Painted Stage and Scenery with Rosco paints...

These pictures are of work created by students on the 2 week Scenehouse Paint course. The course is about to run again and you can find out more it at www.scenehouse.co.uk, as well as the rest of the 8 week programme which covers theatre design and props making.

This project was a final for my Solano Community College Stagecraft class. The steps: Built the muslin flat; transferred image via grid system; approached painting from lights to darks, allowing transparency.

First back ground wash followed heavy pat of blue follow my highlighting with lighter blue and followed by sponging the lighted area and platter of lighter blue .

These examples are from a painting workshop lead by Jenny Knott at Solano College. The class painted color wheels learning about the 6 primary colors in ROSCO paint. Next they learned about how far to thin paint and still have color.Lastly the students applied the process by painting a panel. 2nd day the class learned about the ROSCO Texture products then had a hands on lab working with each. There is a class shot during the texture workshop and some foam rocks/bricks made by using foam coat.

This painting was developed during a workshop presented by Jenny Knott. In 3 hours she lead our group step by step through gridding, transfer, and transparency painting methods using Rosco, Off Broadway, paint. The workshop was AMAZING. Many of us have never painted before and yet produced beautiful, expressive paintings. Thank You Jenny and Thank You Rosco for offering such a wonderful workshop!

To learn how to paint scenery.

To learn how to paint scenery.

This particular project was a roof-top unit, set on top of a raked wagon for a moment in the production where a woman breaks out of her home to escape rising flood water. I built the unit from four framed sides with lauan siding. The actual roof portion is made of particle board strips, all fitting together like a puzzle for the actress to break her way out of each performance.

A combination of foams with a wooden armature. I used rosco flex glue and small applications of rosco crystal gel as a hardening agent for the leaves.