Fresco Painting for Home & Garden
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (586 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0715308386 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 137 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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From Library Journal This challenging, intriguing manual is based on the ancient art of fresco. From basic painting, trompe l'oeil, and marbling, the author advances to raised modeling, gilding, and fine glazes. Using superb examples from Pompeii and the palaces of Florence, Hocombe manages to make the daunting task of mastering the use of sand, lime, water, and pigments seem within the reach of most artists and crafters. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. . She demonstrates, at first in small projects, how pigments bec
Mary Bird said Permanently beautiful art. I am an iconographer and work in egg tempera. I became interested in fresco because the same pigments are used. I have been looking for a tutorial for this art form for years. This book is not only readable, it is informative and does not take the ingredients and methods lightly. Working in the old techniques, such as encaustic, tempera and fresco, is slow, meditative and rewarding. This book is simple and beautiful enough for my grandchildren to enjoy and te. finally a correct book about the "affresco" tecnique!!! I've been trained as a professional artist in Italy and currently I run a studio in San Francisco where I am an instructor at the Academy of Art College. There is a great difference between an 'affresco' and a generic 'mural' that can be acrilic or tempera. 'Fresco' is a very simple but extremely precious tecnique.I heard people calling a 'fresco' the Leonardo's "Last Supper" wich is not. The Leonardo's painting is a 'tempera', for that reason it did not last
Information on mural painting and the preparation of walls and portable panels for large-scale paintings is also included.. In this text, artist and teacher Sarah Hocombe aims to demonstrate how even an inexperienced beginner can achieve stunning results from the start. It also provides a history of fresco. Step-by-step instructions at every stage introduce a range of techniques, from basic painting, trompe-l'oeil and marbling, to advanced work using raised modelling, gilding and fine glazes. The text provides an introduction to the technique through a series of small-scale projects that reproduce classical fresco designs on a variety of surfaces including tiles, wood, brick and plast