Theatrical Scene Painting: A Lesson Guide

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A Lesson Guide Second Edition William H. Pinnell Pinnell Theatrical Scene Painting: A Lesson Guide Southern Illinois University Press Theater Theatrical Scene Painting: A Lesson Guide, second edition, is a practical guide to scene painting for students and novices, as well as a reference for intermediate scene painters who wish to refresh or supplement their basic skills. Drawing on his extensive teaching and scene-painting experience, William H.Pinnell clarifies and expands on the lessons of the first edition, providing a detailed overview of the fundamentals of traditional scene painting. Thisguidenotonlycoversthebasictoolsofthetradeandvariousmethods of creating texture on scenery but also includes advanced techniques for scene making, beginning with stonework, woodwork, and wallpaper before moving on to the more intricate techniques of moldings, paneling, drapery, foliage, shiny metal, perspective illusions, scale transfers, scenic drops, and scrims. Pinnell also includes refinements and embellishments that can lead to the development of personal style without sacrificing realism. Useful to both self-taught artists and students, each lesson in the guide can be a stand-alone topic or can form the foundation for a student to build skills for increasingly complex techniques. William H. Pinnell is a professor at the School of Dramatic Art at the University of Windsor in Ontario. He has designed and painted for more than one hundred major theatrical productions and is the author of Perspective Rendering for the Theatre, published by SIU Press in 1996. In 2005, he received the Education Achievement Award from the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology. Southern Illinois University Press 1915 University Press Drive Mail Code 6806 Carbondale, IL 62901 www.siu.edu/~siupress Cover illustrations: “Perspective vista,” by William H. Pinnell ISBN 0-8093-2765-1 ISBN 978-0-8093-2765-2 Printed in the United States of America Pinnell-cover.indd 1 1/3/08 12:42:39 PM ...