Description
Scenic painters decorate sets for live performances. They employ a broad variety of crafting and painting techniques such as figurative painting, landscape painting and Trompe-l'œil to create convincing scenes. Their work is based on artistic vision, sketches and pictures. They work in close cooperation with the designers.
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Theoretical Knowledge
No theoretical knowledge mapped.
Practical Skills
maintain workshop spaceinterpret artistic intentionsunderstand artistic conceptskeep up with trendspaint setswork ergonomicallydefine set painting methodsprepare personal work environmentfollow safety procedures when working at heightsmeet deadlinesprevent fire in a performance environmenttranslate artistic concepts to technical designsmaintain theatre equipmenttransfer designsuse genre painting techniquesmaintain theatre setsuse personal protection equipmentwork with respect for own safetyadapt to artists' creative demandsdevelop an artistic frameworkwork safely with chemicalsadapt setsmanage personal professional developmentmanage consumables stocksupport a designer in the developing processperform first fire interventionorganise workshop spaceplan workshop activitymanage technical resources stockkeep personal administrationuse moulding techniquesdevelop professional network