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In San Francisco on the last Friday of each month, thousands of bike enthusiasts take to the streets in a Critical Mass ride as a mobile protest and celebration of our city streets on bicycles, skates, unicycles or whatever rolls by people power. Before the ride, the participants gather at Justin Herman Plaza, by the beginning of Market St. and Embarcadero. A number of Critical Mass riders (usually 5 to 10) are also World Naked Bike Ride members and they have been doing Critical Mass nude all summer to promote WNBR and its protest on our nation's oil dependency. This Critical Mass falls on the eve of Halloween; therefore one can expect many interesting costumes and decked out bikes. The WNBR riders and costumed CM participants make excellent subjects for figure drawing. Best of all, no modelling fees required. Bring your sketchpads and/or your cameras and look for the nude riders between the pay toilet and street vendor displays along the pedestrian route to the Embarcadero-Ferry Building crossing. And think about participating in the Critical Mass if you never have before, so bring your bike. The Halloween Critical Mass ride is much fun and might just be the only Halloween event in the city this year, given that the Castro and other events are kerplunkt. The ride had no predetermined start or finish time, but usually it starts just after 6:00PM, so you can have nearly 2 hours of drawing and photo time. Typically the bike ride goes on for 3 hours, but other Halloween rides I've seen before are so exuberant that many people keep riding well unto midnight. Bringing friends is encouraged (with bikes).

This month Dr. Sketchy's SF presents the lovely and spicy Miss Bunny Pistol!

Bunny Pistol is a burlesque performer and show producer from the Bay Area. She has dazzled audiences who support the burlesque revival for just over two years.

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She has hit the ground running, performing on stages all over California and Las Vegas.

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She is the producer and of the monthly show, Barbary Coast Burlesque which is every second Wednesday of each month at Annies Social Club in San Francisco CA.

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Note: There are other people coming from other sources, so I suggest you arrive a bit early if you want a good seat!

21 and older please. General admission for people coming to sketch is $10, and $7 for student, but it's FREE to come in and hang at the bar.

This month we are excited to announce that the founder and president of Dr. Sketchy's Molly Crabapple will be in San Francisco in July! Molly will be signing copies of her new book, Scarlett Takes Manhatten at Dr. Sketchy's San Francisco! Molly Crabapple is an award-winning artist, author, and the founder of Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School.

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We are doing a special tribute to Molly's work and Victorian style for our theme this month. Our model is one of my favorite Burlesque performer's, the little fireball who's sure to win over your heart too, the gorgeous miss Mynx D'Meanor!

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She has a very special performance lined up for you with our favorite burlesque band and musical guest Fromagique!! Randy Johnson is also our MC for the evening!

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It's $10 general admission for sketchers, or $7 for students or teachers with I.D. The best part...it's FREE for anyone wanting to just drop in and hang out at the bar!! Don't worry if you don't want to draw the models, you can still come in and check out the fun.

"Come out on Tuesday, May 26th 2009 for the sexiest workshop in town! HAPPY HOUR drink specials!

Why stop the Memorial Day fun on Monday? Come out on Tuesday to sketch the amazingly talented Burlesque superstar, Dottie Lux! The Burlesque Times just voted her The Best Burlesque Performer of the Month of May!

This month we are inviting everyone who participates in the workshop to put their favorite drawings on display for the evening with the option to sell them if you want. We will be putting display walls up for everyone to see, so please invite your non-sketcher friends to come and check out the art and hang at the bar!

As always our sponsor Baby Tattoo Books is providing beautifully printed books which we will give away as prizes for each month's drawing contest.

Please join us at 111 Minna Gallery on Tuesday, May 26th from 7pm - 10pm.

21 and older please. General admission for people coming to sketch is $10, and $7 for student, but it's FREE to come in and hang at the bar.

Life Drawing Workshops

Drop-in, no instructor, figure drawing workshop meets Tuesday evenings from 7 to 10 and Saturday mornings from 9 to 12. The fee is ten dollars for each three-hour session. The address is 3435 Cesar Chavez Studio #302 the building is located on the southeast corner at Valencia. We provide a supportive work environment with great models and a relaxed friendly atmosphere. Drawing horses, drawing boards, large worktables and some easels that are available for your use.
Brush up on your drawing skills or explore new techniques. Beginner or advanced, everyone is welcome. The focus of these drawing sessions is on gesture and short poses. We work in twenty-minute sets and the length of the pose varies from one to twenty minutes.

For more information call 415 722-9183 or go to; http://homepage.mac.com/robertwindle/LifeDrawing/Personal2.html