Rosco Theatrical Design Palettes Oklahoma!

The Chrome Oxide Green is a great base for any meadows or farmland you might need to paint. Mix in some Lemon Yellow to create a brighter highlight green, and use the Paynes Grey for shadows to add dimension for your rolling fields of corn and hay.

A blend of the Raw Sienna and Burnt Umber is a strong start to your wood tones for any faux lumber. Mix in the Paynes Grey to create a darker shadow color for Curly’s smokehouse, or mix in Raw Sienna to create a lighter wood grain color that you can use for Aunt Eller’s porch.

For the barn, start with a base of Brilliant Red, then layer thinned-out washes (two parts water to one part paint) of Brilliant Red, the Burnt Umber, and the Van Dyke Brown to create aging and contrast.

Carving foam is an excellent way to create lightweight beams for Jud’s Smokehouse – and Rosco FoamCoat is a great way to protect the carving and to prime the foam for painting. You can also tint it with your initial basecoat wood color and you can use a woodgrain tool to give the FoamCoat a three-dimensional texture.

Applying a top layer of Rosco Clear Flat Acrylic will help set and protect your paint colors while keeping them nice and matte.

You can also tint the acrylic with Earth Umber paint to create a natural-looking dirt glaze you can use to age and distress your scenery.

Blend the R18, E110, and R58 onto your cyc to create sunrise & sunset effects for “Oh What a Beautiful Mornin’" and the Dream Ballet scenes. You can also combine the E110 with some R77168 gobos to create pink clouds streaking across your cyc. Splash some dapples of warmth across the stage with a wash of R77405 gobos colored with the R18. Click here for more sunrise/sunset color ideas.

Incorporating the E767 into your stage wash will help accentuate any corn scenery you have in your set design.

Shock the audience out of their perceived safety in the Dream Ballet by switching from the warm & comforting sunset colors above into a cool wash of R3204, with a green-yellow combination of R3315 + R310 paired with some R77223 gobos latticing across the stage to create a moment of sharp contrast to the original dream sequence palette.

Speaking of Judd, use a wash of R84 with a textured wash of R362 with an R76611 gobo when we enter Judd’s house for the first time to suggest a shift in the time of day, and to create the dark & ominous hut that Judd calls home.

Use R77168 and R77405 gobos in any sunrise/sunset looks. Combine the R77168 gobo with some of the E110 to streak pink clouds across your cyc. Use R77405 gobos with some of the R3408 dapple areas of warmth across the stage.

Use the R77223 gobo with a R3315 + R310 gel combo to shock the audience with a dramatic shift when Judd is revealed in the dream ballet.

The R76611 gobo will add depth and visual interest to the environment around Judd’s house. Combine it with R362 to suggest a time change and make the scene feel more foreboding.

OKLAHOMA! DESIGN PALETTES

Color suggestions provided by Scenic Artist Bridgette Dennett

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Coating suggestions provided by Scenic Artist Bridgette Dennett

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Color suggestions provided by Lighting Designer Darius Evans

Gobo suggestions provided by Lighting Designer Darius Evans

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