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A technique rather than just a material, fresco uses a water-based pigment on fresh, still-wet plaster. This was most often applied to lime plaster, and makes the painting an integral part of the structure.

How to Paint a Fresco (the Renaissance Way)

This article details how frescoes were painted in the Renaissance.
http://www.arttrav.com/art-history-tools/how-to-paint-fresco/
Fresco Painting - Britannica

Fresco painting is ideal for making murals because it lends itself to a monumental style, is durable, and has a matte surface.
https://www.britannica.com/art/fresco-painting
Buon Fresco Materials and Supplies

Detailed list of Buon Fresco Materials and Supplies with descriptions of use in buon fresco painting. One stop art materials reference center for fresco projects, includes shopping info.
http://www.fresco-techniques.com/buon-fresco-materials.html
FuoriBorgo: Fresco Making Tutorial

Last year Nicholas took a little course in fresco making at the archeology museum in the nearest town. He loved it, and the bird fresco he made crowns one of our bookshelves.
http://www.fuoriborgo.com/fuoriborgo/2009/04/fresco-making.html
The Art of Fresco: Painting Technique

The Art of Fresco by Lucia Wiley. This page describes transferring the design and painting the fresco.
http://www.muralist.org/fresco/painting.html
Interpretive Resource - The Art Institute of Chicago

The fresco technique of painting involves the application of pigment to a wall surface covered with fresh plaster. While this process might sound fairly simple, it is actually quite complicated. It involves a series of chemical reactions between the materials, which must occur at the correct time in order for the fresco to set properly. Consequently, this technique requires great skill and timing on the part of the plasterer and painter.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/resources/resource/2672?search_id=1
What is Fresco? - YouTube

Liana Sofia explains, "what is fresco?" during a short film that documents the creation of a 3 section Fresco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-prAIz0urTE
How to Make a Fresco Painting: 9 Steps - Wikihow

How to Make a Fresco Painting. Affresco ( In English usage, "fresco" ). Painting done on freshly laid wet plaster with pigments dissolved in lime water.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Fresco-Painting
Fresco Painting Tools and Materials - FrescoShop

Fresco Painting Tools, Materials and Supplies selected and tested by the Fresco School. Slaked lime putty, natural earth and mineral pigments, fresco painting brushes, premixed fresco lime plasters, trowels, video tutorials and more.
http://frescoshop.com
Preparing Pigments For Fresco Painting by Tony Johansen

How to prepare colors for fresco painting.
http://www.paintmaking.com/grinding_fresco.htm
Fresco Plaster - Buon Fresco Painting Foundations Tutorials

Fresco Plaster - Buon Fresco Painting Foundations DVD Tutorial Volume 1 is the essential tutorial and a must-have for the study of the medium of fresco.
http://iliafresco.com/fresco-plaster-buon-fresco-painting-foundations/
Fresco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia's information about frescos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco
Fresco Painting - Visual Arts

Fresco Painting: History, Techniques: Buon, Secco, Mezzo Techniques: Arena Chapel (Giotto), Sistine Chapel (Michelangelo).
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/painting/fresco.htm

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How to Paint a Fresco (the Renaissance Way)

This article details how frescoes were painted in the Renaissance.
http://www.arttrav.com/art-history-tools/how-to-paint-fresco/
Fresco Painting - Britannica

Fresco painting is ideal for making murals because it lends itself to a monumental style, is durable, and has a matte surface.
https://www.britannica.com/art/fresco-painting
Buon Fresco Materials and Supplies

Detailed list of Buon Fresco Materials and Supplies with descriptions of use in buon fresco painting. One stop art materials reference center for fresco projects, includes shopping info.
http://www.fresco-techniques.com/buon-fresco-materials.html
FuoriBorgo: Fresco Making Tutorial

Last year Nicholas took a little course in fresco making at the archeology museum in the nearest town. He loved it, and the bird fresco he made crowns one of our bookshelves.
http://www.fuoriborgo.com/fuoriborgo/2009/04/fresco-making.html
The Art of Fresco: Painting Technique

The Art of Fresco by Lucia Wiley. This page describes transferring the design and painting the fresco.
http://www.muralist.org/fresco/painting.html
Interpretive Resource - The Art Institute of Chicago

The fresco technique of painting involves the application of pigment to a wall surface covered with fresh plaster. While this process might sound fairly simple, it is actually quite complicated. It involves a series of chemical reactions between the materials, which must occur at the correct time in order for the fresco to set properly. Consequently, this technique requires great skill and timing on the part of the plasterer and painter.
http://www.artic.edu/aic/resources/resource/2672?search_id=1
What is Fresco? - YouTube

Liana Sofia explains, "what is fresco?" during a short film that documents the creation of a 3 section Fresco.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-prAIz0urTE
How to Make a Fresco Painting: 9 Steps - Wikihow

How to Make a Fresco Painting. Affresco ( In English usage, "fresco" ). Painting done on freshly laid wet plaster with pigments dissolved in lime water.
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Fresco-Painting
Fresco Painting Tools and Materials - FrescoShop

Fresco Painting Tools, Materials and Supplies selected and tested by the Fresco School. Slaked lime putty, natural earth and mineral pigments, fresco painting brushes, premixed fresco lime plasters, trowels, video tutorials and more.
http://frescoshop.com
Preparing Pigments For Fresco Painting by Tony Johansen

How to prepare colors for fresco painting.
http://www.paintmaking.com/grinding_fresco.htm
Fresco Plaster - Buon Fresco Painting Foundations Tutorials

Fresco Plaster - Buon Fresco Painting Foundations DVD Tutorial Volume 1 is the essential tutorial and a must-have for the study of the medium of fresco.
http://iliafresco.com/fresco-plaster-buon-fresco-painting-foundations/
Fresco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wikipedia's information about frescos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresco
Fresco Painting - Visual Arts

Fresco Painting: History, Techniques: Buon, Secco, Mezzo Techniques: Arena Chapel (Giotto), Sistine Chapel (Michelangelo).
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/painting/fresco.htm

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A technique rather than just a material, fresco uses a water-based pigment on fresh, still-wet plaster. This was most often applied to lime plaster, and makes the painting an integral part of the structure.

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