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.