Scenic Painting: Burial Mound

The burial mound was painted with a range of scenic painting techniques, beginning with base coats of varying greys and whites. Then darker washes were brushed over these, picking out the natural textures created by the Styroputz. Sponges were used to dab on a green moss effect.

Stone Samples

Before texturing and painting the polystyrene, I carried out some test samples in order to practise the scenic art before applying it to the final thing.

For this 'Flints scenic mud' was used to colour, and Styroputz was used as texture.

The styroputz is a premixed texture that can be applied straight to the polystyrene and left to dry. Once dried, it leaves a thick, course, sandy texture. It was impossible to apply with a brush as it kept rolling up and falling straight off the surface so ,with gloves on, it was applied by hand.