"Of all the other ways that painters do, painting on the wall is the most masterful and beautiful."
This is how Giorgio Vasari presents the fresco technique, considered among the most difficult since it does not allow second thoughts.
In Florence, great artists have created beautiful frescoes that can now be admired inside the Florentine churches, palaces and museums: Masaccio, Ghirlandaio, Frà Angelico, Vasari, Giotto and many others. Fresco is an ancient technique that consists in applying the paint on a layer of fresh plaster, which by drying up merges with the color. This way the painting is preserved for a long time as it becomes an integral part of the wall itself. During the course, the student will learn to divide the work into "days" and to paint with colors created with pigments.
Courses can be started every week and classes are held in the afternoon. Schedules vary for every student and will be communicated on the week before the starting of the course.
This course is available in two types:
-Basic (6 hours per week)
-Semi-intensive (10 hours per week)
The minimum enrollment is 2 weeks.
All our teachers speak Italian and English. It is possible to book private lessons.
Students who attend the course of Fresco begin their work by preparing the preliminary sketches, afterwards the drawing will be transported on the support and they will start the painting by subdividing the work into “giornate” (days) to control the execution and make the necessary changes, which are very difficult once the plaster has dried.
PROGRAM
- Introduction to Fresco painting
- Base preparation: rinzaffo, arriccio, intonaco, intonachino
- Copy of the sketch on the base
- Time distribution: “le giornate”
- Color preparation
- Fresco painting
- Retouches on dry surface
