BUON FRESCO PAINTING WORKSHOPS

Our Workshops focus on the practical fresco application and/or
specific details of the techniques used during a particular period.
For art theory and aesthetic analysis, please refer to the reading
lists provided with the class description.

Master Class: Private Fresco Painting Mountain Retreat with iLia Fresco

View Example Curriculum Topics below available for your fresco workshop.

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BYZANTINE FRESCO TECHNIQUES 4-day Professional Buon Fresco Workshop During this workshop students will learn painting techniques as practiced in Byzantium and presently in the Orthodox Christian tradition as well as the details of wall and panel preparation. Students will learn specific methods of applying color and painting principles of the "canon" as well as discover merging points and cross-pollination with Italian frescoes. Each student will create up-to three 16X16 frescoes.(click for more info) CLASS DATE: Schedule your class! Call (310) 779-5079 for current options. Alternatively: BYZANTINE FRESCO TECHNIQUES - Multi-Unit FSOA Course (Private via Zoom)

POMPEIAN FRESCO TECHNIQUES 4-day Professional Buon Fresco Workshop During this workshop student will explore and practice specific fresco techniques used by Romans as well as the details of wall and panel preparation. During this class we focus on painting on 1 part lime 1 part marble meal (original "marmorino") layer of plaster-system used in Pompeii. As well as learn about terra-cotta (hydraulic lime) based lime fresco plaster used by their Etruscan contemporaries. Up-to three 16X16 frescoes will be painted.(click for more info) CLASS DATE: Schedule your class! Call (310) 779-5079 for current options. Alternatively: POMPEIAN FRESCO TECHNIQUES - Multi-Unit FSOA Course (Private via Zoom)

TECHNIQUES OF SGRAFFITO 4-day Professional Buon Fresco Workshop During this workshop student will explore classic techniques of sgraffito as well as the details of wall and panel preparation. Learn about classic system of preparation of the colored plasters for base intermediate and top layers of plaster. One-layer and two-three layer classic sgraffito systems with lime-paint and plaster top coats will be studied and practiced. Sgraffito work often includes details painted in buon fresco which is also addressed during this workshop. Up-to three 16X16 sgraffito frescoes will be created.(click for more info) CLASS DATE: Alternatively: TECHNIQUES OF SGRAFFITO - Multi-Unit FSOA Course (Private via Zoom) Schedule your class! Call (310) 779-5079 for current options.

RENAISSANCE FRESCO TECHNIQUES 4-day Professional Buon Fresco Workshop During this workshop student will focus on the classic methods of buon fresco painting practiced during the Renaissance as well as study the details of wall and panel preparation. Student will further their understanding of the perspective, value range principals, verdaccio under painting and its affect on the painting process. This workshop is a direct follow up to the Buon Fresco Painting Foundations DVD Tutorial Set. Up-to three 16X16 ornamental frescoes by each student will be created. (click for more info) CLASS DATE: Schedule your class! Call (310) 779-5079 for current options. Alternatively: RENAISSANCE FRESCO TECHNIQUES - Multi-Unit FSOA Course (Private via Zoom)

FRESCO ORNAMENTATION & SURFACES 4-day Professional Buon Fresco Workshop During this workshop student will focus on the ornamentation, trompe l’oeil elements and decorative buon fresco surfaces as well as the details of wall and panel preparation. This is not a culture/period specific workshop and the students are free to choose from variety of options from frescoes of India or China, Aztec or Inka, Western Europe or Byzantium and more. Up-to three 16X16 ornamental frescoes by each student will be created. (click for more info) CLASS DATE: Schedule your class! Call (310) 779-5079 for current options. Alternatively: FRESCO ORNAMENTATION & SURFACES - Multi-Unit FSOA Course (Private via Zoom)

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