SCENERY PAINTING
FOR THE AMATEUR MUSICAL THEATRE and PANTOMIME |
ALADDIN Coleraine 2001 page one Backcloths designed and painted by Brian Willis. Set Constructed by Sean Magee and Hamish Grant Performed by Coleraine Provincial Players (2011) |
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THE VILLAGE | |
Backcloth 20 feet by eleven feet. About one foot missing from either side in this photo as I could not get back far enough. 2.5 ltr. paint pot for scale. Aerial Perspective. Once happy with the background I then put a layer of translucent white emulsion over the whole lot to "knock back" the elements and make them more distant and vague. There's a Willow Pattern Bridge in the background too but I mucked it up by painting a tree in front. I should have painted out that tree but you can keep fiddling with these paintings for ever if you wanted to. |
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Above is a detail of this cloth showing how I used the shadow of the foliage to imply the roundness of the roof tiles. Also see the shadow on the red door frame. Note how I separated the blue building from the cafe in the foreground by "misting" the join between them |
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