DS19: On with the show

Brief (and way late) post...

The Art of Dr Sketchy exhibit opened last Friday, and it sounds like it went well. I can't say from first-hand experience since I MISSED THE DAMN THING! Had to work late, early deadlines... But the show did get some ink in the local alt-weekly and a good bunch of people showed up at Cafe 1923 to draw DS fave Muana in full-on geisha costume. They even went outdoors for a while to draw, a DS:MCD first! Many thanks to all who helped out in my absence, especially Suzanne, Jim, Laura, Krysti and Matt, and all at the cafe. Photos by Agnes Domanska.

DS ART OPENING FRI. JUNE 6!

Hey everyone! The art show is up! We hung it at the Cafe 1923 this weekend and it looks damn fine if I say so myself. Take a look:




The official opening is THIS FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 6-9pm, and will include a drawing session featuring our most stalwart model, Muana The One & Only, from 6-8pm. PLEASE COME! Tell your friends, and grab a short stack of postcards while you're here and spread the word. Many thanks to Mike Oberdier and Jim Anderson for letting me use their art on the postcard! There'll be a mention of the show in this week's Metro Times as well, also featuring Jim's art.

The show will be up until July 12. The cafe is at 2287 Holbrook in Hamtramck, between I-75 and Jos. Campau, across from the Kowalski sausage factory neoen wiener sign.

See you this Friday!
sean

DS18: Demonique Attack!

Those of you young enough not to remember "Demon Attack," just count your blessings you never had to endure 8-bit video games.

Anyway, more sketches, this time by me.

DS18: More Demonique

...this time from the always amazing Jim Anderson.

DS18: Pizza Party!

Okay, DUMBEST POST TITLE EVER! As if pizza could hold anyone's attention with a model like Demonique on stage. Photos by Agnes Domanska, drawings by John Nagridge.






Sorry for the late post - lots going on over the holiday weekend - and sorry for its shortness - much yet to do to prepare for the upcoming art show! Thanks to everyone who brought artwork to exhibit. If you didn't bring anything Thursday and still want in on the show just contact me and we'll figure something out.

More photos and drawings from DS18 as I get them, and more news on the art opening and the next session at Cafe 1923 to come soon.

Dr. Sketchy News Bulletin!

Hi again Art Monkeys,

Passing this along to all of you who might want a bit of Dr. Sketchy energy you can wear around with you - the official Dr. Sketchy Art Monkey necklace! Oh, it's a beautiful thing, all snarly and artsy. Click on the photo below to see DS founder Molly Crabapple modeling one, and get all the details on ordering yours here. Note that all proceeds go to help support the Dr. Sketchy empire, so it's all good.


And what the hell - anyone who shows up wearing one at a DS:Detroit session gets one free admission!

ALSO:
DON'T FORGET to frame up your best Dr. Sketchy sketches for inclusion in the upcoming exhibit at Cafe 1923. Bring 'em with you to our next session at the Belmont on May 22, or arrange to drop art with me before or after that if you can't make it. Frames don't need to be expensive or fancy, so don't sweat it! The show is getting hung the last day of May, so...

DS:MCD MEDIA: I was interviewed by a reporter from Crain's about Dr. Sketchy as part of an article about Hatch, so watch for that.

AND, Molly says a DS documentary is in the works. So if there's anyone out there with video or filmmaking experience (I can think of a couple folks) it'd be cool to get some footage of an upcoming session to send to her for inclusion. She sent along technical specs which I can forward on to whoever is interested.

Round-robin drawing above provided by Jim Anderson (with help from two unnamed accomplices).

See you all soon,
Sean

More from DS17...

...this time from Doug Blanchard, who contributes more of his swell sketchbook collages.





Don't forget that I'm collecting art for an exhibit next month at the café in Hamtramck! Contact me if you'd like to contribute.

Zac Attack

Jim Anderson sent in some great color sketches of Zachariah from last Sketchy. Check out Jim's web site for more of his awesome artwork.

DS17: Rock show!

DS photog Agnes sent some nice shots of Zachariah from last Thursday.

Dr. Sketchy #17: Sketch It Like a Rock Star!

Another fine turn-out for last Thursday's session. Thanks much to everyone who came out on a nice spring evening, so nice we kept the back patio door open most of the night. Zachariah turned out to be a natural, gracing the stage in a variety of rock star outfits and poses, and brandishing his great Ovation guitar (I think he said it used to be his grandfather's). Between costumes he even favored us with a couple of acoustic songs, a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Gold Dust Woman" and one of his own. I saw a lot of nice drawings getting made during the night, hope folks will send them in soon!


Our next session is on the Belmont schedule for THURSDAY, MAY 22. Which reminds me...

THE ART OF DR. SKETCHY DETROIT: AN EXHIBIT

May 22 date is also the perfect time to get me YOUR ART WORK from past Sketchies to be included in a Dr. Sketchy-themed art exhibit at the Café 1923 in Hamtramck! I got several expressions of interest Thursday night and earlier, so now all I need is the actual art.

If you have drawings you'd like to display, please frame them up as you see fit (expensive frames not necessary, but something) and bring as many as you'd like to show along with you on Thursday. If you'd rather not tear pages out of your sketchbook, if you work digitally, or if you're a photographer, feel free to contribute framed printouts of your work.

If you can't make it on May 22, let me know and I'll arrange to get your art from you. I can set up an evening after the 22nd to be at Cafe 1923 for art drop-offs if that helps. As a last resort, I can even receive hi-res digital files via email or ftp and print and frame them myself (you can pay me back later...).

I WILL NEED ALL ART BY MAY 30 in order to hang the show when the current show comes down on the 31st. Earlier, of course, is better.

There's no fee to be in the show, and if you'd like to put your work up for sale, you can do that too (Hatch, who sponsors the exhibits at the cafe, may want a cut of sales, I'll double-check on that). There'll be an official opening the first Friday night in June with snacks and such, and possibly a Sketchy session in the cafe's back courtyard, out in the fresh, sausage-scented Hamtramck air!

Contact me here or via email with any questions, and stay tuned for updates.

Sean

DS17:In Like a Lion!

Looks like spring is getting serious about sticking around, and what better way to celebrate than to coop ourselves up in a dark bar for a night of drinking and drawing?

NEXT DR. SKETCHY is scheduled back at the good ol' Belmont for THURSDAY, APRIL 17 (that's next week!). Perfeect for blowing off some post-tax deadline steam on the cheap - still only $5 to draw.

Our subject this time out is will be local model and folk/rock/experimental musician Zachariah Griffin. He promises to bring his guitar for prop purposes at least, and maybe we can coax a tune out of him during a break if we ask nice.

ALSO: Plans are in the works for a Dr. Sketchy art show at Cafe 1923 in conjunction with Hatch. If you have any artwork from previous Dr. Sketchy sessions you'd like to display in a few months, please let me know right away! Any size or medium is fine.

See you Thursday! (Drawing of Lily LaRue above by Michelangelo Cicerone)

Pictures of Lily

First, some cool photos from Lucho Salazar, including a nice one of the outside of the cafe. (When in Hamtramck, visit the Cafe 1923, right across from the neon wiener-on-a-fork sign on the Kowalski sausage factory.)



Next, a couple from Jim Anderson, including one of our lovely model modeling the new Dr. Sketchy t-shirt designed by... Jim!




Jim also sent some of his typically great sketches.



Plus, here are a couple of round robin drawings from last session - three artists per drawing, each working for five minutes.

DS Recap Part 2: Suzanne Baumann Edition

Suzanne sent some excellent sketches from the last few sessions. Above is her Lily LaRue drawing, and below are some from February and October.

DS Recap Part 1: Valentine's Day

Doug Blanchard sent another of his great sketchbook collages, this one from our Feb. 14 session.


Don't worry, I checked: Hello Kitty was invented in 1974, so she's old enough to drink.


Trixie did a lot of posing for photos. Only fair someone shot one of DS regular Agnes for a change.