FROM FRESCO GAZETTE

The secrets of Diego from The Walls have The Word by Melchor Peredo Being a student, I went at times to the Palacio Nacional to invite Diego Rivera to give a conference at the School "La Esmeralda", the voluminous artist himself moved-disturbed by the interruption, slightly in its scaffold, descending his protruding eyes towards me and skewered: Yes I will go, because that is a revolutionary school. "The Yuca" that more than his assistant he was from time to time his model, posed as the face of the black slave brought by the army of Hernán Cortez from Cuba. Diego was shading with smooth tones of vineyard black before applying color. Naturally, already on the wet plaster. According to Juan O'Gorman his great friend and communist comrade the master always worked this way, what gave him total liberty at the moment of the application of color. The curious thing if this resulted for him for the fresco; his easel paintings generally in oil were executed under the impressionist principle to exclude black in the shadows. What he did instead, then, was to shade with the Complementarie's. The amazing thing is that his frescoes, initially almost grisaille (monochrome) in color, in the end, black turns out to be almost imperceptible one. What is his secret? read more... The House That Faux Built For the Fresco School, June 2007 came with exciting event - release of hard cover edition of "The House That Faux Built", which includes a reproduction of the "Dolphin Fresco" by Fresco School's founder and head instructor, iLia Anossov. The House That Faux Built: Transform Your Home Using Paints, Plasters & Creativity 100 top artists from across the U.S., England and France participated! Together they transformed the rooms of a 1940s colonial fi xer-upper in Metro DC and an inner-city Chicago church into incredible works of art. The Artist’s version of “We are the World,” This amazing project-turned-book has a dual purpose: • Raise money to house Katrina victims. • Showcase the cutting edge in painting/plaster home make-overs. (Includes the latest in green paint products and techniques.) The House that Faux Built captures the project in over 500 full color photos. It is being snapped up by homeowners, DIYers, realtors and designers eager to see the latest in faux and home transformations. read more... Exterior Boun Fresco in Los Angeles Trompe l'oeil carved plaster work and vignette views of Positano Bay on the left and the Town of Positano street scene on the right, surround main entry doors. The style is in the best traditions of early Italian Renaissance. The technique is a genuine Buon (true) Fresco - the glorious technique of Giotto, Michelangelo and Rafael making it's mark in Los Angeles. read more... Florence: the Master Talani fulfilled the biggest strappo of fresco in the world FLORENCE 16/11/2006 - Something has happened in Italy at last, and particularly in the cradle of Art, Florence. On last 20th September 2006 one of the most important artistic events of the last years took place: inside Santa Maria Novella Station in Florence it was inaugurated the colossal fresco by the master Giampaolo Talani, one of the few contemporary painters still able to execute a work of those dimesions. read more... from world fresco painting news: Italy to seek 'lost Leonardo' behind Florence wallTarankai Daily News - Taranaki,New ZealandFlorence's leaders commissioned Leonardo – the painter of the Mona Lisa and the most famous version of the Last Supper – in 1503 to create afresco ...... read more...