End of my second week in Scenic Art

Gosh my second week went rather quick, its been hard work but it has really made want to be great scenic artist. I keep on looking at awe at the Albert Herring Set, its been painted so nicely and looks so GOOD! On thursday and friday we were basically doing the finishing touches to the set before the paints went down with to the Renfrew Street Campus with the Friday van.

My tasks on thursday were to add some more flower stencilling to the side of the house. It may have seen like an easy task but Michelle and I struggled at the beginning because the paint had lost some of its original colour so was a more purple colour than pick so thankfully Garry helped us with the colour mixing to get the original colour back which was achieved by adding more red. Also at first we just hand't got the knack of it as the paint kept on seeping from the gaps making the flowers look blotchy (gosh we must have repainted over so many!) but after a couple we got into the swing of things - I found it easier to roll on the paint with a minimal amount while Michelle held the stencil in place and then at the end we both went over painted over any blotchy petals with the light pink base colour using fine paint brush to define their outlines.




Also on thursday (this task also followed onto friday) I had the task of drawing up the ground plan for the paint call on tuesday. Not going to lie, i think it took me so long as I was so scared that i was going to muck it up and then the whole floor would be wrong for everything in Albert Herring, but thankfully I think its turned out just fine! My other tasks on Friday included: repainting the toilet white and glossing it, as well as painting to the toilet floor an off white; painting the edges of the green grocers marquee and helping Joanne paint the awning structure in a distressed and manky way which was achieved by spraying it with a wash and sponging parts of it with a dirty brown and green colour.



Now that this week is over I can't wait to see the Opera and I feel so much more comfortable in the department. I'm looking forward for next week as i'm intrigued to see how the doily is going to turn out on the tuesday paint call on the ath floor, and I am looking forward to working on the column project with Jamie.