Writers' Theatre's most recent show, The Liar, has a couple of very interesting scenic pieces. The one that took us the most time to paint and most brain power to execute was the back wall. The back wall is a large 20 foot tall wall complete with moulding, a scrim center panel that hid a printed drop and sculptural branch for reveal later in the show and hard scenery flanking either side of the scrim panel. The entire painted treatment of the huge wall is a delicate, painterly paisley pattern. 

In thinking about how to execute this challenge, a couple things had to be addressed. We wanted to make sure that the pattern matched up across all of the various scenic elements. We also wanted to keep any patching at the seams to a minimum. Touching up the line work would be easy but matching a gradient in a space where we cannot use pneumatic sprayers is not a fun endeavor.