Turning Life Drawing Into Burlesque
The first night Jen and I went to Dr. Sketchy’s monthly life drawing class, we were much more elated to be having a date, being out of the house as two adults, and perhaps drank too much and laughed a lot. Yet, the beauty of Dr. Sketchy’s is that it combines the joy of life drawing with the raucous, insouciant nature of burlesque performance. The models all hail from local burlesque communites, and Dr. Sketchy programs have been established in multiple cities around the U.S.
I had not drawn –period—in a long time when Jen and I started attending, and it took me a few months to loosen up enough to feel I was comfortable having others see my drawings (including Jen). I was going back through my sketchbooks from these sessions and felt like posting some of the better examples.
As I stumble my way back into this whole “art making” thing, events like Dr. Sketchy’s are crucial to me: they are laid back, tongue-in-cheek, even, and therefore the perfect environment in which to get some chops back. And, for those who have attended art school and the more traditional setting of a life drawing class, there is something rather risqué in putting a bit of sex back into the life drawing model.
It has been some time since Jen and I last attended. We have been far too busy to be able to go, but I hope sometime in the future we can make it out. If you are interested, the two Dr. Sketchy’s in the Dallas/Fort Worth area I know of are the Dallas contingent (http://www.myspace.com/dallassketchy) and a newer Denton Dr. Sketchy’s (http://www.myspace.com/drsketchysdenton).
Copyright © 2009 Josh Rose
Copyright © 2009 Josh Rose
Copyright © 2009 Josh Rose
Copyright © 2009 Josh Rose