Designers at Houston Ballet installed a Rosco Custom LitePad to create a backlit effect inside their clock set piece for a production of The Nutcracker.
Category Archives: Scenic and Staging
Avoid “Pink Shirt Syndrome!” Learn How To Make Convincing Bloody Costumes That Won’t Stain Everything Else
Costume Crafts Artisan Denise Wallace-Spriggs shares her technique for making stain-free, washable costume blood effects using Rosco CrystalGel.
3 Useful Scenic Solutions Using Rosco CrystalGel
Scenic Artist, Rachael Claxton, describes three ingenious ways to put Rosco CrystalGel to work in your next scenic art project.
Historical Painting Techniques For The Modern Scenic
Rosco’s Jenny Knott and Scenic Artist and Historian, Wendy Waszut-Barrett, taught a scenic painting workshop at CITT that merged historical scene painting techniques with modern materials.
Defuse The Glitter Bomb! How To Create Sparkly Costumes Without The Glittery Fallout
Costume Artist, Denise Wallace-Spriggs, describes how to use Rosco CrystalGel to firmly attach glitter to costumes. The results are durable, flexible and sparkly!
A UV Effect Gives An Angel Its Wings
Scenic Artist, Jenn Bobo, used Rosco UV paints to create a special effect that announced the angel’s arrival on stage in a production of “Angels in America.”
Pro-Tips For Painting Pretty Patinas
Scenic Artist, Angelique Powers, shares several techniques on how to create faux patina effects for scenery and props using Rosco Scenic Paint products.
Silver Ain’t Steel – But It Can Be! How To Paint A Faux Steel Effect
Scenic Artist, Angelique Powers, shares her technique for creating realistic faux steel, which she put to work on “Dutchman” and “The Owl Answers” at Penumbra Theatre.
Paint Your Own Magical Nutcracker Christmas Tree
Scenic Artist, Donna Wymore, specializes in Christmas Tree Backdrops for “The Nutcracker.” She relies on Rosco Scenic Paint to create her holiday masterpieces – and she advises customers painting her “Paint It Yourself” drops to do the same.
A Modern Haunted Effect With A Vintage Touch
The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk utilized Rosco CrystalGel in their Fright Walk attraction to transform their video monitors into large “oil paintings.”
