I had my first experience with the Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art school last month. I know I know the name is about as cool as your dad dancing but the concept of the group is actually great. In a nutshell it’s a figure drawing group that focuses on unique themes and models and pops up in practically every state in the US. The Dr. Sketchy I went to was at StorySlam! in Charlotte, NC and had a Mardi Gras theme, along with contests and prizes. Here are a few photos from their facebook page.
The contests were simple and fun. For instance, the rules of one contest was that everyone had to draw with their non-dominant hand and in another people simply voted on the best piece out of a 20 minute session. The winners were selected by either by one person or by everyone voting on their favorite piece. I won 2 of the 3 contests and my prizes consisted of a gift certificate to a local restaurant and a bottle of wine. Above is one of the pieces I did for Dr. Sketchy. It wasn’t one of the winners but it’s the only picture I have of anything I did that night.
My friend Bryan Fowler won the other contest and also received a bottle of wine. Looking back on it I should have gloated after winning the third and final contest and asked Bryan if he wanted any cheese with his whine. Get it? Whine? You know because he had a bottle of….Dammit that’s punny and I don’t care what you say.
The group is ongoing and will meet every 2nd Tuesday of the month with a different theme each time. Pretty cool. I have listed the necessary links below so that you guys and read about both Dr. Sketchy and StorySlam! By the way if any of you guys are in the Charlotte area I hope to see you at the next Dr. Sketchy event which will be on Tuesday March 9th from 7 to 10 pm.
Oh yeah almost forgot. While I was there I was also asked if I wanted to start teaching figure drawing at StorySlam! They are still in the early stages but I did tell them that I would be interested in trying it out for a while. If that goes through that would mean I would be teaching at both the Charlotte Art League and StorySlam! What the hell right? Who would have ever thought that I would be teaching much less teaching at two different spots?
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