The scenic design was part of a whole student production of a professor written show. We used indications of whee the show would be set and began from there. But the set decoration began after we had a base idea of where it was set. They are a contrast of each other. One is more homey and of human presence. The other is of a left behind garden scene that has been victim to overgrowth.

We had to make a 22 foot pounce for all of the curves, then we drew them out with sharpie by bending Masonite as a guide. Then we did a grey color variation on the yellow marble. We then went in and glazed the yellow, and scum led two reds. Last three steps: veining, lining, and sealer.

Carved foam shield, with added texture and aging. Foam was carved then coated with white tough prime. Then a base coat of sandstone tan was added. A dripped age effect of a few different browns was then layered on.

Layers of glazes creating four types of realistic marble floor on an MDF substrate. Each layer of color is separated by a layer of clear flat.

Simple wood grain for the scene design class.

This statue was carved roughly out of styrofoam with hot wires and other carving tools. then it was sealed and built up with Rosco FoamCoat. I added details (facial features, hat brim, hands, etc) with clay and continued layering with FoamCoat, sanding each layer down smooth. Two layers of CrystalGel were applied to seal cracks, smooth the surface, etc. After a base color, highlights, shadows, and rust detail, I sponged the entire sculpture with Rosco antique gold paint.

Made glazes from Rosco and oil based and then lined with regular paint and then blocked out

I used roscoe paint for all the set pieces as well as most of the prop work. There was often the need to glaze object and you'll notice in the picture that we have a marbling effect in use as well.

The paint was used as a top scumble in conjunction with a black matte on our platforms. Using the blue and black together along the side of the water gave an expansive look to the pool.

This is from a production of Little Shop that I designed a few years ago. Rosco was of great value from paint to gels to gobos to fog all of which appear in the picture. It is one of my favorite shows and favorite sets.