I've divided my participation into Marvin Gaye Chetwynd's performances into 3 articles in terms of the techniques applied for the creation of the costumes. The First technique was painting and we used it while making some more costumes for the Brain Bug performance, because the performers were more than the costumes. We got 2 white cotton bodysuits which we had to transform into pale with curved black line imitating a bug's skin. First decision that we made was that the easiest way would be to paint them while they're on a human body. This approach is also applicable to any tight garment which need to be painted. The ideal team during this process consists of 3 people (exactly the same number as we were)- one of them wear the garment and the other two are drawing the lines. More than 2 people drawing could cause a confusion because they would bother each other because a lack of space.We painted our bodysuits in 2 types of black lines - one which were vertical, starting from the top and ended on the legs (they were ideally straight, but had their waves and curves) and the other were as a horizontal connectors to the others (they were quite short). And here is the result:
That's me wearing one of the bodysuits we painted. =====>
A good tip for this technique is to avoid wearing anything beneath the costumes while coloring it. The paint could cause a inevitable damage to all types of under. I made the mistake of wearing another body under it.
By the end of this process, we had our job finished in 50%. We had our costumes in a bug pattern. The next step was to turn the white into other pale color. Thus, Marvin choose a combination of red and blue ready mixed with glue in a massive dish and keep it inside for 5 minutes, then let it outstretched until it dries completely.
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| Glue + blue and red paints |
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| Which turned into a purple watery mixture |
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| The result which are let to dry |
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