Pajama Game Backdrops

For the last few weeks I have been holed up at the Nomad Theatre painting the backdrops for their new production Pajama Game, a musical based around a pay dispute in a pajama factory.

First step was to cover up the old Cinderella backdrop and create a base for the new scene: Green for a forest and blue for a river.

Then I started to add in the details

I painted the tree foliage in using a sponge and as many different shades of green as I mix to give the scene shadows and highlights.

Then I added details on the bridge and the forest floor.

Bee layer three

The third layer. I won’t bore you with the long list of reasons it took me so long to get started on this; it is an extremely long list! Slowly coming together.

Bee layer two

The second layer of my bee has been printed. The colour of this layer is very close to that of the first. This is because I want to add some depth to the image later on.

lino ready for printing

Print with two layers.