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...

Throughout our painting adventures, many of us have used Rosco paint products on one project or another. Maybe, while choosing which paint products to use, questions about the differences in Rosco...

As Scenic Artists, our main job is to “Execute the designer’s ideas and concepts of a show using a myriad of techniques like painting, carving and texture work.” However, we also have a second job –...

While complex stage elements and lighting can provide outstanding visual effects on stage, the little details are just as important in captivating the audiences’ imagination. A perfect example of...

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...

There’s no denying that CrystalGel is a great product. There’s hardly a substrate that it won’t adhere to, and you can always count on it to make a great faux stained-glass window or if you need to...

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...

Aged metal – it’s a technique we scenic artists create all the time, and each of us has 4-6 recipes in our paint-stained pockets that we’re ready to pull out at any time. But sometimes, the set...