Th 3001 Scene
Painting Studio (FA; 4 credits; prereq
#)
Professor: Tap R. Payne
Texts: Crabtree and Beudert. Scenic Art for the Theatre,
History, Tools and Techniques. Butterworth-
Heinemann, Woburn, MA, 1998. (optional)
Pinnell, William. Theatrical Scene Painting,
A Lesson
Guide. Southern Illinois University Press. Carbondale, IL.
(optional)
GENERAL INFORMATION
1. The objective of this class will be to teach the student a systematic approach to painting theatrical scenery. The class will cover traditional scene painting techniques and the tools and paints that have been developed to support those techniques.
2. Since the texts are optional, I will be lecturing extensively on scene painting techniques. I will be demonstrating those techniques, and the class will be doing the techniques, under my instruction, during class hours.
This class will rely heavily on the comparison of ideas and solutions between class members.
Teaching will be done in a studio environment, with the class doing the exercises during class time, and observing the same techniques as used by others.
For this reason it is very important you attend class. Attendance will be take daily. Participation will count for 20% of your
final course grade.
3. There will be 3
major individual creative projects.
These projects must be completed on time to receive full credit. In the theatre, deadlines are a fact of
life. They limit our creativity, and
spur it. A lifetime of work in the
theatre has taught me that deadlines are certainly the most signficact element
of the theatre's creative process. There will be no excuses for missing a
deadline. These projects will count
for 45% of your final grade.
4. There will be one major group project. We will paint a drop or wall flat as a group. This will count for 15% of your final grade.
5. In addition to the major creative projects and participation, there will be the occasional smaller project. These projects will account for 20% of your final grade.
6. Persons registering for this class S-N must receive a minimum grade of C for an S grade.
7. Although the texts are optional, you must have your own set of scene painting brushes to be able to do the work in this course. Those brushes will include as a minimum:
1/4" scenic fitch lining brush
1/2" scenic fitch lining brush
3/4" scenic fitch lining brush
1" scenic fitch lining brush
1 1/2" scenic fitch lining brush
2" scenic fitch lining brush
The brushes are available in the bookstore. The price of the 6 brushes is $63.00. You do not have to purchase the brushes from the booksture, you do have to have the brushes.