Looking for a cheap and simple way to produce large-scale wood grain textures with ease? Scenic Artist Terra Writz and the scenic paint crew over at South Coast Repertory Theatre have got your back...

For some people – Halloween is the most important holiday of the year. It’s the time of year to pull out all the stops and celebrate the haunted and the macabre. Such is the case for one residence in...

Heidi Hoffer is a designer and instructor currently working at SCAD as Professor of Production Design, which includes a focus on scenic design for theatre, film/TV and themed entertainment. She also...

Tim Parati has worked as a Scenic Designer and Resident Scenic Artist at Children's Theatre of Charlotte for 15 years. Working at a theatre for young audiences requires him to create some pretty far...

I was invited to do a workshop at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCoS) by Gary Fry, Lecturer - Scenic Art. Tom Binns, the Project Coordinator for Glasgow Piano City (GPC), was one of the...

Paul Yeates is an Assistant Professor of Lighting & Scenic Design at Idaho State University who I first met during a Teachers Training For Scenic Painting course at Cobalt Studios. Paul had a strong...

Costume Artist Denise Wallace-Spriggs is back with another fantastic use for Rosco CrystalGel! She has used CrystalGel in many of her projects as costume craft artisan/dyer at the Huntington Theatre...

I worked with Wendy Waszut-Barrett, President of Historic Stage Services, LLC, to teach a two-day scene painting class at CITT/ICTS RENDEZ-VOUS 2018. We merged historical scene painting techniques...

Last winter, Anita Yavich, the Costume Designer for the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of Molière’s “Tartuffe,” needed a pair of hot pink, glitter roller skates. Keeping with the updated...

In January 2017 I taught a workshop entitled “Depth and Dimension with UV Paint” for Southwest USITT, which was hosted by the University of Oklahoma in Norman. The challenge was to “surprise” the...