This item is excerpted from a piece in which the author takes a humorous approach to explaining how to paint a fresco. Fresco is a complicated technique that involves painting on fresh, moist plaster ( on ceiling or walls ) with pigments dissolved in water.
You should have already have extensive drawings of your fresco-these will be much sought by scholars and collectors in centuries to come. Make a full-size sketch on sturdy paper, of a section of the fresco that you can paint in a day