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Dr. Sketchy's Official Rainy Day Colouring Book

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This book is a blast for anyone who's survived art school, the urban art scene, or just an obsession with Victoriana and/or Bohemia. A fun, quick read with activities, cutouts and the like, and helpful advice for giving your own Dr. Sketchy's in case you want to sully the morals of your hometown.

Chock full of gorgeous photos, Dr. Sketchy's Official Rainy Day Colouring Book is addictive!! It made me WISH I could draw! Along with the photos, there is lots of witty commentary and description of this event that is only a year old, but is already taking the world by storm. This book makes a great gift for anyone, but any artist or hell, lay person, who is intrigued by an event where artists gather to draw pictures of elegant nekkid ladies in a velvet-y bar whilst drinking cocktails and coffee will keep this book available to look at time and time again.

Does your artistic muse need a swift kick in the can?

Never has a book made me want to run outside and start drawing everything like Dr. Sketchy's Official Rainy Day Coloring Book! This is pure inspiration in a striped yellow cover, my friends. Some of the goodies you'll find in its pages include: gorgeous photos of gorgeous people, delicious illustrations by the ever-delightful Molly Crabapple, recipes for some wicked Dr. Sketchy-themed libations, make-your-own paper dolls, and perhaps most importantly, clear and simple instructions about how to start your own Dr. Sketchy's figure drawing/cabaret event(so you can have all this fun in your own hometown).

Of course, even if you are not an artist, you can still enjoy the smoking hot ladies and gents whose images are sprinkled liberally throughout the proceedings. It's fun for everyone!

This is a charming confection of a book, something you'd want to put in a bowl and eat. The writing is funny and cheeky, the illustrations gorgeous, and it's just chock full of delights: coloring book pages, paper dolls, cut-out pasties, burlesque girl photos, puzzles, cartoons... and this in addition to a history of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School and a step-by-step manual on how to start your own. This book is obviously essential for artists who want to start their own fabulous old-style burlesque life drawing events, but it's just as great for non-artists who only want to bask in its charm.

This book is awesome eye candy, with plenty of amazing drawings and fascinating photos (including a few of mine, so I'm biased, but trust me, this is a book like none you've seen before), but the reason you shouldn't deny yourself this particular treat is that it backs it all up with advice on how to be a DIY mogul. Molly's career has been amazing and she reveals every bit of how she's built the Dr. Sketchy's empire. There are tips for anybody with a project or event they want to promote--all charmingly surrounded by brilliant drawings of saucy burlesque performers, daring roller derby gals, and even a some sweet hunky boys! This is a truly unique and beautiful book, and makes a great gift for ooglers, artists AND entrepreneurs.

With Dr. Sketchy's Official Rainy Day Colouring Book, Molly Crabapple has shown that her talents do not lie only with a sketchpad, flaming stick, or pair of pasties (though she rocks all of those incredibly). In typically whimsical, entertaining, and saucy fashion, she gives a guide not only to running an anti-art school, but to living out your dreams, however fantastical they may be. This book is a swirling, sexy delight, and I say that as someone who will most likely never draw anything more than a stick figure. I found Molly's history of her art modeling days fascinating yet disturbing, and was thrilled to read about the flourishing Dr. Sketchy's subcultures all around the world. The fact that this is an equal opportunity enterprise, with hot beefcake and half-naked burlesque babes, of all shapes and sizes, is also remarkable. Plus, the book has a word scramble! And cut-out pasties. Seriously, folks, what's not to love? It's a yummy little package of art monkey naughtiness right in your dirty little hands. Color me impressed.

The other reviews for this book are spot-on: it's a juicy manual detailing the way of Dr. SKetchy's Anti-Art School. If, like me, you were expecting a coloring book, you may be let down. This trade paperback is better suited for reading than coloring, as it has small pages that do not open flat. But if you are new to Dr. Sketchy's you won't regret this purchase.

I'd been meaning to get this book for a few years, and then finally ordered it at the urging of a colleague to read when planning for an art show. This book gives the background to how Dr. Sketchy's got started and where it was at as of the time of publishing. There are many adorable sketches and photographs of models. I was really impressed to see some rollergirls photographed! I'd recommend this book for anyone who is into burlesque, art, or drawing. The only gripe is that there are a few typos or misspelled words, but I'm too lazy to check which ones it was.