Long Productive Day

Yestreday started off a bit slow, there wasn't any work for us to paint again so I went back on my personal project for about an hour, and i just can't wait to be finished - all i need to do it finish off Erich Honecker's  (the man on the right) forehead and chin. 

The rest of the day went really well but it was so long as we stayed late but thankfully we got so much done and which meant we didn't need to stay late tonight or come in tomorrow! Lots of people helped out with the UV painting, I was offered a chance to do it but I was having so much trouble with painting the legs for the pyramid I just wanted to get them done and I had done some UV painting before in props so I just carried on painting away.

Personal Project nearly finished!

I woke up today feeling so ill, blocked nose, sore ears, croaky throat ...  I went into uni thinking this was going to be a terrible day, but y'know just powering through made me feel so much better. Today we were back on our personal projects and okay it may not look that I have done much, but I feel I'm nearly finished my personal project. I just have to:

Fix the lettering
Fix Erich Honecker's sking tone
Fix the suits

A bit of a bummer that we were back on personal projects today as there wasn't anything for us to paint today, I feel this has been a bit annoying throughout the production as I think our momentum keeps on dipping and it just means we are going to have to work so so so hard up until monday night

Personal Project Day 3

I'm quite pleased with my progress so far on my painting of the 'Bruderkuss,' I feel I got a lot done today but I'm not sure if I should have got further? Still need to sort of Erich Honecker's skin tone - it isn't looking to fabby ... he looks a bit anemic!
However, that's me finished on my personal project until panto is over as tomorrow we get the Palace Window Flats - wooo! So I will update on my personal project after the panto.

Personal Project Day 2

I didn't really get as far as I would have like today, would have really have liked have got most definition in at least one of the leaders, but heyho thats how the cookie crumbles and I will have to pick up the pace tomorrow. I got told I wasn't using a big enough brush so will definitely use bigger then a 1inch tomorrow as I have to get used to working on a big scale. I don't think my colour mixing was that great today, so need to spend a little more time making sure I get the right tones! Aim for tomorrow: get a least Erich Honecker completely finished and get Leonid Brezhnev skin tone started!

Berlin Wall Personal Project

Getting really into my personal project. I'm really happy i decided to work big as it allows me to be free and as Gary always says 'you're less likely to see a mistake on a much larger scale.'


The only problem I am facing so far is my technique, in my reference the black suits look really flat but I feel having more brush strokes in the black gives it more character ... so I am in a bit of pickle because I keep on doing both! Also I'm putting too much paint on my paint brush and this is causing dribbles all over my work - silly Saz!

So here is my progress so far:

initial charcoal sketch 

inking in and putting the background colour in

end of the day!

A step backwards

Wahoo we finished the throne! I'm rather pleased with the overall finish, even though in the photo you can't really see the stone texture that Sophie and I created by rolling crushed up newsprint across it.

Oh dear just when we were just getting into the swing of things, picking up the pace and really getting into the panto we've had to take a step backwards instead of a step forward :( Why I hear you cry? Well there is just not enough stuff for us to paint, and now construction have to spend all there time making the largest flat (the palace scene) so we have nothing to do up until Thursday :( As a result we have been allowed to start some personal projects. I have decided to paint a section of the Berlin Wall, 'Bruderkiss' - the famous painting by Russian Artist, Dmitri Vrubel depicts the iconic image of East Germany's Leader Erich Honecker and the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev sharing a kiss. I choose this as I want to get better at drawing on a larger scale, I like how its rather controversial and I think I'll be able to execute some good scenic art skills in this piece.