Unit 73 C3 C4 - Scenic Painting
Describe and practise various techniques of scenic painting. Paint some scenic elements and furniture items with the correct techniques and accuracy.
During the night paint call we used may techniques when we were painting on to the large scenic element. To start I was in charge of the detailed painting, giving the main flats textures and detail. To do this I used the raging on technique. I did this by getting a lighter shade of grey than what is being painted on as well as a rag that I screwed up and then dipped it in paint and stamped the rag on to the darker grey paint. I think using raging on is a very good technique as it can make the set look dynamic and effective. I enjoyed raging on as it gave a really good looking effect and would work well under the lighting. I believe when I was applying the detail on to the set I did it carefully, always walking away from the set looking at the accuracy and the detail to make sure the pattern was equally spread across the whole of the set as it went from wall to wall. This is a important part of scenic painting as you have to make sure the set looks professional and how the director said it should look. Every 10 - 20 minutes you should review your work and also before moving on to a different coat of different part of the set. The part I was painting was the lip of wood covering the steal deck.
When painting the floor we all worked together working on small bits of the massive playing space. We had to be careful using an edging brush to make sure we kept within the lines that Tilly had drawn otherwise it would not of looked like how it was meant to. We were extremely careful and made sure we did not go into each others boxes or different coloured boxes. The floor was made up out of three colours one being black another being brown and then white. The main circle was just using white and brown which we couldn’t make a mess of as it will be seen in the centre of the playing space. We had to keep a steady hand and not slip or spill paint otherwise it could of ruined the floor.
Other techniques I used were edging, throughout the night we stopped and gathered around to learn new techniques in painting from the head of the department. I used an edging brush to do smaller panels in black at the back of the set where the audience can see. I painted these to make sure the whole set looks professional and you don’t just see randoms parts of wood along the set where the audience can still see.
When painting the rope a smaller part of the set, a dressing that was going to be used in the set I had to paint with glaze and glitter. I then looked at the model box and had to replicate the way the dressings were placed and screwed into the set.
See the time-lapse video on my blog site of the over night paint call.
