The production: A Midsummer Nights Dream. My design included a painted backdrop upstage with a built in moon box. I used Rosco paints throughout for a soft, diffused forest atmosphere. Strip lighting on the top and bottom allowed me to drastically change the colors and shades of the drop thus indicating different times of day and moods. Different levels on the moon box also added a nice touch. The overall effect was wonderful.

In January 2013 USITT Southwest held it’s symposium at Sam Houston State University with over 200 attendees. I had the privilege to lead a “Scenic Art Challenge” where the students (about 20) were divided into team and given a rendering to paint and a deadline of two and a half hours. In addition to completing the painting four other challenges had to be completed, drawing a thirty foot line free hand, silver leafing a “Rosco” label, cutting out a stencil, and folding a drop. It was a wonderful experience for each of the students and those judging it.

All Rosco Off-Broadway paint used as well as Clear Acrylic. Also used Gold and silver metallic. Rosco gel colors in all lighting fixtures.

At the USITT Southwest Conference in Huntsville, Texas, our group was asked to reproduce a given design on a 3' x 4' canvas using Rosco scenic products; fastest team to accomplish the finished project won an award at the ceremony. Our group's final product is attached! Thank you so much! It was funny because the letters for Arkansas are wrong, which was only discovered by our group leaders after everyone had finished!

We painted this 10'x20' drop in just 6 hours as a seminar for the 2013 Kansas Thespian Conference in Wichita, KS. The drop designed by J Branson is a great design for teaching and Rosco donated Supersaturated Paint and Off Broadway paint which made the process fast and colorful. We can water the paint down so it paints much faster and yet it holds all of it's color. For this ENTIRE drop we probably used 3/4 of a gallon of paint, so it goes a long way! Also, thanks to Theatrical Services of Wichita for donating the drop!

Many of these finishes were created in a workshop entitled "Painting with unconventional tools" where we created scenic finishes using rollers, sponges, rags, rubberbands, trowels, 1x4's, and hotel key cards and of course, Rosco Off Broadway and Supersat scenic paint. Rachel Downs is assisted by Marsha Craft. We had a secondary workshop where we also taught wood grain and simple stone.

The Art Nouveau window was done with Crystal Gel.
First, we made a pounce with brown paper and pounced it onto a starched canvas. Then we markered all the lines in the design. Next, Crystal Gel was tinted with Supersat paint, Faux Creme Color (by Faux Effects) and food coloring. Colored Crystal Gel was applied with old hotel key cards to give a textured glass effect. Last, Crystal Gel tinted heavily with black Supersat paint was piped on with a baggie. (I think, however, that an actual cake froster with a tip would have been easier to control)

Production - Sister Act 2 - Back in the Habit. Great Barr School - Birmingham, UK. 4-6 July 2012

All Rosco paint, both Off Broadway and Super Saturated, were used in this production of The Tempest at Hartford Stage.

All surfaces received various base coats and sprays. We made a series of pounces using an electro-pounce (a god-send) and then spent days (and lot's of our overhire budget!) doing the script.

During our fall season at Oklahoma State University we staged a production of Noises Off. Required for the set was a stained glass bay window. To create the stained glass effect we used Rosco Crystal Gel as follows: