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Scenic Art

by National Theatre

Scenic art describes the painted backdrops, murals and other created elements of a set. Scenic artists work with set designers, and are responsible for translating their vision into reality. Scenic artists are highly trained and posses many skills including traditional fine arts skills of sketching, rendering, and painting. They are well versed in techniques such as marbling, ragging, wood graining and texturing, and have a good understanding of art history, period styles, motifs and architecture. This collection demonstrated some of those skills and techniques.

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Episodes

  1. Woodgraining

    The woodgraining technique to create the effect of hardwood

  2. Making a stencil and using it to make wallpaper

    Applying a stencil to canvas to make a wallpaper

  3. Creating a marble effect and a cast-concrete effect

    Developing painting techniques to replicate several material effects

  4. Painting and using vac-formed bricks

    Painting techniques for plastic bricks

  5. Trompe d’ oeil

    Creating a three dimensional feeling with Trompe d’ oeil

  6. Projecting

    Using projection to draw large scale objects.

  7. Pouncing

    Describing the traditional technique of pouncing.

  8. Painting a large gauze

    Painting the scenic design on a large gauze

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Scenic art describes the painted backdrops, murals and other created elements of a set. Scenic artists work with set designers, and are responsible for translating their vision into reality. Scenic artists are highly trained and posses many skills including traditional fine arts skills of sketching, rendering, and painting. They are well versed in techniques such as marbling, ragging, wood graining and texturing, and have a good understanding of art history, period styles, motifs and architecture. This collection demonstrated some of those skills and techniques.

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