Back drop

Deciding which way round the back drop should be.

I like the leaf behind the tree as it pads the tree out a little but when the leaf is on the other side it forms an arch which i see as a hint towards the wedding at the end of the story.

Dummling and Princess

Princess has her hair down, prepared for marriage.

Simple fabrics, no embellishment but Tudor silhouettes

Versailles Opus Stone Flooring

Finished Flooring board. Very happy with it! Went alot better than i expected.

Backdrop Sketches

Tudor Rose

William Morris

Although William Morris is more Victorian era than Tudor, his pieces have been a source of inspiration for my backdrop.

Tree Trial

This tree was made using a chicken wire tube to make up the trunk and single wires constructing the roots and branches. The model was then covered in modrock and then the plan was to cover and add texture with milliput.

When adding the milliput I realised that the underlying structure was not sturdy enough to stand along or to hold the weight of even a small bit of milliput. I also wasnt happy with the branches as there were too many and they were too thin and wispy looking.

Preliminary Tree Tech Drawing

Preliminary sketch to work out appropriate size, method and opening placement.

Inspiration

I am using the colours from this image in the stained glass window and vaguely following a similar pattern.

Stained glass trial

Trial Design

I originally wanted a detailed stained glass but when trying out designs on plastic with acrylic glass paint I wasn't happy with the look. I really like the different sized circles as they aren't all the same and goes with the organic feel of the final design. Although, the liner used on the bottom trial is too white and I feel it would look a lot better in a pale bronze colour which would link back to the Tudor genre.

Theatre Model #2

Cutting out the proscenium arch

Aerial View - Spacers

Side View - Floor on spacers

Side View - Balcony without front face

Side View - Balcony with front face

Front View - Model Box with balcony, safety curtain and first two rows of seats

Mock up of proposed set

Design Ideas #3

Sticking with the same layout, I have played around with using tudor panelling, stained glass and twigs in varying areas.

Panel flooring, multicoloured stained glass window, twig frame.

Leaf backdrop, tudor panel and rose window, plain stone floor.

Rose and leaf backdrop, tudor panel semicircle.

Mood Boards

Environmental Art, Architecture, Nature

Fantasy MakeUp and Illusion

Tudor

Theatre Details

The following technical drawings are from the Theatre Royal in Margate. I will be designing my set to go into these dimensions and take into considerations the lighting and sightlines of the building. Theate Royal has an apron stage.

View of proscenium arch (1:51.63) with 25th scale measurements layed over.

Birds eye view of building (1:117.64) with 25th scale measurements layed over.

Birds eye view of building (1:118)

Holbein

Holbein was a very popular painter, particularly with the Royals, in the Tudor period.

He was commissioned to paint a lot of the royal portraits, some of which still hang in the properties they lived in.

Tudor Portraits

Mary

Elizabeth

Faerie Queen

I found this cut out in an old book I was given as a child on the Tudors. It explains the popularity of a fictional faerie character based on Elizabeth I. I have looked for more evidence of this character but can only find that the character came about through a poem written by Edmund Spenser and that various artists incorporated the character into their paintings, all with different idea's of aesthetics.

Other opinions on the character say that this poem was based on a prophecy regarding the Saxon's ruling England, which was later adopted by the Tudors.

I may take the Faerie Queen idea forward to help fuse the organic architecture and Tudor genres.