{"product_id":"theatrical-scene-painting-a-lesson-guide","title":"Theatrical Scene Painting: A Lesson Guide","description":"\u003cp\u003eTheatrical 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. The guide not only covers the basic tools of the trade and various methods of creating texture on scenery but also includes more 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 the goal of realism and more advanced work. Alternative methods to achieve different effects are also featured. Theatrical Scene Painting: A Lesson Guide was the first book of its kind to provide clear step-by-step instructions in how to paint a wide variety of basic and advanced effects commonly needed for the theater. This new edition clarifies the origins of painting techniques and is supplemented with clearer step-by-step descriptions  new instructional photographs  and drawings that illustrate each major step. This edition also includes additional painting projects and their possible variations  a gallery of nineteen examples of professional scenic works  and an expanded glossary to eliminate confusion in terms. 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. The second edition of Theatrical Scene Painting provides many new essential scene painting projects in a clearer format  broadens the scope of the painting examples  and includes updated methods as well as new lessons. This clear and easily accessible guide gives students the ability to put together recognizable illusions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964953423925,"sku":"ByrdShop_0809327651","price":46.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780809327652.jpg?v=1770485592","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/theatrical-scene-painting-a-lesson-guide","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}