Aging process beginning.

End result of backdrop with aging.

I did a wet blend on 4x8 luan sheets which were cut into strips of wood flooring. I then aged it with a sponge roller and a water sprayer.

The bricks were made out of homasote. The first step was painting them with a red base color using a HVLP.

The second step was adding glazes on the bricks using sponges, chip brushes and nappy rollers.

After the bricks were applied onto luan we added a mortar texture which was made up of sand, white glue and joint compound.

After the mortar dried we sprayed it with a couple of glazes, dry brushed and added shadows for dimension.

What the bricks looked like with lighting during the show.

The horizontal pieces were cut from wooden pallets. The vertical pieces were cut from luon which were painted to match the existing wooden pallet color.

The scratch plaster was made up of joint compound, white glue and a little bit of sand. I created a tool to make the scratches in the plaster and then we added glazes and a spatter.

Here is what the lath and scratch plaster looked like under lighting in the show.

We used carpet as the base of the yard so that we could roll it up to take to the theater.

The texture for the ground of the yard was Permaset 401 glue, vermiculite and sand. We used Permaset 401 glue because it's extremely flexible so that the yard could still be rolled to take to the theater. We added brown paper as an extension of the yard so that it can be pasted to the theater floor. It gave it a nice gradual fade from texture to stage floor.

Here is what the yard looked like after it was painted. We also painted the fake grass to make it look more realistic.

A detail of the grass on the yard under lighting during the show.

This is the yard under lighting during the show.

The stoop was made of luon. We textured and painted it to make it appear like cement.

The walls were suppose to look very dirty and as if they had some water damage so we painted it to appear that way.

Here is the final set of Joe Turner's Come and Gone. You can see that we also painted the floor panels, the stairs, wainscoting, the doors, the trim and a side walk.

This is the rendering from which I created the "Strand" sign.

I opaqued around the letters so they will be translucent with light. I had to go back and paint over the opaquing with white before I could begin painting the sign. Here you can see the process where I began outlining the letters after opaquing.

Here is the second process photo of the "Strand" sign. I began with the water color effect used in the rendering.

Here I am happily standing with my finished sign.

Here you can see the translucency of the letters on stage during the performance.

This is a progress photo of a sign I painted gold with a HVLP pneumatic sprayer.

I drew both large palm trees and covered them in black glitter. I later cut these out to be glued to a drop.

There were many steps to these trusses. I painted these with 3 different glazes; Magenta, Purple and Raw Sienna. I then went back with a blocking technique on the texture applied before the painting began.

I textured these with a joint compound/white glue mixture using a putty knife. After it dried I based them a yellow/orange color and then sponged in a purple and raw sienna glaze.

I assisted in drawing the buildings and painting the backdrop in a water color effect.

I helped cut out the many letters that we used as a stencil on the proscenium.

I painted the marble effect on the walls and pasted gold foil strips on the inner trim.

I painted burlap pieces with a garden sprayer to make it appear more worn and old.

I painted the faux marbling effect for this sculpture.

I painted the trim gold and used a sea sponge to create the effect on the unit.

The walls of the set were made out of doors. We distressed the doors by beating them with chains. After that we painted them to make them look worn and old.

After we painted them we pasted paper on with wall paper paste and then began tearing it to make it look distressed.

Here is the process of the floor. We individually lined and painted every strip of faux wood along with the center decal.

After many glazes, the floor was finally finished and turned out quite beautiful.

Using scenic fitches, we painted floral wall paper and added watery glazes.

Here is the final over all glaze on the wall.

I created the sample for the floor. This is the first 2 steps which are colorful glazes and painting the cross hatched floor panels.

The final step was an over all brown glaze to the floor.

Here I am painting the water color affect for this backdrop.

I along with one other person laid down a plywood brick stencil and filled the stencil with a textured mixture using a hopper gun. The stenciled brick was laid down repeatedly until the surface of both muslin drops was covered. After it dried, we went back with a sponge stamp the size of the bricks and stamped on a few layers of brick colors.

On top of that we glued carpet padding in areas and painted it to make it appear like broken plaster.

I also drew out the stencil we used for the "handgun" graffiti on the wall with the help of one other person.

I helped apply the textured mixture on top of the 4'x8' masonite pieces. After it dried I painted on the dirty glazes that went on top of the texture.

This is fake grass that I painted to make it look like it was beginning to die.

Here is a panorama photo of the set in its final stage of the process.

As a Paint charge I had to make samples to be approved by the designer before we could start painting. Here is the approved sample of the faux marble we used for the columns and benches.

I helped our Properties department out by having my crew do the faux marbling of the benches. I painted the bases of the benches and added shadows to give them dimension.

Here is an example of a column painted with the faux marbling technique. 

This is a small sample of the floor that got approved by the designer.

For the floor we based it light pink and then created a pounce of the pattern that we transferred onto the floor. We took a gray sharpie and a lining stick to trace out the pounce. Lastly, we added a watered down gray color applied with a feather duster to the entire surface of the floor in hopes of concealing potential scuff marks.

The wall was an ombre that we based one color and then sprayed four different colors in a gradient to create the ombre.

Here you can see the entire stage and the ombre wall. 

I textured the walls with a joint compound/white glue mixture using a putty knife. I painted the walls as well once the texture was dry.

I along with another person painted the landscape on plywood. We also put newspaper in white glue and applied it on the plywood to give the trees in the landscape texture. After that we painted the newspaper. 

I textured the unit to look like hedges and then painted glazes over them to make them look more realistic. 

Here you can see the walls of the house, the landscape we painted behind the house, and the hedges all together on stage.

I rolled on white glue and then applied vermiculite on top of the white glue for the rust texture.

Here I added the worn steel texture my paint charge created during sampling and began painting the rust and warn steel affect.

After adding more glazes to the steel and the blocking technique in areas, we finished the set. You can also see the faux concrete floor that we painted on ground cloth. 

There were 3 small muslin drops that we sprayed dye and vinegar on to create its effect.

For the floor we used brooms to apply many different layers of paint to 4'x8' pieces of masonite and then applied watery gazes.

A large sculpture piece hung from the grid to the stage that was made out of wire with translucent colorful plastic pieces that were taped on. I helped cut out of those pieces.