Mary Dodds - Painter & Art Dept

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Mary Dodds

Painter & Art Department for Film & TV

I get absolutely absorbed in the details when working on @sketchup_official 😍

#Sketchup #Layout #draughting #drafting #draughtsman #juniordraughtsman #draughtsperson #film #filmandtvindustry #screenindustry #skills #3ddesign #architecture #architecturaldesign #architecturaldrawing #artdepartment #artdepartmentassistant #artdept

I get absolutely absorbed in the details when working on @sketchup_official 😍

#Sketchup #Layout #draughting #drafting #draughtsman #juniordraughtsman #draughtsperson #film #filmandtvindustry #screenindustry #skills #3ddesign #architecture #architecturaldesign #architecturaldrawing #artdepartment #artdepartmentassistant #artdept

So excited to share my latest painting of @gabriel_niedojadlo that will be on the @the_wivenhoe_art_trail this weekend!!

Come along for a visit (I'll be at number 2 on the trail)!

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#oilpainting #portrait #painting #painter #scenic #fineart #perspectivepainting #model #lifepainting #art

So excited to share my latest painting of @gabriel_niedojadlo that will be on the @the_wivenhoe_art_trail this weekend!!

Come along for a visit (I'll be at number 2 on the trail)!

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#oilpainting #portrait #painting #painter #scenic #fineart #perspectivepainting #model #lifepainting #art

🖍 Obsessed with draughting this week on @sketchup_official with the help of @whitelock_design_limited’s course!
Loved working on these little details in the undercroft

I’ve been using SketchUp for years - set designs, van conversions, room layouts and more fun random projects!

But it’s been amazing to dive in and finally pick up some solid techniques and shortcuts that would’ve made my life so much easier back then. Better late than never!

#Sketchup #Layout #draughting #drafting #draughtsman #juniordraughtsman #draughtsperson #film #filmandtvindustry #screenindustry #skills #3ddesign #architecture #architecturaldesign #architecturaldrawing #undercroft

🖍 Obsessed with draughting this week on @sketchup_official with the help of @whitelock_design_limited’s course!
Loved working on these little details in the undercroft

I’ve been using SketchUp for years - set designs, van conversions, room layouts and more fun random projects!

But it’s been amazing to dive in and finally pick up some solid techniques and shortcuts that would’ve made my life so much easier back then. Better late than never!

#Sketchup #Layout #draughting #drafting #draughtsman #juniordraughtsman #draughtsperson #film #filmandtvindustry #screenindustry #skills #3ddesign #architecture #architecturaldesign #architecturaldrawing #undercroft

Had the pleasure of production designing "All Roads Lead to Home", where I was responsible for the art department, covering everything from design to props, standby, and budgeting – with the awesome help from @laura_lestrawcreative ! 🎨✨

I started working on this back in 2021 and realised I haven’t posted much about it, even though it's been on the festival circuit for the past year – it’s about time I shared it!

Well done to the whole team! 👏

Director/Producer: @darrenscott_director
Staring: @imogen_archer & @fredszkoda
DOP: @willjcarman
AC: @paul_sabuda
Costume Design: @jennyandertoncostume
Hair/Make Up: @malley.annmarie & @bridgetmua
Post Production Sound: @joeytbp
Songs: @jasonhavard
Music Production: @jonyr
ADs: Geoff Saunders & @pepperedwit
Line Producer: @misssarahmichelledurrant

Photo by: @phillipparnellphotography

Had the pleasure of production designing "All Roads Lead to Home", where I was responsible for the art department, covering everything from design to props, standby, and budgeting – with the awesome help from @laura_lestrawcreative ! 🎨✨

I started working on this back in 2021 and realised I haven’t posted much about it, even though it's been on the festival circuit for the past year – it’s about time I shared it!

Well done to the whole team! 👏

Director/Producer: @darrenscott_director
Staring: @imogen_archer & @fredszkoda
DOP: @willjcarman
AC: @paul_sabuda
Costume Design: @jennyandertoncostume
Hair/Make Up: @malley.annmarie & @bridgetmua
Post Production Sound: @joeytbp
Songs: @jasonhavard
Music Production: @jonyr
ADs: Geoff Saunders & @pepperedwit
Line Producer: @misssarahmichelledurrant

Photo by: @phillipparnellphotography

Thrilled to share that 'Disclaimer' is finally out on @appletv! I had the incredible opportunity to work as a props painter on this show back in 2022, and it’s amazing to see it all come together!

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Writer/Director. @alfonsocuaron

Cinematographers. @chivexp #BrunoDelbonnel, ASC, AFC

Starring. @cate_blanchettofficial #KevinKline @sachabaroncohen #LesleyManville @louispartridge_ @leilageorge @indiravarma @kodismitmcphee !!

based on the book Disclaimer by Renee Knight @disclaimerseries

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#disclaimerseries #appletvplus #appletv #propspainter #filmproduction #behindthescenes #alfonsocuarón #painter #tv #tvproduction #creativeindustry #tvshows #onset #filmcrewlife #lovemyjob #props #artdepartment #productiondesign

Thrilled to share that 'Disclaimer' is finally out on @appletv! I had the incredible opportunity to work as a props painter on this show back in 2022, and it’s amazing to see it all come together!

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Writer/Director. @alfonsocuaron

Cinematographers. @chivexp #BrunoDelbonnel, ASC, AFC

Starring. @cate_blanchettofficial #KevinKline @sachabaroncohen #LesleyManville @louispartridge_ @leilageorge @indiravarma @kodismitmcphee !!

based on the book Disclaimer by Renee Knight @disclaimerseries

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#disclaimerseries #appletvplus #appletv #propspainter #filmproduction #behindthescenes #alfonsocuarón #painter #tv #tvproduction #creativeindustry #tvshows #onset #filmcrewlife #lovemyjob #props #artdepartment #productiondesign

The making of 🏚️🎈🤡

Music from #deadsilence 🤫
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#StephenKing #itchapter1 #ModelMaking #MiniatureArt #HorrorArt #HandmadeModel #SetDesign #FilmArt #StephenKing #BehindTheScenes #ItMovie #CreativeProcess #HauntedHouse #artdepartment

The making of 🏚️🎈🤡

Music from #deadsilence 🤫
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#StephenKing #itchapter1 #ModelMaking #MiniatureArt #HorrorArt #HandmadeModel #SetDesign #FilmArt #StephenKing #BehindTheScenes #ItMovie #CreativeProcess #HauntedHouse #artdepartment

Super excited to finally share my model of the creepy house from 'It'! Every spooky detail, from the eerie windows to the old stone, was crafted from scratch to capture that haunting Stephen King vibe. 🏚️🎈

Huge thanks to the amazing @gabriel_niedojadlo for the killer photos and to @colourbylou for the haunting editing, they really brought this project to life!

Anyone need a model maker? 👻

#StephenKing #ItMovie #HorrorModel #MiniatureArt #HauntedHouse #miniature #modelmaking #setdesign

Super excited to finally share my model of the creepy house from 'It'! Every spooky detail, from the eerie windows to the old stone, was crafted from scratch to capture that haunting Stephen King vibe. 🏚️🎈

Huge thanks to the amazing @gabriel_niedojadlo for the killer photos and to @colourbylou for the haunting editing, they really brought this project to life!

Anyone need a model maker? 👻

#StephenKing #ItMovie #HorrorModel #MiniatureArt #HauntedHouse #miniature #modelmaking #setdesign

What an amazing experience it was painting on @andrewlloydwebber 's @starlightexpressldn at @troubadourwpark theatre!

I really enjoyed working from technical drawings to mark out the lines and chevrons throughout the stage (honestly, I love that stuff!) and many other things we got to paint that I didn't manage to get a photo of.

The show itself is freight-eningly good - highly recommended! The cast is amazing, and I’m in total awe of all the choo-rific talent so close to home! 😉

Big thanks to @jeanwong_scenicart and Datum for being wonderful throughout 🚂✨

woo-woo!

(apologies for the puns, I could not help myself)

What an amazing experience it was painting on @andrewlloydwebber 's @starlightexpressldn at @troubadourwpark theatre!

I really enjoyed working from technical drawings to mark out the lines and chevrons throughout the stage (honestly, I love that stuff!) and many other things we got to paint that I didn't manage to get a photo of.

The show itself is freight-eningly good - highly recommended! The cast is amazing, and I’m in total awe of all the choo-rific talent so close to home! 😉

Big thanks to @jeanwong_scenicart and Datum for being wonderful throughout 🚂✨

woo-woo!

(apologies for the puns, I could not help myself)

Some event jobs done a while back for @amybethaddison! Textured concrete effects on polystyrene and MDF plynths for an event for @shini.park & @amouageofficial

Had a lot of fun painting these plastic trees for a separate event 🌳

Some event jobs done a while back for @amybethaddison! Textured concrete effects on polystyrene and MDF plynths for an event for @shini.park & @amouageofficial

Had a lot of fun painting these plastic trees for a separate event 🌳

I love it when a client makes bold choices! It was a joy hanging this @williammorriscollection original wallpaper last month😍

>>> Swipe to see before!

This was one of his earliest wallpapers first produced in 1864 🤯

I love it when a client makes bold choices! It was a joy hanging this @williammorriscollection original wallpaper last month😍

>>> Swipe to see before!

This was one of his earliest wallpapers first produced in 1864 🤯

Recent painting and decorating job, swipe to see the rest of the flat's hallway and before pictures!

Using @duluxheritage 's Florentine Red colour for the front door and hallway 🔴

Recent painting and decorating job, swipe to see the rest of the flat's hallway and before pictures!

Using @duluxheritage 's Florentine Red colour for the front door and hallway 🔴

Always love a sewing session!🧵
Cut this Wilko relic tool bag in half, sewed it back together, added a lining with pockets and holes for my various brushes 🖌️

Always love a sewing session!🧵
Cut this Wilko relic tool bag in half, sewed it back together, added a lining with pockets and holes for my various brushes 🖌️

Making rubber handcuffs, golden keys and chainmail that takes me back to @wetaworkshop in NZ! ⛓️

@makinariumukltd

Making rubber handcuffs, golden keys and chainmail that takes me back to @wetaworkshop in NZ! ⛓️

@makinariumukltd

Experimenting with aging metal samples, and the last pic is my first attempt with an airbrush! 🖌️

@makinariumukltd

Experimenting with aging metal samples, and the last pic is my first attempt with an airbrush! 🖌️

@makinariumukltd

Had an amazing time last week at @makinariumukltd 5 day prop making course at Pinewood Studios 💪🎨

>> Swipe to see the before. Resin cast from a mold made from a 3D printed dagger designed by @jetcooper3d

Had an amazing time last week at @makinariumukltd 5 day prop making course at Pinewood Studios 💪🎨

>> Swipe to see the before. Resin cast from a mold made from a 3D printed dagger designed by @jetcooper3d

Huge install done for @flannels in Oxford Street! Poly carved floor and walls primed, painted, glued and dressed, counters and clothes racks textured and painted to look like brushed metal 🤩🎨

Huge install done for @flannels in Oxford Street! Poly carved floor and walls primed, painted, glued and dressed, counters and clothes racks textured and painted to look like brushed metal 🤩🎨

Lovely concrete texture I did on these plinths for The National TV Awards for @cianducrot 's performance of Heaven 🎶📺

Lovely concrete texture I did on these plinths for The National TV Awards for @cianducrot 's performance of Heaven 🎶📺

We made it!! 🧙 Forever obsessed with incredible, jaw dropping set builds around the world, especially when they're Harry Potter related 😉🪄

Photos from @universal_studios_japan , @tokyo.disneysea , @ghibli_park and Dragon Quest Island at @nijigennomori .

We made it!! 🧙 Forever obsessed with incredible, jaw dropping set builds around the world, especially when they're Harry Potter related 😉🪄

Photos from @universal_studios_japan , @tokyo.disneysea , @ghibli_park and Dragon Quest Island at @nijigennomori .

Highlights from our month-long adventure in Japan! Filled with lots of sushi and miso! ⛩️🌸🍣

Highlights from our month-long adventure in Japan! Filled with lots of sushi and miso! ⛩️🌸🍣

Prop Making / Painting for Click Prop Backdrops!

Prop Making / Painting for Click Prop Backdrops!

Working as a Set Dresser/ Painter/ Prop Maker for the feature film "The Abomination" in 2021

Working as a Set Dresser/ Painter/ Prop Maker for the feature film "The Abomination" in 2021

Throwback to 2016 when I worked as an Art Assistant on The Drowning of Arthur Braxton!

🏆Won best UK Feature at @raindancefilmfestival

🎥 Watch Now on Amazon Prime!

Big love to the fantastic crew ❤️

Throwback to 2016 when I worked as an Art Assistant on The Drowning of Arthur Braxton!

🏆Won best UK Feature at @raindancefilmfestival

🎥 Watch Now on Amazon Prime!

Big love to the fantastic crew ❤️

Great week of #paintinganddecorating done with the @duluxheritage Oxford Blue colour 💙💪

Great week of #paintinganddecorating done with the @duluxheritage Oxford Blue colour 💙💪

An overdue post about our absolutely incredible short little life in New Zealand where I had the fantastic experience of working at @hobbitontours! 😍

We met some truly beautiful people, saw epic mountains, waterfalls and forests, had so many unforgettable road trips, got sunburned and swam in a river on Christmas day, looked after 2 gorgeous dogs and even appeared as a Hobbit on NZ One News! 😂

The adventure of a lifetime with my best friend @martim.lou (who also took almost all of these amazing photographs!!) ❤️

An overdue post about our absolutely incredible short little life in New Zealand where I had the fantastic experience of working at @hobbitontours! 😍

We met some truly beautiful people, saw epic mountains, waterfalls and forests, had so many unforgettable road trips, got sunburned and swam in a river on Christmas day, looked after 2 gorgeous dogs and even appeared as a Hobbit on NZ One News! 😂

The adventure of a lifetime with my best friend @martim.lou (who also took almost all of these amazing photographs!!) ❤️

Great working as a Props Painter for a short while on Season 4 of this amazing set at WB Leavesden Studios 😍
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#propspainter #warnerbros #netflix #youseason4 #you #scenic #livingthedream #leavesdenstudios

Great working as a Props Painter for a short while on Season 4 of this amazing set at WB Leavesden Studios 😍
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#propspainter #warnerbros #netflix #youseason4 #you #scenic #livingthedream #leavesdenstudios

Flashback to the amazing experience I had working with the Scenics at the Royal Opera House 🤩

#scenicpainter #spraybooth #scenic #painter #theatre #set

Flashback to the amazing experience I had working with the Scenics at the Royal Opera House 🤩

#scenicpainter #spraybooth #scenic #painter #theatre #set

Had a blast working on The Gunpowder Plot, Emersive Experience last year with the brilliant @beccahallen ! 💥

Had a blast working on The Gunpowder Plot, Emersive Experience last year with the brilliant @beccahallen ! 💥

Some work I did for the ITV series Unforgotten Season 5 🎨

Last photo is me in my happy place 😍💪

Some work I did for the ITV series Unforgotten Season 5 🎨

Last photo is me in my happy place 😍💪

Flashback to working on the Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour set!
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I worked at the Studio Tour London about a year ago (🤯) and it was such an incredible experience that ignited my passion for scenic and prop painting!
I owe it and the AWESOME people that work there so much! 💖🪄
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(Wow guys I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted anything 😅 I've been off having some adventures but lets get the old insta up to date!)

Flashback to working on the Warner Bros Harry Potter Studio Tour set!
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I worked at the Studio Tour London about a year ago (🤯) and it was such an incredible experience that ignited my passion for scenic and prop painting!
I owe it and the AWESOME people that work there so much! 💖🪄
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(Wow guys I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted anything 😅 I've been off having some adventures but lets get the old insta up to date!)

Sea Grain painting now at @the_wivenhoe_art_trail ! 🌊
Acrylic on MDF
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#woodgrainer #woodgrain #seascape #sea #calm #calmwaters #painting #art #sailing #blueperiod #acrylic

Sea Grain painting now at @the_wivenhoe_art_trail ! 🌊
Acrylic on MDF
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#woodgrainer #woodgrain #seascape #sea #calm #calmwaters #painting #art #sailing #blueperiod #acrylic

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