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Marmorino Plaster for Buon Fresco Painting and Sgraffito

What is Marmorino plaster?

Marmorino plaster is a mixture of aged lime putty and marble dust or marble meal. Proportions vary, but generally 1part Lime Putty – 1 part marble dust (or meal). Traditionally there could be added ingredients like linseed oil or olive soap, but often marmorino is just polished/sealed with those.

The term “marmorino” simply denotes that the aggregate is marble dust/meal instead of sand in “intonaco” plaster. Intonaco (direct translation “plaster”) as a term that refers to the top layer of plaster. So marmorino is intonaco and intonaco is marmorino. Both made with main active ingredient – Slaked Lime Putty. So you can paint straight on it as it is a Buon Fresco.

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Fresco Scgraffito Workshop in Peruga Italy July 16-30 2023 with iLia Fresco

Two-Week Fresco Painting Workshop with iLia Fresco – Perugia, Italy

Experience the classic merger of buon fresco and sgraffito in this two-week long fresco workshop in Peruga, Italy Summer 2023!

Workshop with renowned fresco master and director of the Fresco School, artist iLia Fresco (Anossov). We focus on studying the details of both wall and panel preparation as well as classic fresco and sgraffito techniques. In addition, students will further their understanding of the perspective, value range principals, the verdaccio under painting and its consequent effect on the painting process.
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Fresco School, OnLine Programs and Classes, Private workshops, FrescoTV Channel

4-day Private Professional Fresco Painting Workshop offers personally tailored class plan. Class curriculum is developed based on the individual participant’s goals, needs, interest and/or style preferences, including introduction to Sgraffito techniques.


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Project Mexico Fresco

NEW FRESCO PROJECT

We have started the Project Mexico Fresco at the “Project Mexico and St. Innocent Orphanage”.
(www.ProjectMexico.org)

Project Mexico and St. Innocent Orphanage Prayer Pavilion – CONCEPT RENDERING

Please Contribute – Make a Donation!

The size:

Interior Wall Surface ~ 2670 sq. ft
Exterior Wall Surface ~ 1660 sq.ft.
Altar Area Ceiling ~ 750 sq. ft. 

Onsite Fresco Workshops – all elements of creation from wall prep to painting and 
Egg tempera Icon painting workshops.

– Wall Building
– Plaster
– Concept Developing
– Cartoon 
– Variant Studies
– Orthodox Iconography
– Fresco Painting
– Fresco Sgraffito
– Egg Tempera

Ongoing apprentice opportunities and participation in all stages of works.

Online tutoring and Access to work documents and inside records progress reports and visual documentation (subscription based)

Project is open to Fresco School Members ONLY
http://frescoschool.net/fresco-school-membership/

 

#frescoschool #frescotechnique #frescopainting #buonfresco #fresco #iconography #byzantine #projectmexicofresco

Project Mexico Fresco - Sinopia for St Innocent & St. Jacob Nesvetov Fresco Project Mexico Fresco - Sinopia for St. Herman & St. Peter The Aleut Fresco
Sinopia for St Innocent & St. Jacob Netsvetov Fresco and St Herman & St. Peter The Aleut Fresco (the first two walls).

 

 

Fluid Pixels (B4219), fresco elements, 2019

Fluid Pixels B4219 iLia fresco elements

Fluid Fresco Pixels B4219 – 42 fresco elements by iLia Fresco, arranged by Malgosia Migdal & Emily Sumner – 2019, fresco on ceramic tile.

Fluid Pixels are the constellation of small square Fresco Elements that form a simple geometric form as its nucleic origin. Similar to the fluidity of the Fresco Stack form, the installation of Fluid Fresco Pixels is also fluid and does not have artist defined pattern. It is up to the designer, curator or collector to arrange the positioning which can be rearranged at any time. This is a unique and literally physical way to involve curator, designer and collector into the creation and the life of the piece of art.

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Fresco Sgraffito class for boys at St. Innocent Orphanage

Fresco School is bringing this exciting fresco sgraffito class to the boys at St Innocent Orphanage.

Please help us cover the cost, so the Orphanage wont have to. Please donate or spread the word (share). Any amount is greatly appreciated!

#fresco #sgraffito #frescopainting #frescoworkshop #frescoschool #projectmexico

Fresco Sgraffito class for boys at St. Innocent Orphanage Fundraiser

https://www.sicafoundation.org/product/fresco-sgraffito-class-for-boys-at-st-innocent-orphanage/

"The House at the Minute" with sgraffito art. Old Town Square, Prague Czech Republic

“The House at the Minute” with sgraffito art. Old Town Square, Prague Czech Republic

Sgraffito (Italian: [zɡrafˈfiːto]; plural: sgraffiti; sometimes spelled scraffito) is an art technique, practiced by applying layers of plaster tinted in contrasting colors and then scratching so as to reveal parts of the underlying layer(s).

Sgraffito on walls has been used in Europe since classical times, it was popularized in Italy in the 15th and 16th centuries and later in Austria, Germany and Eastern Europe, specifically Poland and Czech. Also it can be found in African art. In combination with ornamental decoration these techniques formed an alternative to the prevailing painting of walls. The technical procedures are similar to the painting of frescoes.

2-part Fresco Workshop at the Getty Villa June 5 and 12

fresco workshop at the Getty Villa with iLia Anossov

Join fresco master iLia Anossov for a hands-on introduction to the art of painting on fresh plaster at the Getty Villa. The two-day workshop (June 5 and 12) explores plaster preparation, cartoon-making and transfer methods, raw pigments, and painting techniques through lecture, demonstration, and studio practice. Each participant completes a buon fresco tile. Open to 14 participants. Course fee $235 (includes materials and lunch). Complimentary parking.

SPECIAL APPEARANCE: A noted Italian Fresco Conservator Elisabetta Covizzi Perfetti will be joining our workshop for a presentation and talk about fresco restoration and conservation techniques. Don’t miss!

http://www.getty.edu/visit/cal/events/ev_1016.html