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DolphinFresco.com is a new website featuring step-by-step pictures of the painting process, materials, resources, etc. Dolphin Fresco is a fine example of Ancient Pompeian Fresco method, Early Mediterranean laconic imagery of design and Renaissance technique of painting. This original interpretation of The Classic Theme has been seamlessly integrated into contemporary setting by iLAdesigns.com. View Site

 

Albuquerque Fresco by Ilia Anossov
 

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The Albuquerque Fresco by Ilia Anossov is a paradigm of a brilliant modern fresco. Its technique is on the Grande scale, 23ft by 19ft. Viewing it is reminiscent of watching a gigantic film, for this fresco incorporates not only cinematic techniques, and reminders of the most brilliant art, but also resounds of the painting of late modern artists with a flair for whimsy, like Jean Miro, and Paul Klee...
more The Albuquerque Fresco by Ilia Anossov is a paradigm of a brilliant modern fresco. Its technique is on the Grande scale, 23 ft by 19ft. Viewing it is reminiscent of watching a gigantic film, for this fresco incorporates not only cinematic techniques, and reminders of the most brilliant cartoon art, but also resounds of the painting of late modern artists with a flair for whimsy, like Jean Miro, and Paul Klee...

Over 26,000 sq. feet of hand painted trompe l'oeil fresco fabrics have been produced by I LA Design Services to decorate 76th Annual Academy Awards® Governors Ball... "We wanted to create a modern-day palace, which is very fitting for the Governors' Ball," said Cheryl Cecchetto whose Sequoia Productions has staged 15 Governors Balls.

 

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Affresco ( In English usage, “fresco” ). Painting done on freshly laid wet plaster with pigments dissolved in lime water. As both dry they become completely integrated. Known as “true” fresco, this technique was most popular from the late thirteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. The common assumption that all mural painting is fresco painting is an erroneous idea. It is true that one can in fact paint on fresh plaster, or intonaco, to make a painting in affresco or a fresco. In true fresco the artist must start applying his colors on the wet (or fresco) intonaco as soon as it has been prepared and laid on the wall. The colors can thus be absorbed by the wet plaster. When it dries and hardens, the colors become one with plaster. Technically speaking the plaster does not “dry” but rather a chemical reaction occurs in which calcium carbonate is formed as a result of carbon dioxide from the air combining with the calcium hydrate in the wet plaster.

 

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"Introduction to Fresco Painting"
This one-day workshop is perfect for beginner and amateur artists, crafts people, hobbyists, etc.
"Discover Fresco Workshop" for ages 7-12+ During this class kids will learn facts about History of Fresco starting from 35,000 years old Cave Paintings in France and each child will paint a small buon fresco.


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Unique Fresco brushes made of fine bristle handcrafted in Italy by dedicated craftsmen, following the centuries old tradition and technique. Not available in US stores! Aged Lime Putty of the highest quality. Studio-tested Fine Fresco pigments and more. Secure online shopping.  

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TrueFresco.com has launched it's Outreach project - "History of Modern Fresco". Presenting virtual exhibitions of Frescoes created between 1900 - 2000. Frescoes which are just about to slip through the cracks in Art History, but not in any way less important than the works of celebrated and remembered Masters of Italian Renaissance...

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Artist Tansey Moyer successfully conducts classes in a series of fresco workshops at the Columbus Maryville Academy at Montrose and Clarendon in Chicago - an emergency housing center for the Department of Child and Family Services in Cook County. Tansey is using support and materials provided by TrueFresco.com through our "Discover Fresco Outreach Program"...

 

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Most recent topics from Fresco Forums:
exterior mural in northen climate | DVD tutorials Volumes 2+ | Large-scale mural advice needed | Ilia's Albquerque Fresco (400 sq ft) infojournal | Lime Putty, Pit Lime, Quicklime, Slaked Lime | Whats it worth? | Villa of the Mysteries | Bernard Zakheim (1896-1985) - Coit Tower | 700 Year Old Fresco of Mickey Mouse | "Tasting" the plaster? | rivesto-marmorino | Limewash Pigments | Fresco Venetian plaster | Magnesite Marble & Terracotta | Marble Powder | Fresco School - all new! | Introduction to Fresco 3-Day Workshop | Fresco Workshop March 17th - 21st 2005 | Fresco Workshop, Baltimore at St. John's, August 18-22 | Fresco painting PROBLEMS explored!!! | Fresco Painting Workshop - 6th, 7th and 8th grade | "Discover Fresco®" Workshop for Children Goes Chicago! | | | |

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TrueFresco is a thriving free membership ART Network composed of three distinctive Art Portals:

TrueFresco.com  - this site, offers Cafe al Fresco Art Forums, Art Promotion & News Channels, Art Calendars and Fresco Painting Pages.
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trueFresco.Org  - a non-for-profit webspace established to host Free Art World Community Art WebSites & Email Accounts, Educational Outreach Programs, Art Search & Art Directory (become a member - add your site now!). Contemporary Fresco Art Gazette delivers Art Network News and Updates published in Browser and PDA formats with dynamic Art Blogs on fresco painting, fine and decorative arts, sculpture, architecture and interior design. Gazette offers Free Art News Syndication through RSS and XML Art feeds.

TrueFresco Art Network has over 3000 content pages. It also includes original Modern Fresco Gallery and Nationwide Fresco Painting Workshop Program (FrescoSchool.org) and it is targeted to develop
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FROM FRESCO GAZETTE

The Fresco School - On the road to see Frescoes being painted in every town!
Since 1997 The Fresco School in Los Angeles, California has been the world's premiere institution for instruction in the "Mother of All Arts," the (buon) true fresco technique. Now the school is growing in even more new and exciting ways. "Our goal is to see fresco being painted in every town" - says iLia Anossov (fresco), founder of the Fresco School. To achieve this goal Fresco School is proud to announce diverse expansion with a new facility, private fresco class options and an in-depth DVD tutorial series. Classic fresco paintings, like those by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel, are the oldest, and at the same time, the most endangered form of art. Learn the only pure "organic" method of painting - no solvents, glues or man-made materials are used. Paint with molten marble like the magnificent Renaissance masters. Discover the most permanent art form, one that lasts through the centuries or millennia!
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The New Fresco Practice Wall at the Fresco School!
buon-fresco-painting-wall-250.jpgOriginally established in 1997, The Fresco School - www.FrescoSchool.org , dedicated to providing every facet imaginable for an authentic (Buon) True Fresco education, has constructed a full size, 8' x 16', four-coat Fresco Wall. Now students enrolled in Advanced Level Fresco Workshops and Programs can practice multiple Giornata Frescoes, Fresco removal methods, strappo or calicot as well as alternate techniques such as lime painting, distemper, Secco and Mezzo fresco methods all at one convenient location in the premiere arts district of downtown Los Angeles. The Fresco Wall supplies a chance to explore a medium that becomes part of a permanent structure. Fresco - the ultimate fusion of art and architecture.
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Adicolor, Inc.  established in 1995 as a means of bringing the Italian Venetian Plasters and Classic Faux Finishing Products to this side of the Atlantic. Adicolor products are imported from Italy, not North American reproductions, to achieve the truest renditions, in form, function and visual appeal as defined by centuries of European craftsmanship.

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Malgosia Migdal Design Associates signature style stems from a European background, modern approach, and high level of education. In 1994 The General Consulate of the Republic of Poland subsequently awarded MMDA the Space Planning and Interior Design for it's new facility. Commissioned by MMDA mural "Fish was THAT big" by Ilia Anossov is being featured in prestigious "Home Book" directory.



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Discover Fresco Workshop takes place in Ilia Anossov Downtown, LA studio and is limited to 5 children. Each child will complete 12"X12" Buon Fresco on tile. "Discover Fresco Workshop" can also be easily taught by school teacher or parent using our 90min "Discover Fresco Workshop" Video and "Discover Fresco Workshop" Materials Kit.  Ilia Anossov sponsors a qualified instructor from his studio to teach this workshop for you (Los Angeles locations only).

 

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"Step by step tutorial on preparation for Fresco. We will guide You through development of the concept and design, building composition based on giornatas, calculating the time and steps, ordering material. Developing of the Cartoon and making tracings. From concept sketch and color rendering to full scale Cartoon and color study. Finalizing giornatas layout and making tracings. Wall preparation. Plaster selection and application. Sand and lime mixtures. Humidity control and moisture. Tools and equipment. Tips from master-plasterer Ian Hardwick. Pigment selection and color preparation. Pigment grinding and storing ground base colors. Use of white and monitoring mixed colors during painting. Tools and equipment. Painting and joining giornatas. Steps in painting.  Morning, midday, evening differences. "Golden Hour" and drying challenge. Plaster behaviors and planning of the painting day. Materials for Fresco. Where and how to find and buy fresco supplies."