Scenic Artist, Jamie Clausius, shares her rediscovery of schlepitchka – and other inventive scenic art techniques – for a backdrop project she painted for Tobins Lake Studios.
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The Art Of Schlepitchka –
Stepping Up To Premiere Clear
Scenic Artist Tammy Honesty shares how she discovered Rosco’s Premiere Clear – and all of the advantages it has to offer – while searching out a high-gloss top coat for staircase set-piece she was painting.
The China Silk Challenge
Scenic Artist Mikah Berky explains how Rosco Supersaturated Scenic Paint enabled her paint crew at Oregon Shakespeare Festival to paint a large backdrop on China Silk for a production of “The Wiz.”
Painting the Background of Satire
For El Carnaval de Cádiz
The set design company Ras Escenografías used Rosco Scenic Paints to create beautiful backdrops for the Carnival celebrations in Cádiz Spain.
Primed For The WILD PARTY!
Learn How To Use CrystalGel As A Primer
Scenic Designer Tammy Honesty and her scenic painter Ely Mattson describe how they successfully used Rosco CrystalGel to prime some powder coated corrugated steel so they could paint it for a production of Andrew Lippa’s “Wild Party.”
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,…
Bone Up on FoamCoat
Styrofoam has become one of the go-to substrates for creating scenic elements on stage, in themed environments and even in museum installations because it is light-weight, inexpensive and readily available. However, there are three major downsides to using foam: it’s fragile, it’s not flame retardant and it soaks up paint like a sponge. Rosco created…
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!…
