Monster Drawing Rally

Narangkar and I participated in the recent 9th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, a benefit for Southern Exposure in SF. The event was at the Verdi Club in San Francisco, and it was a monster for real. 130 artists working in for shifts, live drawing for an hour, with a huge crowd clamoring and drinking and fighting for the right to purchase the art for $60 a piece, which is quite a steal for some of the artists involved. 

It was the first time Narangkar and I have participated and even with all the fair warnings from friends it was still crazy. Luckily I had my artwork planned out and had even done a time trial earlier in the day. I still just barely finished my art.

Here are some images:

Narangkar and I, in "the zone". We were in the 9 to 10pm slot, when things really get rowdy.
Narangkar planned an awesome embroidery with a painted abstracted shape of the skatepond and using french knots in different shades to represent the clover. She completely underestimated the amount of time it would take to make it, though.
Her embroidery still came out awesome.  
I did a classic white and ink on paper bag drawing. It took about 59 minutes, which is really fast for me. I'm really pleased with how it came out. A bit sloppy, but still bold and fun. It sold, too.
Here is the time test one I did earlier in the day. This one took about an hour and fifteen (not including snack breaks). I gifted it to John Casey (who took a few of these photos).
All in all it was an intense art experience and I hope I'm invited next year. Working with time deadlines is a great way to just get some work out there and not worry about mistakes or perfection (not that I'm worried about that too much anyhow).More great photos on John Casey's bunnywax blog.