the paint becomes part of the wall
Fresco Paints meaning fresh paint in English
Fresco is a painting technique that uses water-based pigments on applied plaster, and is known to be the most durable technique around. Known to be the oldest technique it has also been called Mother of all Arts and is very hard to master.
What dries fast is not so much the paint, but the fresh plaster on which the fresco paint is applied. And as the plaster dries the paint unites with it.
Painting on dry plaster as opposed to painting on wet plaster. Painting on wet plaster is more permanent because the paint is infused with the plaster.
I suppose if you were doing a faux fresco you could use tempera paint, but this wouldn't be done using plaster but on paper in the same style. On plaster I don't think the tempera would work.
the paint becomes part of the wall
Fresco Paints meaning fresh paint in English
Fresco is a painting technique that uses water-based pigments on applied plaster, and is known to be the most durable technique around. Known to be the oldest technique it has also been called Mother of all Arts and is very hard to master.
The word fresco ("fresh") involves working with fresh colored chalk (a kind of cement or plaster). It's quite a difficult technique, because you paint and plaster at the same time. Later, fresco secco, a paint made of caseine and putty, was developed to put on a dry plaster wall.
What dries fast is not so much the paint, but the fresh plaster on which the fresco paint is applied. And as the plaster dries the paint unites with it.
they paint on to wet plaster so it lasts longer and sets when the plaster sets.
The answer is GESSO, which is a base or primer used in painting.
The paintings in the Sistine Chapel are frescoes. Pigment was mixed with wet plaster directly on the wall or ceiling.A Fresco painting, from the Italian word affrescowhich derives from the adjective fresco ("fresh"), describes a method, where the paint is applied on plaster on walls or ceilings. The Buon fresco technique consists of painting in pigment mixed with water on a thin layer of wet, fresh,lime mortar or plaster.
Painting on dry plaster as opposed to painting on wet plaster. Painting on wet plaster is more permanent because the paint is infused with the plaster.
I suppose if you were doing a faux fresco you could use tempera paint, but this wouldn't be done using plaster but on paper in the same style. On plaster I don't think the tempera would work.
If you mean Leonardo's painting it used the perspective, an invention which was then about 80 years old. Leonardo also invented some new paint to use here. It was a disaster and has deteriorated horribly.
Fresco painting is the technique of apply paint and fresh plaster to a wall in order to obtain a finished painting that is durable and appears to be "part of the wall". There are lots of variations on the technique and plenty of example. the Last supper by DaVinci is just one example.