Scenic Resource Gallery

• Production:
• Scenic Artist: Dan Schneiger

Artist Dan Schneiger shares his “FoamCoat technique” for creating Neo-Brutalist sculpture, furniture and lamps out of foam and other multi-media elements.

• Production: Sisters In Liberty
• Scenic Artist: Tammy Honesty
• Venue: Ellis Island NYC
• Producing Entity: Ellis Island National Immigration Museum

Scenic Artist Tammy Honesty explains the process she used to paint a 3D-printed replica of Florence, Italy’s famous “Liberty of Poetry” statue for an exhibit at the Ellis Island National Immigration Museum.

• Production: Chesterfield Circus
• Scenic Artist: Lisa Knewberry and Betsy Zuck
• Venue: Washington D.C. Home
• Producing Entity: Scott Roewer

Two scenic artists explain how they used Rosco Scenic Products to coat and protect a foam skull entryway that transformed a home into a haunted house – this Halloween, and for Halloween seasons to come.

• Production: Sweeney Todd
• Scenic Artist: Terra Writz
• Venue: South Coast Repertory Theatre

It’s hard to find a wide-width wood graining tool. So, when Scenic Artist Terra Writz needed to paint 6-in planks for a faux parquet floor – she made her own. Then she shared her process with us!

• Production:
• Scenic Artist: Heidi Hoffere
• Producing Entity: University of Western Michigan's Design and Technology Department

Designer Heidi Hoffer conducted a foam carving workshop that discussed how to prime foam that included a section on how to prime foam scenery with Rosco FoamCoat and CrystalGel scenic coatings.

• Production:
• Scenic Artist: Bridgette Dennett

Scenic Artist and instructor Bridgette Dennett explains how useful our Earth Umber scenic paint is. She then shares the origin story of this often overlooked, neutral-brown Off Broadway color.

• Production:
• Scenic Artist: Tim Parati
• Venue: Children's Theatre of Charlotte

Scenic Artist Tim Parati used Rosco Invisible Blue Fluorescent Paint to create large, glowing scenery for a production of “Pete The Cat” at Children’s Theatre of Charlotte.

• Production: Glasgow Piano City
• Scenic Artist: Various
• Producing Entity: Glasgow Piano City

Glasgow Piano City decorates donated pianos in vibrant Rosco Scenic Paints and then makes them available for anyone to play at locations throughout the city of Glasgow, Scotland.

• Production: Fences and Native Gardens
• Scenic Artist: Brigitte Bechtel
• Producing Entity: Arizona Theatre Company

Scenic Artist Brigitte Bechtel devised an excellent technique for transforming carpet into realistic fake dirt that tours well and installs on stage quickly and easily.

• Production:
• Scenic Artist: Ivan Salazar, Felipe Ortiz
• Venue: Throughout the United States
• Producing Entity: Fresco Exchange

Muralists at Fresco Exchange discovered the benefits of our Off Broadway Scenic Paints, including their matte finish & vibrant colors, then put them to work painting murals across the U.S.

• Production:
• Scenic Artist: Paul Yeates
• Venue: Idaho State University, School of Performing Arts
• Producing Entity: Idaho State University

Scenic and Lighting Designer Paul Yeates created a “UV-blueprint” scenic effect using a combination of Rosco UV scenic paint and Rosco UV LED fixtures.

• Production: Sherlock's Last Case
• Scenic Artist: Denise Wallace-Spriggs
• Venue: The Huntington Theatre Company

Costume Crafts Artisan Denise Wallace-Spriggs shares her technique for making stain-free, washable costume blood effects using Rosco CrystalGel.

• Production: Patina
• Scenic Artist: Angelique Powers

Scenic Artist, Angelique Powers, shares several techniques on how to create faux patina effects for scenery and props using Rosco Scenic Paint products.

• Production: Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and Perestroika
• Scenic Artist: Jenn Bobo
• Venue: University of Oklahoma Helmerich School of Drama

Scenic Artist, Jenn Bobo, used Rosco UV paints to create a special effect that announced the angel’s arrival on stage in a production of “Angels in America.”

Read more at our Spectrum Blog: http://www.rosco.com/spectrum/index.php/2018/05/a-uv-effect-gives-an-angel-its-wings/

• Production: Tartuffe
• Scenic Artist: Denise Wallace-Spriggs
• Venue: Huntington Theatre Company

Costume Artist, Denise Wallace-Spriggs, describes how to use Rosco CrystalGel to firmly attach glitter to costumes. The results are durable, flexible and sparkly!

Read more at our Spectrum Blog: http://www.rosco.com/spectrum/index.php/2018/05/diffuse-the-glitter-bomb/

• Production: Dutchman and The Owl Answers
• Scenic Artist: Angelique Powers
• Venue: Penumbra Theatre
• Producing Entity: University of Minnesota Scene Shop

Read more at our Spectrum Blog: http://www.rosco.com/spectrum/index.php/2018/01/how-to-paint-faux-steel/ 

• Production: The Mark Levin Show Podcast
• Scenic Artist: Stephanie Fallone
• Producing Entity: blackwalnut

Designer described set as a dingy warehouse basement that has been taken over and filled for this podcast.  I've always used Rosco paints so when I took over this position, I slowly built our inventory of Rosco paints (ie- Off-Broadway and Super Sats)  I find they blend well together and offer a wide variety of colors to be mixed.  They are also versatile for our uses here in the shop (ie- faux finishes, spraying).

Off-Broadway Paints used: Fire Red, Orange, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Raw Umber, Van Dyke Brown

• Production: Million Dollar Quartet
• Scenic Artist: Nicole Deibert
• Venue: Citadel Theatre

We use Rosco because of the quality of paint and consistency of colour and pigmentation. I used mainly Rosco Supersaturated on this drop to maximize the amount of colour with the minimal amount of product. Rosco Off Broadway was used to help give robustness to the dark stripes and the lettering/detail.

• Production:
• Scenic Artist: Batul Rizvi

1) In this production of Seussical, the Musical at West Springfield High School, many Rosco products were used. The backdrop shown used Rosco Off-Broadway Sky Blue, Pthalo Green, Emerald Green, Purple, Magenta, Orange, and Ultramarine Blue. It also used Super Saturated Fire Red and Emerald Green. Rosco Flexbond was used in the trees seen in front of the backdrop. The trees were made with muslin, white glue, white paint, chicken wire, Rosco Off-Broadway Magenta, Fire Red, Orange, and Flexbond.

2) Up-close in progress picture described in photo 1. Wet blends, two coat primes, and textural effects were all made using Rosco paint.

3) In the production of The Music Man at West Springfield High School, Rosco Off-Broadway Fire Red, Yellow Ochre, Magenta, Raw Umber, and Burnt Sierra were used, as well as Rosco Super Saturated Iron Red and Van Dyke Brown. We sponged many colors together to create texture to look like brick.

4) In the production of the Lion, Witch, and Wardrobe at West Springfield High School, Rosco FX were used with a fog machine to create an effect behind the stone table being cracked. All scenery present in the picture (table, trees) had Rosco paint used on them; Payne Grey, Van Dyke Brown, Pthalo Green.

• Production:
• Scenic Artist: Sylvia Bagaglio

These are examples of oversized fruit I created for the boutique candy store "It'Sugar", while working for V.D.A. in Somerville, MA. They were installed in the Atlantic City location, and hang on the Sugar Tree, where the gummy candies are displayed. The peach is approximately 22" tall, the strawberry and grapefruit segment are each about 16" tall.
I carved them from bead foam, then they were hard-coated with a poly-resin and sanded. I used both hand-brush and spray techniques, with ROSCO Off Broadway and Supersaturated colors. The mixability of ROSCO colors allowed me to match the candy examples provided by the client. The last step was coating with a transparent glimmer dust and clear coat to mimic the sugar coating on the candies.