Replicating metals and trompe l'oeil

During my time in scenic we were given three useful classes by Jamie to further our scenic art skills. The first was a mixing class was very helpful as I found creating and mixing colours difficult, and I didn’t really get the hang of the colour wheel. However, after this mixing class I found I was much more confident. The second class was replicating metal finishes and I enjoyed this class as not only did I learn about different metal powders, paints and sprays, I also learnt what substances you have to bind the powders and how to clean your brushes properly. The final class we had gave us an insight into trompe l’oeil, which was rather difficult, and I learnt that this technique only works from certain angles so you have to be very careful not to draw what you want to draw, but what you actually see.

Jude with 'Max' our luck guinea pig to use our new metallic painting skills on ... as you can see from the photos it didn't turn out so good!