Claire Burns

Hello, my name is Claire Burns and I am a freelance Scenic Artist and Illustrator. Feel free to contact me: [email protected]

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This is a watercolour painting I did inspired by the opera Madame Butterfly, its quite big in real life and it was nice to do.

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I recently assisted with painting this lovely seascape for The Tempest at the Sam Wanamaker, designed by Jonathan Fensom. Here is some bits that I helped with at DAP Studio and the finished work on stage.

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Here is my cloth painting and me doing my cloth painting of Michelangelo’s ‘Ideal Head of a Woman’

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Here is a box set I did, an old run down hotel. I have been training to be a scenic painter at DAP Studio, its been very brilliant, I recommend the courses if you are interested. http://www.scenicpainters.com

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Before christmas I helped out painting backdrops for the Plumpton Green village panto, Cinderella.

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I am training to be a scenic artist and having a ball! Here is some marble I did the other day and am quite pleased with...

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…more 2 minute scribbles

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2 minute scribbles

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Woops I haven’t posted in agesssss…..

So here are photos of some pots I made recently, the top one is inspired by the lovely views of boats in the lovely Falmouth, Cornwall.

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a cat in my sketchbook

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some boat drawings from Greenwich Tall Ships festival

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some boats I drew this evening

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La Traviata

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paint water mug

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Heres me having a nice time at the Secret 7" exhibition with my design.

(photo taken by my lovely buddy and brilliant illustrator Abby Cook)

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Ive had some nice London trips recently and done some doodling.