"Fresco" (from the Italian word) means "fresh", "dump". It is a painting with tempera on dump plaster. It should be made just in a few hours, while the plaster is wet and imbibes color. The method of painting on a dry plaster also exists: it is called "a cekko". The canvas consolidated on a wall or a hardboard is often used in modern monumental painting. It allows to paint by oil or acril.

FINISHED PROJECTS:

• Western part of the Archangel Michael church, Mihailovskaya Sloboda, Moscow region, 2005
• Western part of the Uspenskiy Cathedral church, Dmitrov, Moscow region, 2002-2003
• Meal room in the Novo-Spasskiy monastery, Moscow, 2001
• Kazanskiy church in Optina Pustin, Kaluga region, 1998
• Temple of the Christ the Savior - making (partly) of paintings under the direction of the Deserved artist of Russia V.E.Boytsov;

MOSAIC

Romans and Greeks called "mosaic" pictures devoted to Muses. They did mosaic with small coloured stones, cause images should have been eternal like Muses. At present mosaic is made with small coloured bricks of glass.
• Mosaic icons for the Gates of the Archangel Michael church, Mihailovskaya Sloboda, Moscow region, 2003-2006
• Christ the Savior - mosaic icon.

SGRAFFITO

The sgraffito style (literally translated from Italian as "harrowed") is applied to the monumental art. Two or more layers of miscellaneous color plasters are imposed on a wall. For example: lower - brown, then - green and upper - usually white. When the plaster dries up, artist starts to harrow it by metallic scratchers. Then the silhouette of brown and green images appears under a white background.
• Examples of sgraffito

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