Casing, Palace, Uv and the end of Panto

So the whole of panto there was never more stress than about the 2 Items I am about to Blog about. 

The Casing was used in the Genie Cave  as a way of transforming the scene into something a little more Bollywood and partyish. Both Sarah and Gary were freaking out about it as it was that we only fabric we had a small amount of material if cut wrong could not be replaced. They got wires crossed in regards to how to tackle the project causing unnecessary stress and a miss communication to myself and Maisie. However with care and  concentration this ended up being one of the easiest things we did.   Normally we would be using Silk but as we were unable to budget for that we ended up using cotton. It worked nicely from the stalls but i did not like the effect from the circles.

The Palace was also seemed to cause a lot of stress. It did appear we were running out of time and Both Simon and Matt were off for a few days during this part of the build. However when it came to painting ( i was not part of the drawing up) I felt it took a lot less time than was expected. Most of this flat was cut out so the coat of Yellow was quick. Getting the curves to give that feeling of circular room was not as tricky as we first expected. 

By Far the funniest part of Panto was the UV painting which was a Shame as it was not able to be seen on stage during the pyramid scene. All the lights were turend off the blue lights on and blue moon party music on and off we went. It did not take long and was not very difficult just a night spirt lifting activity. Afterwards gary showed us chroma-depth and interesting style of painting using 3d style cinema glasses uv light and colours. I love learning about little things like this and often wish we got a hour long lecture a week about techniques, styles or even different practitioners. I think it would help us become more creative. The course is very much  about self motivation and self teaching however sometimes thats hard to do when you dont know where to start.

I pretty clear to me i didn't enjoy Panto. In hindsight i wasent as motivated as I should have been but looking back i learned less than i hoped to but more than I thought i did.  Thats a thought that i will definitely try and remember for next term and hopefully i will be writing that i have learned and developed and grown as a person by this time next term :P

Lady luck

 So after the main bulk of Panto was finished I was able to continue with the personal project i had barley managed to start. I really liked the references i found for this Woman and really liked the style of painting directly onto the wood with no primer and using the tones and surface texture of the wood to enhance the painting.

At the start of the project i was not feeling positive I was feeling  like nothing had been going right for weeks and all i needed was a success. In hindsight i think sometime things never seem to go right because I dont believe they can. Sometimes i think focus on the bad thing and forget all about the good.

Although not as perfect as i would have liked as (the circles are wonky and the stencil didn't work as well as i hoped) I was pleasantly surprised by my painting of the actual figure including the skull and humming bird. I started off by painting the coller and the body seemed to flow from there.  I was nervous about adding the black goo, key and heart tattoo

and have found that in cases like that i will procrastinate to avoid working on the area. When I eventually picked up my brush i found these parts the easiest by far.  The circle's were problematic because when painted slightly wonky  you fixed one and it offset the other. I have learned from this to pay more attention at the start and to be very precise about thing that can obviously seen to be wrong

I am happy with the final result and i feel the process was beneficial to me. The painting helped me see how attitude  can affect work and also made me aware of how it must affect the people around me.

Meda, Into the Woods, Dracula

So its a pretty busy term for us. All in all we appear to have painted 4 shows one of them by accident ( Into the wood) and Bloggings been pretty problematic to keep up with so here is a quick run down of each show

Dracula

Dracula was a fairly simple paint job. The show was being managed by Maisie  as well as attending the floor paint call one Wednesday I helped with spraying red angled drapes with a Black border . Our biggest problem was that of space. It is clear the run up to December so laying out vast amounts of Fabric on the floor was hindering to the painting of Panto.  However Dracula had priority and needs must.  To combat this problem we layed 1/2 the drapes out one day and half next next. This allowed other scenic artist to be able to continue there work around us. The designer commented that the paint was  not  as black as she would have liked  but that is something which was dependant on budget. Paint was also different in areas but we found the more we used the guns the more the drapes begun to look consistent. Yet again another good exercise using different techniques. Although the actually painting was not challenging working out the best was to organise things was very good practice to help change the way you think about a problem.

Medea

I worked on Medea helping paint and stretch  the large 12 x2.5m Canvas that went along the back wall. I was really excited to paint this as it ment having a break from panto for a few days and i loved the design. I felt andy the designer had done a really good job with his Design. Our first problem that arose was that will all the stress of panto it had slipped thr carpentry tutors mind to order the wood. So with only a short time we got to work stretching the canvas. Luckily we were able to use pressure staple guns  or i can imagine very sore fingers before we were  even ready to paint. The painting was fun and easy it was a loose design and we were nice free and watery with it. I also got the chance to mix and use vermiculight and textured substance which we used on the floor cloth. It was fun and easy to use. It felt  good to see it done and finished.

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Into The Woods

Now having a few days spare to work on personal project seems like a good idea but for some reason the 3rd year Scenic Girls are gluttons for punishment and  agreed to help on Into the woods. It was a pretty easy paint job turning a fireplace and door into wood and then painting the floor green with a wet blend into black. Our biggest Issue with this project was time as we were not allocated to work on this show there was no allocated scenic time. We found ourselves working around people including after hours. Im glad it was a good design or i have a feeling we all would have flat out not bothered.