Butoh photos

Johnny Crash posted his Butoh photos. They are gorgeous:
 You can see the whole set here: http://www.johnnycrashphotography.com/DrSketchysSF/Butoh

Butoh drawrrrings

Last night we drew in the new YBCA space, every seat was taken and the final count was 46 total artists. Not bad for a rainy San Francisco night.

 We drew Deborah Butler, she is a Butoh dancer.

Butoh is fascinating. It started in the 50s in Japan as a sort of rebellion against traditional forms of dance. It is very avant-garde and interesting to see. During the breaks she shifted from one pose into the next using the movements of Butoh and I was transfixed. I couldn't take my eyes off of her and she held her face and hands in great shapes. It was inspiring.

The white makeup proved to be challenging to draw, and her costume had lots of volume, texture and transparency. I had trouble initially with white conté crayon on gray paper, the lines of the conté were too hard for what I wanted. I switched over to white watercolor on the gray paper and that worked out pretty well.
 

And today Constance and I went riding on our Pelicans. Her bike is set up for touring, she had an epic tour last year. We did the Paradise loop. I brought some home made rice cakes from the The Feed Zone and a lemon line homemade sports drink from Brendan Brazier's book Thrive. I'm testing out nutrition for the Populaire next week.

This month we draw Butoh & Burlesque

YBCA presents Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art School: San Francisco

Join Dr Sketchy's SF at our new space at YBCA to draw Butoh; a visually striking avant-garde form of dance and movement.

Saturday, March 24th
5-7pm * All Ages
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
701 mission St (at 3rd)
San Francisco, CA

Tickets:
$12 in advance, $15 at the door*
Discounts for YBCA & YBCA:YOU Members
Go to www.ybca.org/dr-sketchy to purchase (should be available this week)

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Dr Sketchy's SF presents Ophelia Coeur de Noir

Draw 'The Petite Phenomenon!'

gypsy / burlesque performer / cancan dancer / actor / fetish model / choreographer / singer / costumier / apprentice tattoo artist / renaissance woman / girl of all trades

Tuesday March 27th, 2012
7-10pm.  21+
$12 in advance, $15 at the door*
Buy your tickets:


Chicken John's Warehouse
3359 Cesar Chavez St
(between Van Ness Ave & Mission St)
Map: http://g.co/maps/yq59k

It's Populaire Time

I had a little something to do with this poster:



http://www.sfrandonneurs.org/2012-spring-115k-populaire.htm

Ride with you soon, yo?

Johnny Crash's photos from February Dr Sketchy's SF

We drew Ben Ahn at Utrecht Art Supplies as a post apocalyptic samurai.



And then we drew Leigh Crow and Ste Fishell of Vice Palace: The Last Cockettes Musical at Chicken John's Warehouse.

Leigh Crow & Ste Fishell

Last Tuesday, Leigh Crow & Ste Fishell from Vice Palace: The Last Cockettes Musical were our models at Dr Sketchy's SF. Because they are theater folk, they gave us a lot of great expressions to draw. I had a really nice time in our new space!