Day 1.

Arrival.

Discussion and looking at pictures of frescoes.

Day 2.

A trip out to see a fresco, a talk in front of the fresco - what a fresco actually is, an explanation of the lime cycle and of how the pigments plus water become a permanent stone painting.

Lunch.

Fresco Workshop: The magic of fresco is in the use of natural pigments which become pure, bright and luminous as they are fixed permanently into the surface of a damp lime plaster – the painting becomes stone. We will look at printed out details of the frescoes we saw in the morning; deciding on a detail to work from; mixing 'intonaco' (lime putty and sand); plastering a terracotta tile; painting a fresco using natural pigments and water.

Dinner.

Slideshow and discussion about natural pigments and how they are extracted from earths and rocks.