4th of July weekend

During the weekend of the 4th of July, I went down to help Mallory finish up the rest of the set.  We worked specifically on props, or what I called, very technically, the "hanging on things," which were basically parts of the set made out of poster board.  I created two mirrors, a fireplace, a radio, a sign, two broken windows, and two stained glass windows.  Again, I must express my admiration for designers.  Personally, although I did some research as to what certain things looked like, I more or less just dove in and started drawing.  It was interesting drawing on the poster board as well, since I was drawing on the floor in her living room, practically dancing around the pieces in order to finish lines or add some decoration to certain parts.  After drawing out what I wanted, we painted them the next day.  I must say, despite my belief that I have very little skill in actually drawing/painting/etc, I was very proud of my rose stained glass window and of my fireplace.  They may not have been perfect, but they looked like they should, with the fire looking a bit more like actual fire than I had thought it would.  After finishing painting and such, we loaded everything together and made sure we had made everything we could before going to Orlando.

From doing the construction and much of the designing of what the set would look like, I have learned a few things.  First of all, I have learned that I do have some artistic talent, so I will stop saying that I do not have any.  It is not my area of concentration, but I enjoyed experimenting and working on something new that I am not completely comfortable with and getting to learn how much work it actually takes to create a cohesive design.  Second of all, I have most certainly learned a respect for set painters and art designers.  They make their jobs look easy and now I know how much it truly takes to make it look as simple as it really is not.