TTSP — Format of the Sessions
Course instruction is 7 hours daily, Monday through Friday. Anticipate lively discussions over dinner. Evenings and weekends are unscheduled. Spend time sitting on the front porch, browsing through the books, working in the studio, or going off to visit friends or the city (that'll be New York City!).
Throughout the sessions we will be working within the following framework. We will define what constitutes instruction needs at each level described below. Participants will receive training at each level combined with insight into how to teach in those circumstances. Cobalt teachers will unveil their teaching techniques, explaining why sequences are made up the way they are and discussing the parameters of project choices and assignments.

Session One

High School Productions Through Stagecraft Class
Dates: July 7th thru 11th, 2008 — 5 days
Taught by Joe Rial and Sean O'Skea


This session is designed to aid teachers in creating a basic scenic painting class as well as give them techniques to increase the depth of their department's painting ability. It is aimed at the teacher who has little support or training in the scenic arts and seeks greater knowledge of procedure and technique. Discussions include how to assess skill with a new paint crew as well as how to deal with the non-major in the theatre world. The workshop is broken into training components that demonstrate the technique to be learned as well as how to teach the lesson.

Topics covered are:
• Basics of the paint shop from the tip of the brush to the bottom of the bucket.
• Faux paint basics include wood, brick, marble, and stone, as well as basic trompe l'oeil.
• Additional tips on texture creation as well as stencil technique will be covered.
• Scenic and Lighting design and their interactions with painting will also be discussed.

Session Two

Creating a Scenic Painting Course - 3 credits and up
Dates: June 23th thru 27th, 2008 — 5 days
Taught by Susan Crabtree & Pam Knauert Lavarnway

This session we will address how to create structure and content of your class when you have scenic painting classes. We will address integrating a paint shop set-up into a regular scene shop.
• Drawing Tricks for large-scale projects and geometric shapes
• Color Theory and the Matching & Mixing of Color
• Woodgrain, Marble, and Brick & Stone
• Drawing and painting of basic forms under light and shadow
• Lining, followed by work-up of some inset panels on the woodgrained samples and molding on marble sample
• Variations on Wallpaper Stenciling

TTSP — Financial
The non-refundable application fee covers application processing, telephone costs and assures us of your commitment to attending the seminar. Tuition covers that student's share of class and office supplies, utilities, overhead and insurance. Room & Board includes a room, sheets & blankets, and all meals at the house, excluding mutually agreed upon meals eaten "out". Personal expenses and equipment (such as personal trips, clothing, and personal tools & brushes) are not included in the fees and tuition. Tuition and Room & Board are due at registration on the first day of class.
Nonrefundable Application Fee: $ 150

Price Per One-Week Session
Tuition: $ 800
Room & Board: $ 250
Brush Kit: $ 145 + tax (optional)
Enrollment Max: 10

TTSP — Application
There are 3 easy ways to get an application:
1. Click here to view and print our TTSP APPLICATION
2. Call and ask us for one: (845) 583-7025
3. E-mail us to get one: mail@cobaltstudios.net (please include Snail mailing address)

Mail completed application to:
Cobalt Studios
TTSP Application
PO Box 79
White Lake, NY 12786

TTSP Admission Requirements
Open.

TTSP Registration
Submit application and fee.
And now, prepare yourself for the nitty gritty info on attending TTSP

TTSP Locale
Located in White Lake, New York ‹ between the Pocono Mountains and the Catskill Mountains ‹ Cobalt Studios is situated on 28 acres of fields and woods. The farmhouse easily accommodates up to 12 people. Students and faculty both stay on the grounds. Kitchen and laundry facilities are large enough for all. The painting studio is a short walk from the house on a woodland path. Built specifically as a painting space the deck is a spacious 40' x 135' with good lighting. Other studio facilities include a library, a large paint mixing room, stockrooms and an office. Smoking is permitted outdoors only.
Cooking is an event when we have a house-full. For dinner everyone shares in a rotation schedule of preparation and cleanup for dinner, so some nights you just show up! If you think you can't cook-relaxS¹we're flexible! It's a wonderful and relaxed way to get to know everybody. Breakfast and lunch are "fix your own" and "clean your own".

The nearest towns, Monticello and Liberty, are both about 15 minutes away. The surrounding area is a summer vacationland with plenty of lakes for fishing and boating. Swimming in the lakes may be a bit cool but it is also available. Monticello Raceway is a trotting track just down the road where "you can put a bet right down on the horse"!

New York City is 90 miles SE via the "Quickway" (Route 17). Students can plan to spend some weekend time taking advantage of the many cultural opportunities offered there. Or stick around the old homesteadS¹the front porch is wonderful on our cool Catskill summer evenings!

What to Bring to TTSP
For starters...favorite recipes for dinner or desert ;-)
Bedding (We provide blankets, also sheets and towels that you get to wash during your stay)
Pillow
Sleeping bag (if you want to sleep under the stars)
Alarm Clock
Clothing
Paint clothes
Casual for evening
Clothes for special trips to NYC or any of the rest of the civilized world
Some warm clothes, as cool weather can show up at any time in the summer
Rain gear

For Class
Your portfolio and a copy of your syllabus, as it stands
Any personal brushes you wish to bring
(please mark all tools clearly)
It's always a great idea to bring a camera

Use of Cobalt brushes, tools and all paint & fabric is included in the price of the seminar.
Cobalt Studios offers students an opportunity to purchase a Scenic Artist Brush kit at current market prices (About $ 145.00). Brushes are tested by practical application here at Cobalt and are ordered from several different manufacturers. The kit consists of seven brushes: one each of a 4" Bristle lay-in brush, a 3", 2", 1.5" and 1.75" scenic Fitch and both a 1" & a 1.5" angled Purdy.