06_First decent fresco tile

Gonzalo Espinosa did the first fresco in Mayan Blue since Bonampak -- probably not. But he did do our first successful fresco in Mayan Blue on 8 September 2009. It still cracked. This is a picture of it several days later, once it dried:


Mixed lime to sand, one to one:


Mix is stiff, though it could be drier:


Sprayed the Hardibacker tile with water, front and back, and waited until it no longer glistened:


Spread fresco plaster on tile:


Troweled tile smooth:


Tile glistening, too wet to paint on:


Tile dried shortly, and Gonzalo started his painting:


He used a Mayacrom palette, of just pigments ground in distilled water:


Progress:

Full drawing:

Tile started cracking when he was painting:


Finished masterpiece:


Partido Constitucional del Narcisismo, oil painting by Gonzalo Espinosa: