SCENERY
PAINTING FOR THE AMATEUR MUSICAL THEATRE and PANTOMIME
|
|
Me and My Girl - Page three
Designer Liam Berry. Backcloths by Brian Willis.
Performed by the pupils of Cross
and Passion College, Ballycastle (2004) |
THE KITCHEN
One of my tricks when presented with a scene is to leave a notebook lying
about and as the ideas strike me, jot down all the elements one might
find in that venue. So for a 1930's kitchen of a large mansion I ended
up with a list including:- High up windows to show this is a basement,
Stairs going up for same reason. Thick walled arches. Row of bells for
summoning, (Bells in perspective are terrible things to paint)
Copper saucepans. Big chimney breast, Rafters, shafts of light, stone
floor,
and so it
goes
on. Of
course I
don't necessarily
incorporate
all if the listed
items. I then spend quite a time designing a room to put these elements
in and eventually come up with this :- |
 |
| Ignore the strange colours, They are just to help me when transferring
the outline. Ignore the squares, they are my transferring guides. Note
cartoon man on right. He is to scale and gives me an idea of how to scale
the rest
of the drawing. My Horizon Line is three feet off the floor. (See H.L).
This gives me enough perspective to show the flagged floor. The two pillars
hopefully will give the scene depth. Anyway a basement this big would need
some support! Barrels, a broom, etc all included to give depth and also
an excuse to play with the "light" coming from the high windows on the
left. This, says he grandly, is to be an exercise in light streaming in
and
also bouncing off saucepans etc. I wonder if I will succeed? There is now
a break for four days whilst I work on a logo for a children's farm and
a cartoon calendar for a factory. Ain 't life interesting? |
| << Return to first page of "Me and my Girl" |
|