Scenic Painting
My scenic painting journey in fourth grade when I tagged along with my brother and dad to my brother’s high school theatre work parties. While I do not have portfolio photos from that time period, I am happy to share my recent work.
Dorothy’s House.
For Mt. Hood Community College’s theatre for young audiences production of Wizard of Oz, I painted Dorothy’s house. To create the effect of imperfect wood planks, I used a straight edge and measuring tape to pencil properly spaced lines, then traced the markings with the paint brush. I used a textured brush to create texture for each plank.
Faerie/Human Shrub.
For Mt. Hood Community College’s production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, we represented the shift between the human world and the faerie world with a rotating bush. The fake foliage we worked with originally was orange maple. One facing of the bush was hand painted green to represent the human world. The other facing was painted with lavender and pink via pneumatic sprayer to create an ethereal, otherwordly effect.
Laminate Laboratory Tiles.
For Mt. Hood Community College’s studio production of They Promised Her the Moon, I helped paint laminate tiles for Dr. Lovelace’s laboratory. After the tile shapes were stenciled out, the base brown coat was painted within each tile up to the edge to create the illusion of tile shape. Three colors (white, gray, black) were spattered onto the tiles, then stroked lightly with a paint brush to create a streaking effect.
Garden Door.
For Salem Aerial Dance Company’s spring aerial recital production of Alice in Wonderland, I created a garden door. The garden door was constructed from cardboard. I painted the green hedge and the door. The door was given a base coat of brown and given texture and detail with Posca paint pens. The hinges and door handle were also painted using Posca paint pens.
