Picture This! San Francisco
Alright I'm ready to admit it. I have been sneaking out of our apartment at night and doing open mic comedy. It's a world I have always been fascinated by and now that I'm in it, I can't get enough.
For now, I'm just showing up and doing open mics wherever/whenever I can (2-3 times a week). Nothing on the books specifically. However....
I will be drawing Live as part of PICTURE THIS! A new kind of standup show where artists draw live and their doodles are projected behind the comedians. They're taking the show on the road This special San Francisco edition will be at the ultra-sexy Doc's Lab in North Beach.
Don't miss this!
Get tickets ($10-$12 cheap!) at DocsLabSF.com
More pictures and info at nakedcomedy.org
Hosting Rainy Day Activities at Zerofriends SF
Good news, all you bored, artsy types! Since Bag o' Movies was such a successful event, I will be hosting Live Drawing events every month at the Zerofriends' San Francisco store. Next up: Rainy Day Activities, Saturday, April 5th 12-4pm.
Let's take a quick mental journey back to the 3rd grade. It's four minutes before recess and we are being burdened with the fact that the words "theme" and "scream" may rhyme but this won't help you spell them correctly. Then through the windows you see the skies turn the color of Benicio Del Toro's under-eyes. Rain dumps down, turning our sawdust play area into cold oatmeal. Teacher has to think fast before we begin pulling up the carpets and gnawing on the legs of those pop-top desks the school received only six years previous.
Enter rainy day activities. Indoor fun. Will Mrs. Kirkpatrick direct us in a spirited game of Heads-up 7-up or will she pull out that basket of mostly complete puzzles, Uno decks and pickup Sticks? Nope, this time she hands out sheets of blank paper and tells us to fold them into thirds. Then we break into groups of three and take turns drawing on each section, making sure to not peek until all three parts are done. The big pay-off happens when we unfold the paper to reveal some ridiculous character we all made together. It's sort of like Mad-Libs but with out all the adverbs.
It turns out this drawing game has a name: Exquisite Corpse. Hmmm, sounds kind of fancy and macabre. Anyway, six cool, grown-up artists from the Bay area are getting together to play this game, this Saturday afternoon at Zerofriends SF store in the Lower Haight. Come watch and maybe buy a cheap, collaborative sketch! Here is the line-up.
Lauren YS
Lauren YS is a mind-blowing artist from Denver, Colorado. Lauren now lives in San Francisco so she can "paint the shit out of everything." Lauren is also a contributing writer at Juxtapoz Magazine. Lauren is proof that some people just got "It!"
Michael Slack
Michael Slack, an illustrator and childrens book author from the East Bay. His imagery has been on everything from puzzles to his "gross-out card game, ICK. Check out his latest books, Monkey Truck and Elecopter, through Macmillan publishers.
Iggy Medeiros
Iggy has been a Bay Area artist since 1996. Iggy is inspired by polynesian pop, mid-century Brazilian, American and Latin music, vintage graphic design and toys, cartoons, comics, Poetry, religious imagery, folk art, cultural anthropology and history.
Josh Ellingson
Josh Ellingson is an illustrator living in San Francisco. His art has adorned tequila bottles, Burlesque show posters, a fricking space station, and your BART ride. He has done some epic series of daily sketches too, like The Daily Slimer and Drunk Tweets.
Josh Thurman
Josh Thurman is a young Caricaturist studying illustration at Academy of Art University. We like this lad a lot.
Watch out for this guy! He's already been practicing for the event on Starbucks napkins.
Ben Walker
And ME!!
(For more about me, see the rest of this web site.)
See you there!
An Ultra-Styled Art Night
It's My Sketch Night
Do you like to draw? How do you feel about beautiful women? Drinks? It's all going to be at Folsom Street Foundry, Monday, February 24th. Oh, and it's free to attend.
You may already know of my clothed/costumed live drawing sessions, Pompsicle which ran every week for over 2 years in the Sacramento area. After my move to San Francisco, the sessions have continued in the capable hands of Ryan Cicak until last month when their venue closed. Anyway, I've been looking for a way to bring the ultra-styled art nights here. But it had to happen in the right way. A bigger, better way. And finally something has clicked in San Francisco!
My partner in crime, Amanda Storey will be modeling in vintage roller-fashion while we sketch , drink and snack. Even though this is a bit last minute, we want to show the good folks at Folsom Street Foundry how popular this sort of event can be. The place is huge and beatiful, with a bar, snacks, and lots of seating.
Bring your own sketching supplies.
Folsom Street Foundry
Monday 2-24, 5-7pm. 21 & up
1425 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94103
Bag 'o' Movies, Live Art event at Zerofriends, SF
This Friday, February 21st from 6:30-8ish I will be hosting “Bag ‘o’ Movies,” a live drawing event at Zerofriends, SF! Contributing artists will place a favorite movie in a bag. One of these movies will be selected at random then the artists will create works based on that film as we screen it at the shop. The works created will be available to purchase, and we will have a few giveaways as well. Everyone is welcome to join us. Hang out and watch or even draw along with us!
I'll be joined by:
Zerofriends SF is at 419 Haight (at Fillmore), San Francisco, CA.
Be on the look-out for the bags 'o' goodies I'm leaving around San Francisco in anticipation of Bag 'o' Movies!
And check back for photos and artwork from the event!