Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Painting trees for 'Into the Woods'

Drama club members and teacher Janet Hazlett (in white coat) busy painting


Members of St. Paul Drama Club were busy Tuesday after school painting trees that will be used in the production of "Into the Woods."

The trees were
first constructed using paper mache. Strips of newspaper are dipped into a a paste of flour and water and applied to cardboard tree forms. It takes a number of layers. Trees are then allowed to dry before painting. It is a large, time-consuming project.

There are brown trees and silver trees. The tree forms are supported by wooden stands.

At right is a finished brown tree ready for the stage.

Click here to see an album of photos showing the entire process.



Boys paint brown tree and girls work on silver one

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