Scenic Artist and instructor Bridgette Dennett explains how useful our Earth Umber scenic paint is. She then shares the origin story of this often overlooked, neutral-brown Off Broadway color.
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A Blueprint For Successful UV Effects
Scenic and Lighting Designer Paul Yeates created a “UV-blueprint” scenic effect using a combination of Rosco UV scenic paint and Rosco UV LED fixtures.
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.
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.”
Creating A Plank Wood Floor With Scenic Paint
Master Carpenter for the L.A. Pierce College Theatre Department, John H. Jones creates a plank wood floor with Rosco Scenic Paint!
Painting The Heavenly Groundcloth for
“Earthquakes In London”
Scenic artist Angelique Powers shares her technique for creating a bold and powerful scenic backdrop & groundcloth for a production of “Earthquakes in London.”
How To Transform a Big Mistake Into A Spectacularly Sweet Backdrop
Scenic artist Donna Wymore ‘inherited’ a large (20’H x 46’W), carnation pink backdrop. However, the drop, which was painted on linen, was splotchy and inconsistent. “The backdrop had areas of linen that were solid paint and other parts that were not. This was especially apparent once the drop was lit – it was a big,…
Introducing Supersats to South Africa
Heidi Hoffer is a scenographer, scenic designer and lighting designer for theatre, opera & musicals, and a professor of design at Oklahoma State University’s Department of Theatre. She was a Fulbright Scholar in South Africa for 13 months to research, design shows, review curricula, conduct professional workshops, and teach theatre classes. Below Heidi shares her experience…
If All the World’s a Stage – Then the Dome Inside The King’s Theatre is the Star
The phrase “All the World’s a Stage” is a well-known line from As You Like It, but for theatre-goers in Scotland, this famous Shakespearian line now has an extra special meaning. It’s the title of the stunning new mural by John Byrne that adorns the 85 square meter dome of the King’s Theatre in Edinburgh. …
Top-5 Spectrum Posts of 2012
As 2012 comes to an end, we decided to take a look at our top five Spectrum posts of the year. Our results might not be as humourously tongue-in-cheek as David Letterman’s, but they were interesting and diverse enough that we thought it was worth sharing. #5 Rosco myColor: Prepare to Get Your Color On!…