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Original Message "RE: portable fresco panel" Posted by Steve Ladd on 25-Jun-08 at 09:55 PM The panel weighs a little over a pound, maybe 20 oz. I don't know how big I can make them and still keep the thinness and light weight;...possibly 16X16. Anything larger and they might break when you try to pick them up. 14X14 is a safe size, as you can see by the image. I haven't painted a pure fresco yet. I've done perhaps 15 panel-paintings since I began the process four years ago, some of which failed due to poor plastering. I have a little more knowledge now, but still I struggle with the concept of painting fresh with many layers, and especially with waiting between 'washes', so all the other "paint-over" mediums are a hard habit to break. I'm excited about receiving the Florentine lime putty from your FrescoShop soon, being determined to do a true fresco with real aged putty from Italy. I still don't understand how to use white tints using lime putty or even bianco sangiovani. Lime white changes the colors after a few days, and bianco sangiovani doesn't 'calcinate' completely, but leaves a little white powder after drying. I have good bianco sangiovani from Zecchi's, so the quality isn't the problem. I want to be able to use some whitened tints, and not just paint transparently, like watercolor. Michelangelo's paintings have a lot of beautiful rich tints with white in them. It's one of the last barriers in fresco for me, along with my ignorance of good plastering technique and mortar understanding.

Go back     FAQ       Conferences Post form Your Message Name*: Subject*: Message*:   HTML Ok Use [] in place of <> HTML Reference   Images Ok   Click on a smilie to add it to your message.   > The panel weighs a little over a pound, >maybe 20 oz. I don't know how big I can make >them and still keep the thinness and light >weight;...possibly 16X16. Anything larger and >they might break when you try to pick them up. > 14X14 is a safe size, as you can see by the >image. > I haven't painted a pure fresco yet. I've >done perhaps 15 panel-paintings since I began >the process four years ago, some of which failed >due to poor plastering. I have a little more >knowledge now, but still I struggle with the >concept of painting fresh with many layers, and >especially with waiting between 'washes', so all >the other "paint-over" mediums are a hard habit >to break. I'm excited about receiving the >Florentine lime putty from your FrescoShop soon, >being determined to do a true fresco with real >aged putty from Italy. > I still don't understand how to use white >tints using lime putty or even bianco >sangiovani. Lime white changes the colors after >a few days, and bianco sangiovani doesn't >'calcinate' completely, but leaves a little >white powder after drying. I have good bianco >sangiovani from Zecchi's, so the quality isn't >the problem. I want to be able to use some >whitened tints, and not just paint >transparently, like watercolor. Michelangelo's >paintings have a lot of beautiful rich tints >with white in them. It's one of the last >barriers in fresco for me, along with my >ignorance of good plastering technique and >mortar understanding. Check if you DO NOT wish to use emotion icons in your message

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