Dr. Sketchy Houston

Great relaxed set up of drawing a live model and having a bar available at the same time. I just chose a random day but usually there is a post of who will be modeling on their Facebook page. I would call ahead to verify since there seems to have been an event skipped to start 2013 off.

With great fear and excitement, I found myself driving to Avant Garden for the February edition of Dr. Sketchy. I was peer pressured into knowing about it (and going) by two fellow Unilocalers who shall remain nameless (because I say so).
But why fear and excitement, you ask? Well, not only did I have to go meet new people (what if they all laugh at me???) but I would actually attempt to draw for the first time since The Bad Year when I worked for an art gallery and stopped producing art at a regular rate. So I knew I would suck and just how bad was what caused the fear. The excitement was because I was jumping back in to art.
So, Dr. Sketchy is everything that those before me have said. Avant Garden is indeed an great place due to the natural light and elevated vista. It also is a great place for socializing and the beats and beer (for me) were indeed flowing. All pluses so far, right? Enter drawing time and Trevor’s brain. Bad. Sad. Angry.
You know those books that are always on sale at the bookstore or (gasp) grocery store with titles such as «Cat Art» or «Creative Cats»? You flip through them, laugh at the dumb person who wrote it, and say, «that is not art.» Well, those cats have mad skills compared to the graphite nothingness that was transferred from my pencil to my pad. I was ashamed, I was frustrated, I was bitter. Basically, I was me on a normal day, only a little worse.
It was here that the jovial and social nature of Dr Sketchy worked against me. I was uncomfortable with the seating/​table/​sketch pad setup and could never get it right. As more people came I felt a little more crowded and was distracted by the socializing that was going on. I ended up leaving unsatisfied.
As I have suggested, though, this is a result of me and not Dr. Sketchy. As such, if you are a normal person (such as everyone else who has reviewed it) go and you will have fun. It is really a great atmosphere. For «the normals» Dr Sketchy is 5 stars.
If you are a sick, sad person such as I, it is about half a star. For me that averages to a four star review (huh?).
Fear not, though, I will attend again because it is an event and concept and activity that I support with every fiber of my silly being. It has at the very least gotten me back into thinking about actually producing something again and for that I just might be thankful.
Wow, I write too much.