie Goodnight, the Ruby Room and David Russell Talbott! Below is a kick-ass drawing from David presented to your sketchy hosts Lily and Matt, plus some other fruits of this session. Don’t forget to upload scans of your sketches to our FLICKR group HERE!

In August, Dr. Sketchy’s San Diego was honored to be a part of TIKI OASIS, the largest gathering on Earth devoted to all things tiki!

Our models were the gorgeous Ophelia Handful and Mama Bodessa of Sultry Savage Burlesque. Ophelia Handful got the party started.

Two brave art monkeys stepped up to participate in the “Chug a mai tai then draw with your non-dominant hand” contest!

Mama Bodessa takes the stage

Ophelia poses for the “Draw the model being sacrificed to a volcano god” contest.

Ophelia judges depictions of her sacrificial volcano demise

A particularly awesome runner-up

Art monkeys take a booze break and check out the Tiki Oasis classic car show outside

Sugar from a bit o’ burlesque makes a cameo.

Is that Mimi LeMeaux?!

Contestant draw in the “best depiction of the model with a tiki idol head” contest

Some notable entrants

Goodbye Tiki Oasis! Special thanks to Tiki Oasis coordinator Baby Doe and all of her kick ass volunteers! Check out some sketches from our Flickr Sketchy Stream group from Jeff Amante.

For our Comic Con 2009/2nd anniversary special session, we brought characters from Dr. Sketchy’s founder Molly Crabapple’s first graphic novel, Scarlet Takes Manhattan, to life!

The inimitable Lady Borgia was perfect as the late 1800’s New York bowery orphan turned burlesque fire-eating superstar Scarlett O’Herring.

Molly Crabapple was in town to host this special session.

Scarlett’s (pantomimed) fire-eating skills were on display.

Molly greets legendary Playboy cartoonist Doug Sneyd during a break.

Scarlett is joined on stage by her lover Daniel D’Lovely, portrayed by San Diego Drag King extraordinaire Diego Del Fuego.

Molly adjudicates the “thought balloon” contest.

Looks like Red Sonja wandered into the session. Gotta love Con weekend!

Lady Borgia as Scarlett graced us with a special performance, danced to the Two Man Gentleman Band’s single “Scarlett Takes Manhattan.”

Adieu for another year from Molly Crabapple…til next Con!

This session turned out to be a Dr. Sketchy’s reunion! That’s yours truly Miss Lily in the middle, and from left to right, Bob from Dr. Sketchy’s LA (and our fabulous sponsor, Baby Tattoo Books), Joe from Dr. Sketchy’s Pittsburgh, founder and NYC hostess Molly Crabapple, Aaron and Alexis from Dr. Sketchy’s Baltimore, and Tinky Sparkle from Dr. Sketchy’s San Francisco.

In June, San Diego art monkeys got a double dose of late 1960s sexy sci-fi cheese!

On June 4, Dr. Sketchy’s was invited by the groovy folks at MoPA to hold a mini sketch class during their POP Thursdays Barbarella-themed party. The lovely LEIA posed in MoPA’s lobby, compelling party-goers to grab a pad and capture her intergalactic bodaciousnes.

Lucky monkeys! That’s wasn’t all! Leia reprises her role at our regular session on June 20, with Barbarella playing at the bar, music from the soundtrack playing, and pictures of beautiful blind angel Pygar decorating the stage!

Entries in the “best drawing with your non-dominant hand” contest

The lovely Amelia wins again!

Presto – Barbarella is replaced with the Great Tyrant. “Pretty, pretty, pretty…”

We dragged Ruby Room co-owner Paul onstage to judge the “round robin” contests (teams of 4 art monkeys traded pads every 5 minutes).

Congrats to the winnas! Mmmm…booze.

Farewell art monkeys! We didn’t find Durand Durand, but it was awesome!

Some amazing sketches from our monkeys…Check out more in our flickr pool, and upload yours!

David Lozeau

Jeff Amante

Welcome Art Monkeys to our new home at the fabulous Ruby Room in Hillcrest! For our first official Ruby Room session, Mynx D’Meanor of the Fishnet Follies Burlesque Revue essayed poses in honor of a favorite kink classic, the 2002 film Secretary.

Our art monkeys adapted well to their new environment.

Reverend Dick lent Mynx a, ahem…hand with the poses

The models choose the winner of the “Best Portrait in Red Sharpie” contest. Don’t get it? You must see the film!

The proud winner of a set of colored Sharpies…

And a shot, of course.

Mynx really lost herself in the role.

Some entries in the “Mynx in Bondage” contest

The winner gets a “Pimp my cubicle” playset and humorous sticky notes…just the thing to distract your mind from the soul-sucking tedium that is office work!

Give that girl a hand, she deserves it!

Special thanks to Sean, Paul and Brittany at the Ruby Room, Mynx D’Meanor and Reverend Dick of Fishnet Follies, and our Art Monkeys!

The folks at the Museum of Photographic Arts generously hosted us again for their POP Thursdays event. The theme film for this event was Tim Burton’s tribute to the worst filmmaker of all time, ED WOOD.

Mynx D’Meanor and Reverend Dick of Fishnet Follies Burlesque Revue lent their talents to pose as the legendary Ed Wood and his fuzzy-sweatered muse, Dolores Fuller.

The sketchers included Sketchy regulars and newbies who came to see the show and decided to try their hands at some art monkeying.

Ed gets ready to reveal his taste for angora and skirts!

Oh, the shame!

Special thanks to Reverend Dick, Mynx D’Meanor, and everyone at MoPA’s POP Thursdays, especially Jerald and Sue (below right)! See you kids again soon…

It’s Fall!  You know what that means…it’s time to go back to anti art school and drill in the 3 D’s – Dames, Drinks, and Drawing.  Local burlesque legend LADY BORGIA is on hand to drive the lesson home.

Talking, chewing gum, and alcohol shots are encouraged in this school!

Star pupil Doni (in the chic hat) sits in the front row, naturally!

Borgia grades one of our silly contests

Some Captain’s and Ginger helps Lady Borgia judge the “Best depiction of the phrase ‘Borgia for President’” contest

The patriotic winner

Art monkey Mynx D’Meanor engrossed in her work

The fruits of our diligent students’ labors

See you next month…don’t forget to do your homework (drink and draw)!

POP Thursdays at MoPA welcomed Dr. Sketchy’s for a special sketch session honoring their back to school theme move, Animal House. Sugar and Roxy of a bit o’ burlesque posed as TOGA PARTY revelers in tribute to Bluto and all of his sick Delta buddies.

No toga party is complete without a little drunken Twister!

Our revelers have lost the energy to finish their ping pong game…

Roxy and Peaches select their favorite drunken ping pong drawing…

The talented winner gets a free membership to MoPA!

Turn out the lights, the party’s over…

Some awesome sketchitude…

Special thanks to a bit o’ burlesque, Sue, Lauren, Jerald and everyone at MoPA, and all the attendees who tried their hands at this crazy sketchy thing. TOGA TOGA TOGA!!

Peaches and Rosie of a bit o’ burlesque crawled into a bottle o’ rum and did some awesome posing for this month’s session, PIRATE QUEENS!

Aargh! There be treasuer here abouts!

We’ll go looking, matie…after the rum, of course!

Mom! Why do I always have to swab!?

Art Monkeys like saucy wench Kim got in on the act

Land ho! Who you callin’ a ho?

Yours truly with a bit o’ burlesque’s fearless leader Sugar

Avast! Some fabulous sketching!

The winner of our “Best Representation of the Word Booty” contest

And a very close runner up by Amelia

From Doni Conner

Farewell, ye scurvy dogs! Until next time…