Dr. Sketchy

Went to the Dr. Sketchy burlesque life drawing session the other day. Was lost, didn't have the address or name of the theatre, but saw this person undulating in a window.

She pointed me in the right direction, which happened to be across the street. Her, and her male counterpart (whom you can see in my flickr set) happened to be an entirely unrelated burlesque-style event. (UDPDATE: her name, from her card, is Mlle. Oui Oui Encore, and you can look up her and her partner at Blue Light Burlesque.)

I climbed the stairs, paid my ten dollars. What greeted me looked like a regular drawing class, except much more crowded. Took one of the last folding chairs, and saw an empty space at the front by the wall, where no one had went because someone had set up an elaborate computer with drawing tablet, and it was hard to get past the wires.

Managed it, and after warming up, was able to do a few drawings.

That's me in the right hand corner, from the big mirror. This was usually a rehearsal studio.



This is our model, Miss Lexie Von Hagen. [link to her myspace page, but don't say I didn't warn you!]



It was years since I've been in a room drawing a model. Tried out lots of different drawing implements. This is pencil with black gouache and a Chinese brush:


And my trusty brush pen, with watercolour washes. Here she looks more pissed off than she was. These were the short poses (5 minutes or less):


I was as interested in the crowd as I was in the model. when not drawing her, or she shifted to a lousy angle, I sketched the people around her.

More drawings tomorrow! If you're impatient, the whole thing is in the flickr set, or on facebook.