SCENERY PAINTING FOR THE AMATEUR MUSICAL THEATRE and PANTOMIME

JEKYLL AND HYDE THE MUSICAL- page two
Designed by Brian Logan
Scenery constructed by Ronny Kelly, Gordon Kelly, Mark McCandless and Michael Sweeney.
Performed by Ballywillan Drama Group, Riverside Theatre, Coleraine January 2007
THE DOUBLE DOORS

Double doors

 

Photo taken in church hall where I painted the scenery. Doors height 7 feet and total width 10 feet. MDF on metal frame.

The Producer's brief was - an impressive set of doors which are centre stage and which do several jobs (Hospital, Laboratory etc)

   
Close-up of doors
To paint the grain of these doors. I first of all put on a base coat of lightish brown. I did this all over the two boards, long before painting on the panels. Once the base coat was dry I then went over the boards again with a reddish brown and, as I painted, I occasionally added in some black and melded it into the paint.

Then, before this top coat was dry, I crinkled up newspaper and dragged the paper from top to bottom to simulate grain. I could not do the whole two doors in one session as the paint dried too quickly so had to do strips at a time.I kept fiddling about with this work (repainting areas) until I was happy. I then let it dry and afterwards put in the panels, door furniture and shadows/highlights. The nearest the audience will be to these two flats is about forty feet.
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