 | SPS Overview | | SPS Admission Requirements | | SPS 2005-2006 Particulars | | SPS Application | | SPS Curricula | | SPS Registration |
| SPS Overview | | SPS Admission Requirements | | SPS 2005-2006 Particulars | | SPS Application | | SPS Curricula | | SPS Registration |
| Dates: | See list below |
| Instructors: | Rachel Keebler & various others |
| Deposit: | $150 |
| Tuition— | (tools & materials included) |
| 3-Day Seminar: | $450 |
| 4-Day Seminar: | $600 |
| 5-Day Seminar: | $750 |
| Room & Board: | $35 per night* |
| Brush kit: | $140 (optional) |
| Enrollment Max: | 10 |
| Deadline: | Space is limited, so plan ahead and call early! |
*Except for the Anti-Freakout Job Roundtable discussion.
2005-2006 Academic Year Specialty Pro-Seminars
Faux Marble: Interior-Grade
In this seminar, Keebler teaches the use of beer glazes predominantly but also includes a section on using oils. This seminar guides you through a dozen or so finished samples and gives you the confidence in your ability to execute this valuable technique on almost any surface.
Perspective for the Scenic Artist
Anti-Freakout Job Market Roundtable
Arrive by 7:00 p.m. Friday night when the roundtable begins. The decompression settles in during Saturday's sessions. By Sunday, with your head lighter and your foot surer, we wrap up the networking and folks make their ways home.
Bring $10 to toss in for the food kitty. Call ahead to reserve a bed or a couch.
The Art of Scenic Painting: The Historical Method
Faux Woodgrain: Interior-Grade
Guns and Sprayers in the Scenic Arts
Painting Translucent Backdrops
Foliage II: Trees, Brushwork, and the Artist
Furnishing Your Backdrop
Landscape Painting for Murals and Stage
This seminar will take you through a 9' x 12' project of your own. You will learn how to quickly and masterfully render the elements of landscapes—skies, mountains, waters, fields and trees. Learning from this genuine master in this relaxing environment has never before been more productive.
NEW! All About Foam
Painting for Film & Television: Textures, Techniques, Terms, Talents for Media Scenic Art
Foliage Painting I
Painting photo-realistic trees and other flora is essential to any Scenic Artist's repertoire. This seminar provides a fresh approach to looking at and rendering trees & leaves realistically. Rachel Keebler leads the students as they learn and apply appropriate perspective, shape, color and texture to paint foliage.
Sign Painting I: Lettering Techniques for Film & Theatre This in-depth seminar discusses traditional sign materials, tools, alphabets, & lettering techniques for fake and aged signs, special effects, & unusual surfaces. Instructor Theresa Dringenberg draws from classical lettering training and 20 years of experience in the sign painting & scenic painting industries to guide students in sign layout, brush manipulation, and drawing & lettering serif and san serif alphabets.
SPS - Curricula
All seminars are incredibly informative, hands-on workshop-style classes. This list is chronological to the current academic year. Check back regularly for updated schedules and information.
November 28 thru December 1, 2005 (4 days)
Instructor: Rachel Keebler
Feel at home with centuries-old painting techniques (which also happen to be fast, safe, and cheap!) in Rachel Keebler's own environment where she lives, works, and teaches year-round.
Looking Ahead to 2006
January 9th thru 12th, 2006 (Monday 1:00 p.m. thru Friday noon, 4 days)
Instructor: Laura McPherson or Diane Fargo
Fill in the blanks of yours and the designer's perspective knowledge. Learn how to convert a designer's image into full-scale production drawings. Apply these principles to layouts for theatre, film, and television. Co-instructor Laura McPherson is a freelance U.S.A. (Local #829 NYC) Scenic Designer and Charge Scenic Artist based out of Providence, Rhode Island. Diane Fargo has a wide breadth of experience and has been the Charge Scenic Artist at the acclaimed Goodspeed Opera for 14 years.
February 24, 25, & 26, 2006
Please call for information on 2006's Roundtable
Host: Rachel Keebler, et al
This is a short Scenic Artists Conference designed to relieve anxiety about the work place. Cobalt Alumni and other working Scenics converge to share experiences with students and each other; recommending products, giving industry advice, and presenting portfolio pictures.
March 13th thru March 15th, 2006 (3 days)
Instructor: Lance Brockman
Part I — This year Lance will focus on historical drawing techniques, and finish with painting from a pigment wet-palette system. As always, be prepared for late night slide lectures documenting the incredible scenic painting tradition of the 19th century, the training, work, life and times of the Masters of Scenic Art. For examples of historic scenery visit this extensive Scenery Collections Database.
April 10th thru April 13th, 2006 (4 days)
Instructor: Nels Christianson
From New York City's Christianson Lee Studios, Belgium's Gold Medal of Excellence for Decorative Painting Winner, Nels Christianson gives a riveting four-day seminar of interior-quality European realistic faux-painting in oils, complete with beer glazing, Maple, Mahogany, Walnut, and Oak. Upcoming Cobalt Seminars — Dates to Come
TBA (Monday 1:00 p.m. thru Friday noon, 4 days)
Instructor: Kamilla Nisson
Itchy trigger finger? Learn to use a gun with confidence with Hollywood's star scenic artist, Kamilla Nisson. Using cup guns and detail sprayers you'll forms clouds in sunshine and in storm on drops and scrims. Can we say Cloudinator?
TBA (3 1/2 days)
Instructor: Rachel Keebler
Using those magical translucent backdrops that lighting designers love as a focal point, Keebler takes students on a learning journey limited only by the curiosity of her students . . . and hours in the day.
TBA (4 days)
Instructor: Rachel Keebler
After an introduction to tree anatomy, learn the brushwork styles used in historic theatrical style foliage. Following that project we move on to learning tricks of reproducing any artist's style for theatrical applications. You will come away with better proficiency and two large projects.
TBA
Instructor: Susan Crabtree
Susan Crabtree, Master Scenic Artist and co-author of Scenic Art for the Theatre: History, Tools, and Techniques shares her innovative techniques developed through her long association with the painting of furniture, ornaments, and other objects onto interior setting backdrops. Come learn the skills and shortcuts Susan uses for quick project turnarounds and accurate artistic representations.
TBA (5 days)
Instructor: Bob Moody
Study with legendary Scenic Artist, Bob Moody, Brandeis University's long time instructor and lover of painting large-scale dramatic landscapes.
TBA (4 days)
Instructor: Donna Wymore
Owner of COLORado Scenery and Master Scenic Painter, Donna Wymore covers the subject of foams used for the Entertainment Industry—which ones to use and how to form, attach, protect, and paint them.
Was held: October 3 - 7, 2005
Instructor: Donna Wymore
Highlighting scenic art as a career in the media market, Donna Wymore, Owner, COLORado Scenery, and Master Scenic Painter, covers the basics required to work in this fast-paced field. Painting techniques, working environments, equipment, materials, and the career market are discussed and demonstrated.Was Held: October 24 thru 27, 2005 (4 days)
Instructor: Rachel Keebler
Commune with nature on the Cobalt grounds, with Cobalt founder, and master the techniques of rendering foliage before venturing into artistic styles.
Eas Held: November 14 thru 18, 2005 (5 days)
Instructor: Theresa Dringenberg
Lettering learned to the letter of the law with Deputy Lettering Artist Theresa Dringenberg.SPS - Admission Requirements
Open.
SPS - Application
None.
SPS - Registration
Please register as early as possible as class sizes are small. Send a $150 deposit check to "Cobalt Studios" to reserve your place at least a week in advance. Deposit is fully refunded if seminars are full or cancelled.
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