Hello little neglected blog...

I haven't been posting lately as we've been soooo busy. Basically the set for the musical has to be on stage for tech rehersals next Saturday and we only really got started on Monday- eeek!
However there are 5 scenic artists on it so I reckon we'll be ok but its gonna be tough. I have to say though, we've already made a fair dent in it this week alone.

I want to post pictures but I've become really concious that as the set hasn't had its official premiere yet (13th May- woo!) that perhaps I shouldn't really be posting things until then... so watch this space!


I have got some pictures of the pantomime work I painted up here though! The panto was absolutely massive- 17 cloths, numerous set pieces and all VERY detailed. It was a joy to paint! No, really, it was!!!

ma wee show gauze..
forest cloth...
palace scene (lots and lots of wee cherubs to paint)...
hardup hall...

kitchen scene...
ballroom (with MORE cherubs)...

Working in the sun...

The weather has been soooo nice the past couple of days so we have been taking the opportunity to work outside in the sun! It makes a differenc to your day juist having the workshop door open, everyone seems happier.

We started playing around with some samples for the nest show too, it involves lots and lots of paper...

We're doing a paintcall on Sunday so I though I'd make some wee cupcakes to cheer everybody up!!! Mmmm........

Sandbags...

I'm painting up some vacform sandbags now. I started out with a greeny base colour then a browny wash on top. Next I started using a wee technique where I'm printing the hessian texture onto the sandbags to make them look more realistic. However, my hessian colour was a bit too strong so I put another wash over the top to take it back a bit. I then dry brushed a whitey colour afterwards, to create a wee bit of a dusty look. Now we wait for the designer...

Noodle broth...

I made a wee noodle broth for ma dinner tonight- yum yum... You need: -spring onions -fresh chilli -2 cloves garlic -2cm of ginger -1 stick lemongrass -mushrooms -1 veg stock cube -200g sugarsnap peas -some pak choi -soy sauce -noodles Put the spiring onions, some olive oil, chilli, garlic and ginger in a pan and cook fo a wee bit. Then add the mushrooms and lemongrass.

Pour in 800ml of water and the veggie stock cube, chuck in the sugarsnap peas and bring to the boil.

Add pak choi, soy sauce (to taste) and the noodles. Add a wee bit o salt and pepper too if yer up for it.

Et voila...

The life of a hedge...

And David Tennant make his Pitlochry debut! (Well kind of..) So I'm making a wee hedge, the lovely carpenters bulit the structure and I get to chuck newspaper and glue at it. Takes me back to my reef days in Switzerland... aaaah.

A wee green base coat, which now looks black, and then the green dabbing begins. I've just been sing a sponge and picking out certain bits of texture, trying to form shapes that from a distance will look like little trees.

I have my base, mid green and then two highlights but I'm not digging my lightest colour as it tends to make things chalky. Grrr...

Now we just have to wait from feedback from the designer...

The various states of my hands and Chip the bunny rabbit...

Two grown men messing around in the workshop= it must be Friday...

Mouldy hands...

Paintbrush fingers...

Artex hands...