Painting basketball court

[Rainmaker]

Hi all, I'm working on a design currently that calls for a basketball court to be painted on the stage. I'm good with the actual painting techniques but I'm posting in hopes that someone can recommend a technique for lining the floor that doesn't end with me and 5 other people on our hands and knees with sharpies and yard sticks drawing hundreds of individual board lines 1 by 1. Thanks in advance!

 

[dbaxter]

Mount a "T" handle to a 8' piece of molding and tape the sharpie to the end of a broomstick. Line it standing up!

 

[kicknargel]

Or skip the lining altogether. They're hardly if at all visible on a bball court anyway. Use a technique blending a few shades in a linear fashion to suggest planks.

 

[cbrandt]

If you really want woodgrains, find the fastest one of these you can use? I've woodgrained stage floors before, but unless they're a central part of the design, it is hard to justify the amount of time it takes.

 

[Rainmaker]

Yeah, I have all the grain tools and unfortunately the entire audience will be looking at it the entire show

 

[Malabaristo]

Yeah, I have all the grain tools and unfortunately the entire audience will be looking at it the entire show

Are the actors that boring?

 

[TimMc]

Are the actors that boring?

Maybe, but the show must be.

 

[Rainmaker]

Maybe, but the show must be.

Normally, no, but this one...the audience just might be looking around