This month’s Houston Dr. Sketchy brought a beautiful 1940’s starlet, Ashley, onto our stage.  We watched as she struggled to make it, lived life at the top and, after receiving bad reviews on her latest feature film, simply couldn’t take the pressures of this world any longer.

Thanks to our fabulous model for her gorgeousness, her creativity and for even bringing her own furniture!!  She was an absolute pleasure - if you missed this month, you missed out big.  We say it after every session, but man - how do our sessions keep getting better and better and better??!!??

We love our models and our sketchers!!  See you next month on Sunday, July 13th from 2-6pm.  We’re going pirate style - more details soon!  Check out our Houston Dr. Sketchy Flickr group to keep the love strong until then.  Ciao dahlings!

Photo thanks to our fearless DJ and Man-About-Town Jason/Jaymac/Deneyterrio

It’s been a couple of weeks since our last Houston Dr. Sketchy party - have you been lonely? Crying at night with your drawing pad? Mourning the loss of something beautiful in your life?

Well, ya’ big pussy, no worries because come Sunday, June 22nd we’re back - soooo back - with a FABULOUS Raunchy Renaissance party. Think corsets. Think cleavage. Think long lazy Sunday afternoons kicking back with a shot of something pink and a saucy wench on stage to draw.

Bring your pals, bring your enemies, bring that one neighbor who always parks in your reserved parking spot - it’s all good at Dr. Sketchy.

So yeah, our Houston Dr. Sketchy models are the shiznit. The bomb diggity. The cat’s night apparel.

This month’s model - the fiercely talented and beautiful Ms. YET - was no exception. She belly danced her way into our hearts and onto our sketchpads. It was a wonderful thing.

Be sure to check out our Houston Dr. Sketchy Flickr group this week as more photos get posted and ALSO!! check out Ms. YET and her troupe The Renegades and Their Collection of Carnies. They perform every 4th Thursday at Avant Garden, so you can get your YET fix monthly!

Photo thanks to Tasty, Tantalizing Tiffany

This month’s model Ms. YET of The Renegades and Their Collection of Carnies is going to rock your sketchy socks off.  What else could possibly make a Houston Sketchy Sunday more awesome than a gorgeous sassy belly dancer, a glass full of booze and your fave artists peeps?

So I have to share an amazingly creative Dr. Sketchy masterpiece from one of our lovely artists in March - yes, the sexiest embroidery ever.  We love our art nerds

The idea actually came from last month’s sponsor - Sew Crafty Houston - who will be attending this month as well, hopefully with additional craftiness in tow.  Have some sexy crochet or naughty knitting you’d like to do?  BRING IT BABY!!

This month’s Dr. Sketchy is going wild for belly dancing - it all happens at this month’s Sketchy party at Avant Garden on Sunday, May 18th from 2-6pm.

We are brimming with happiness to announce our awesome model Ms. YET (aka: Yvonne Torres), of the dance troupe The Renegades and Their Collection of Carnies. Ms. YET is a fabulous dancer (meaning we’ll get a couple of kick ass performances!), seasoned model and an artist herself - a veritable renaissance Dr. Sketchy model

We had some requests for a twist on our previous gorgeous models, so we’re bringing you a whole new kind of subject to draw and drink with. Tattoos, piercings, amazing belly dancing outfits - our artists will have a brand new kind of Houston Sketchy beautiful sketch candy this month!

More on Ms. YET, in her words:

I am a mixed media artist working primarily with ink on paper, collage, and photography. My body of work documents my creative process and artistic growth. These pieces explore invented characters and the life of the line that leads to their creation. The techniques and execution of my characters and artwork originate from my background in fashion, fabric design, drawing, painting, and street art (graffiti). Sound, music, and the painful challenges of human conflict and emotion inspire me.

I am a contemporary belly dancer. I perform and study regularly throughout Texas and the United States. My current dance study encompasses traditional belly dance forms, American Tribal Style, and Hip-Hop. My dance performances range from folkloric pieces, modern belly dance fusion and an investigation of improvising movement to sound. I curate a monthly show at Avant Garden with the dance troupe The Renegades and Their Collection of Carnies.

Not to rub it in or anything, but if you missed our April Dr. Sketchy you missed not only our amazing model Michelle (with the voice of a Sketchy goddess of song) and her awesome guitar accompanist Ant Boogie - but ALSO! our previous 2 months models.

Yeah that’s right, 3 models at one time. We are lucky the room didn’t implode with the Sketchy crazy hotness, really. Super huge thanks to our February gal Ashley and our March gal Katrina for giving up some love to our April gal Michelle.

But we don’t want you to sit home and pout about this tremendous loss of yours, so it’s hugely important that you know about the 3 girls’ dance troupe: L’Amour De Femme. Their premier performance was last week and they have many exciting things coming up.

We’ll keep you posted so you too can bask in their collective glory at an upcoming show. Although who is to say you won’t see a former model or two at upcoming Sketchy Sundays? We are full of surprises like that… Photos thanks to: Michael Cummings (top) and Ed Schipul (left).

Wow, we had a ridiculously wonderful April Houston Dr. Sketchy!! If you missed out… well, you missed out Big time!

Michelle, our songbird model, was devastatingly delightful and sang her heart out for our Art Monkeys - what an experience! Be sure to catch her on her YouTube channel for an extra Michelle Musical fix and at the L’Amour De Femme show Thursday (4/24) at Zeppelin.

We’re sketchy and they’re crafty…. we have a sweet-ass April Houston Sketchy sponsor to show off! This month, Sew Crafty Houston is hooking a lucky peep up with a gift certificate good for a class at their almost-here craft palace! Rocking and cool, yes!?!?

A little about Sew Crafty Houston:
Located centrally in Houston’s diverse Heights district, Sew Crafty is here to help you make something. Anything. Our classes in sewing, knitting, kids crafts and general DIY projects give beginners to super crafters the chance to learn new skills and have a blast. Drop by to take a class or just sit in our knitting nook and enjoy the company of other just like you. Join us and make something!

Half Costa Rican and half Persian, part model and part vocalist this month’s Houston Sketchy model brings more than just a little variety to our happy little drawing club.

Michelle, our glam model and member of L’Amour de Femme, will be acting as both our beautiful life drawing subject and singing entertainment for the afternoon!  She’ll be bringing along a swell guitarist, Ant Boogie, to accompany her and to give you an extra dose of aural pleasure.

We love this month’s beautiful songbird and can’t wait to get Sketchy already!  Michelle is a Supah Star in the making, so be the cool cat you know you are and come and play with us this Sunday.

When: Sunday, April 20th  2-6pm
Where: Avant Garden (411 Westheimer) - upstairs
How much: $10
What to bring: Cash for model tips and drinks, your favorite sketching supplies and your sexy self