Hi Mickey,

I am a 5th grade teacher in Los Angeles, and I would love to teach my kids how to paint fresco. However, I'm not much of an artist myself. In reading your post, I had a few questions for you:

1. What is a "float coat"? (i.e how is it applied, how thick, etc.?)
2. What is an "intonacco"? (same as above)
3. What do you mean when you say "sand proportions"?

I apologize for my naiveté, but like I said, I'm not much of an artist, just interested in exposing my students to lots of different styles of art. If there are any references you can point me to that explain the basics of painting fresco, I would really appreciate it.

Thanks,

Scot Oschman