#technical arts

Colour Card Model

This is my completed colour card model design of a Victorian shop front based on my chosen location. I am incredibly proud of the final outcome as I have dedicated numerous hours towards each aspect of this design and think that it works cohesively and effectively.

However, I faced various problems throughout the making of my colour card set:

At the beginning of this creative process, I had never used kapaline foam board before, therefore, I was oblivious to how easy it could be cut through. This caused an issue when making the brick pattern on my walls as I would be occasionally too heavy handed and would then pierce through the surface completely. Thankfully, with the help of superglue and trial and error, I was able to ease off the pressure when creating texture into the kapaline foam.

A big part of making our colour card models come alive was the use of colour and texture, so when I began transforming the original bay window into a shop front it was key that I got the wooden frame texture perfect. I tried to cut into the stencil card prior to painting to see if the texture would be visible against the black framework. However, this was not successful as the black acrylic paint hid most of the scrapes and marks I tried to imprint into the card beforehand. Therefore, I decided to paint my window frames black and then using a cut piece of kitchen scourer scratch away at the paintwork to create more of a worn/aged texture. This created a really effective worn wood effect which allowed my windows to work more cohesively with the worn, dirty surroundings.

Another issue I had was dirtying down the window panes in my door and shop front display. I used acrylic with a dry brush to apply the grime colour and then scratched away at the paint once it had dried so to give the windows a more grubby appearance. However, I feel that this is my least favourite part of my design as the shop front windows are too grubby/dark that you are unable to clearly see the shop front display. Therefore, next time I will apply I lighter coat of paint to the acetate when adding the dirtying down effect to my set.

I’m trying out this new thing where I attempt to film myself work! Here’s how I paint one of my Crystal Raven Skulls. When I remove the cast from the mould, I’ve combined two different resins to create the crystal effect. While this still looks cool, I want the overall skull to be a more shimmery purple! I use Acrylic Paint, Mica Powders and Clear Spray Varnish to achieve the finished result <3

Really nice shape and clean design on this one. From the Device Invention course.

Set-build for 'The Brothers Karamazov' at the GBS Theatre.  RADA Production, March 2012