Teaching >> Truefresco Workshop In The USA 2006

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Our TrueFresco Workshop 2006 photographs:

USA, Chicago (IL) September 11-16 2006

The Truefresco master-class was organized by Iconofile company,
and
realized by Philip Davydov and Olsga Shalamova, iconographers of Sacred Murals Studio.

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call +7 950 00 58 293.

Faithfully Yours,

Iconographer Philip Davydov

3 days truetresco workshop in St. Petersburg (Russia) :

Part I - Preparation:

Day I. Organization of working places, with parallel introducing lecture about the TrueFresco technology, 30-minutes Study-sketch for the future composition. Transfer the image from the reproduction onto the transparent paper, and transfer the drawing onto a piece of white paper. Creation of a "cartoon" drawing - colorful preparative sketch, in the same way, as if it was already realized according to the truefresco technology.

Day II. When the "Cartoon" is completed, prepare the plaster of three ingredients - Lime, Brick chips and River Sand, and apply the the first layer of plaster on the working panel with steel nash. After dinner, when the plaster gets dry enaugh for work, transfer the drawing from the transparent paper onto the first layer of plaster.

Part II - TrueFresco work:

Day III. Early in the morning apply the second layer of plaster, Truefresco painting day.

Online registration and more detailed information about the TrueFresco workshops see on the web-site of Iconofile company.

Please, feel free to contact Iconofile company via e-mail or call +1-707-459-9990.

See some images of our 1-day trial workshop:

Part I - Preparation:

   

The builder's mesh is a great thing for fresco painting, it can hold the plaster on any surface, even on wood. Two layers of plaster are thick enough, to keep the surface wet for almost all the day.

Part II - Fresco painting:

   

Fresco painting process is a very hard work. You become wall-dependent, because the wall (or wooden board with mesh) with plaster on it tell you, what to paint and when.

     

These images show three stages of fresco painting process.

In the beginning the main (local) colours are applied to large surfaces, to let the lime begin to adhere them. After we have to create exact drawing and elaborate all the shadows with Terra Verde and Red Ochre. These parts must be done first. The "lights" can be done after, because the lime, used as white, helps the process of adhesion. When the work is finished, the colours are very bright,but after some days some colours, like Lapis Lazuli, Yellow Ochre and Terra Verde, and all the other, containing lime, will bleach, but Red Ochre and Nero di Vite will get even darker. It is very important to remember this feature of fresco technology and pay very close attention to this point, when we work.

Our Studio provides master classes in Iconography and Truefresco technology in Russia. Information is available upon request.

Read more about truefresco process on our Truefresco Technology  page and about Christian iconography>> .

See more Christian frescoes in our Mural Gallery and icons in Icon Gallery.

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