By Sylvia Hunt
On July 18-19 of 2005 as part of Fresco School’s outreach program, Children’s Fresco workshop took place in Los Angeles. Workshop was conducted by the founder and instructor of the Fresco School, iLia Anossov and me, and what a joy this was, so here is how this adventure unfolded . . .
The kids, approximately 22 of them, ages ranging from 5 to 12 yrs, were from the Summer Camp of Bryan Hawkins Kenpo Karate School, and showed up early Monday all very excited about the painting adventure, although not really quite sure what a fresco was. . .
Day 1: Drawing
They gathered in the fresco studio and Ilia began the day with a short overview of the meaning of ‘fresco’ and displayed an exhibit made by his son, Phillipe, which showed the different steps in making a fresco.
We had them choose from a selection of drawings of different Karate symbols and the children, all happy with their choice, traced them on tracing paper. We had them decide what two colors they wanted to use; one for background, one for Karate symbol, and we wrote these on each drawing for the next day.
