Fresco materials and tools are packed and ready for a sold out fresco workshop at the Getty Villa this Sunday.
There is another fresco workshop at the Getty Villa coming up in January. Enrollment is open:
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Lime Cycle is the process by which limestone or marble (pure form of lime stone) is converted to quicklime by heating, then it is slaked (hydrated), and reverted back to limestone (marble) by carbonation.
Lime Cycle – fresco plaster, lime plaster
Multi-layer fresco didactic panel, Early Renaissance with Renaissance plaster and Roman Grottesca with Roman plaster illustrated demonstration.
Early Reanessance and Roman Grottesca multi-layer didactic fresco panel, by iLia Fresco
The above is a completed multi-layer didactic fresco panel, I have used existing cartoons from my exterior buon fresco project for the first layer and interior roman fresco project for the second painting layer. Most likely I would do some staining for the Roman part when first stage of curing process is complete – in a couple of weeks. In the following pictures I have outlined the main steps of the painting process.
I am working on the set of didactic fresco panels for my fresco workshop at the IDAL Convention which is taking place in Indianapolis on October 8th – 12th.
iLia Fresco preparing didactic fresco panels for IDAL 2013, Brushes by Pierre Finkelstein Rock!
This will be a challenging fast pace class in a demanding professional artist’s environment, I have to create step-by-step visuals of multi-style, layered aged fresco panels that I can take on a plane with me.
During my fresco program at the Getty Villa we will explore the Roman Period of fresco using references from the Getty’s fabulous collection of Roman frescoes; didactic fresco panels in Roman style that I have prepared for the program and hands on practice. Each student will complete a buon fresco in Roman tradition.
Fresco Didactic Panels for the Getty Institute by iLia Fresco (Anossov)
The Medium of Fresco is defined by the chemical reaction of the calcium hydroxide combining with carbon dioxide in the air forming calcium carbonate. During this process natural pigments are being trapped within the calcium carbonate crystal which permanently binds them to the surface.
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I often asked, what binds fresco paint (natural pigment diluted in water) to the surface in fresco painting?
Here is a snapshot of the bucket where I rinse my fresco tools and fresco brushes.
Carbon dioxide from the air reacted with the calcium hydroxide (slaked lime) in the water forming a thin transparent crust. Some water had evaporated and you can see that the process restarts once the water surface opens up.
That is exactly what happens on the plaster and binds pigment to the surface.
As part of the Space Fresco Project, I will be painting an exterior Buon Fresco in a team with Juri Koll, Levi Ponce and Ian Hardwick (plaster) at Telfair Elementary School in Pacoima.
Space Fresco – Telfair Elementary Buon Fresco Team at the Fresco School Studio – Levi Ponce, Juri Koll, Rosa Lopez, iLia Fresco (Anossov). Photo by Kent Twitchell
The actual wall is right behind me on the picture below:
Juri Koll and I working on the didactic fresco panels for the upcoming fresco course at the Getty Villa.
Roman, about A.D. 70, fresco (plaster and pigment), Getty Villa Collection
Studio Course: Introduction to Fresco Painting (2-part course)
Sunday, September 29 and October 6, 2013
10:30am-5:00pm
Getty Villa: Meeting Rooms and Museum galleries
Join fresco master iLia Anossov for a hands-on introduction to the art of painting on fresh plaster. The two-day workshop 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. Continue reading
Fresco School Studio after major projects
This spring and beginning of the summer have been packed with work.
I have completed the Buon Fresco Foundations DVD tutorial set – a complete stand-along tutorial on the medium of fresco painting and a prerequisite for our classes at the Fresco School.
Also my studio partner Kent Twitchell has finished two major projects: Continue reading
Ruby Dee Mural by the “father of street art” muralist Kent Twitchell – final day.
The unveiling is in few hours, we still need to paint the shadow!
Ruby Dee Mural – day 14
The full figure is almost up – 7 panels are left to go! Installed by Kent Twitchell, Fresco School and our Cleveland team.