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May 6, 2011May 6, 2011

Artstar session with Paigey!

I think the first time I really became aware of the Charm City Roller Girls was when I spotted this poster in the window of some bar or another I was irresponsibly drinking in. Tell me that isn’t some of the best poster/flyer work you’ve ever seen in your life. I seem to recall saying something like, “One, what’s roller derby? That looks bad-ass . . . and two, wow, who the hell drew that? I think my inner artist just got struck sober.”

Well, the Baltimore-bred, Brooklyn-based illustrator Paige Pumphrey, a.k.a. Paigey, drew that. I’m pretty sure Alexis responded, “You don’t know who Paigey is, and you don’t know what roller derby is? My God, I’m dating and running Dr. Sketchy’s with an idiot.”

After a brief jager-fueled period of crying and a lot of “No, honey, you’re not really an idiot” and “Yes, honey, I know your childhood dog died when you were five but I don’t understand what that has to do with anything right now”, I . . . well, I probably passed out. It’s a little blurry.

That was a few years ago. Since then, we met Paigey at the Baltimore Comic Con, where we bought a print of that poster to hang in our apartment and found out that she’s a regular at the Dr. Sketchy’s in NYC. Then a year later, at her art opening at Saints and Sinners here in Baltimore, we talked to her about having an Art Star session of Dr. Sketchy’s featuring her work.

And now, we’re finally having that session! Paigey will be modeling for you, her fellow artists, this Monday night at the Windup Space. As always, doors open at 6 and drawing starts at 7—and seriously, show up early to get a good seat. We’ll have crazy drawing contests with prizes from Atomic Books, Artist & Craftsman Supply, and Baby Tattoo Books.

$8 at the door, and you must be 18+ to attend, and 21+ to drink. No photography or paints, please. Visit the official Facebook event page to let us know you’re joining us, and you can use it to invite your friends, too.

So, check out her art blog and an interview with Girls Drawing Girls here for inspiration, and join us at the Windup Space on Monday.

Let’s round this out with one more amazing piece by Paigey.

April 25, 2011April 25, 2011

Dr. Sketchy’s Baltimore tonight with Ivory Twinkler!

Photo by Cheryl Fair

I can’t tell you how long Alexis and I have been look forward to this session! You’ve not had a chance to draw Ivory Twinkler yet, and hell, many of you may not have even seen her perform since she only joined Gilded Lily Burlesque in the last year – but this is going to be a treat. Trust us. She’s smart as hell, got serious music chops, and can pretty much out-geek anyone. Oh, and she’s hot.

Honestly, we don’t know anyone who doesn’t have a crush on her.

It’s going to be pretty damn neat.

Doors at 6, start at 7, drink tickets for a $1 off if you get in the door before 7. $8 dollar cover, yadda yadda, you know the drill.

I’m telling you folks, she’s going to be your new favorite.

Until next session anyway.

Seriously though, I’m not kidding.

April 24, 2011April 27, 2011

A night of bombshells and bikes for Moveable Feast!

Last session was our first-ever charity benefit courtesy of Ride for the Feast’s Team Atomic for Moveable Feast, which means everything from the door and all the tips went to help feed Marylanders in need. I’ll let Jules of Team Atomic explain it since I’ll probably just flub it.

I don’t know how we got this lucky two sessions in a row, but Team Atomic showed up meaning serious business. Tons of creatively used props, innovative poses, various facial expressions—take heed, future models. The following photos are a big steel-knuckled gauntlet that just cracked your linoleum floor. Between this session and last session with the Junkyard Dolls, well, I’m worried if we can ever top them.

Oh, we can but let’s not get ahead of ourselves . . . on to the 1- and 2-minute poses!

Brian Dugan

We took a break so folks could get some delicious treats from the lovely ladies of Team Atomic / get a hand-steadying elixir / smoke / tinkle / or go outside and shoot somebody (since apparently that’s what the rest of Baltimore was up to that Monday evening), and then it was time for the 5-minute poses, the first of which was the “best non-dominant appendage drawing” contest.

As always, all contests are optional. The two winners scored fancy shots from Josh at the bar—I don’t know what they were but I did spot cherries in the bottom. That’s good, right?

Brian Dugan

More 5-minute poses.

Brian Dugan

A quick break to shuffle things on stage and it was time for the 10-minute poses. with the first contest being the random noun contest where the audience shouts out drunken nonsense until something strikes Alexis’s fancy, which, this go-around turned out to be “Hemingway”, with the prizes being an issue of Retro Lovely Magazine from Atomic Books in Hampden and a set of Princeton Art & Brush Company brushes from Artist & Craftsman Supply just down the street on North & Howard.

Brian Dugan

Lois Borgenicht

Next up was a 20-minute pose and another contest, this being the best incorporation of space flight since the 50th anniversary of human space flight was the next day. The prizes were Ragnar’s Kings of the Road from Baby Tattoo Books and a pair of stockings from What Katie Did.

Brian Dugan

And, the last 20-minute pose of the evening.

Brian Dugan

Lois Borgenicht

Special thanks to Becky, Jules, Lisa, Crystal, and Holly of Team Atomic for giving Dr. Sketchy’s Baltimore this opportunity to help fellow Marylanders and for having one of the most dynamic sessions we’ve ever, ever had! And thanks to all the generous artists who came out to draw for a cause—with your help, Team Atomic raised $400 for Moveable Feast at this event. Thanks also to Russell and Josh of the Windup Space for slinging tunes and slinging booze; another thanks to Russell for letting us use the Windup to help Moveable Feast; thanks to our illustrious sponsors Atomic Books, Artist & Craftsman Supply, Baby Tattoo Books, and What Katie Did; thanks to Jeff for all the time and acrobatics necessary to get the photos you see above; and last but not least, thanks to Alexis for being our snazzy host.

If you weren’t able to join us for this fabulous night of drawing for a cause, you can still help Moveable Feast feed people, fight disease, and foster hope by making a donation.

Next Dr. Sketchy’s Baltimore is April 25th with Ivory Twinkler of Gilded Lily Burlesque!

Do. Not. Miss. This. One.

You’ve been fairly warned. There’ll be drawin’, drinkin’, and SINGIN’. It’s going to be like you poured a whole bunch of burlesque-y-ness, science-y-ness, geekiness, and a gallon of sexiness in your mouth and touched a match to it!

Bring an extra head, cause the one you got will get blown up.

(Photo of Ivory Twinkler courtesy of Cheryl Fair.)

[post updated with additional sketches on 4/27/11]