I managed to arrange a work placement at Scottish opera the week after we broke up from uni. I was working on The magic flute...again. Im quite glad I was working on that as it was interesting to see another design of the show from a different designers point of view. I painted a lot of gold. The style it was designed in was Steam punk so after we had painted them gold we spattered them with a bit of silver then used FEV's and meths to try and create a mottled kind of look. It looked great.
I really enjoyed working with Kelvin, he's such an interesting man and is clearly so passionate about what he does. He was showing me some of his previous work and it was all gorgeous. I felt so privileged being able to work with him and im definitely going to keep in touch with him as I think he is a great person to know.
After spending 2 weeks with Scottish opera I came back to uni to try and finish my woman in the water painting. I didnt think I had much to do but after having a chat with Gary I realised I still had an awful lot to do if I wanted to improve it. I got it to a point that i liked and gary insted that I do a wash of the sea colour to make her sink into the painting, I wasnt sure but Gary always knows right so I did it and it looked great, it looked as though I was filling up a tank and the woman just got submerged into the water.....until I came back after break and there were white stripes all over it. Stupid me had used a wash with the shitty while emulsion in it so when it dried it had dried all chalky. I was so angry at myself especially as I only had one more day that I could work on it as I had been asked by my boss at Underbelly if I could help them paint some scenery that's going down to london for the Wonderground festival they are putting up. https://www.pricelesslondonwonderground.co.uk/
When I got there the scenic artist they had was Irwin who I had worked with on Outpost. She was lovely and we got on really well and she was very grateful for my help, she even asked if i could help her out in october doing the scenery for two pantos she does every year so hopefully ill be able to help her out with that a little bit.
But now its fast approaching Fringe time and the long days and even longer nights beckon!
