Buon Fresco

Learning venetian plaster at Buon Fresco studios is a richly unique experience. Victoria Bingham is a genius artist, who from the warm welcome on, is genuinely concerned with each student’s progress throughout the curriculum. This is not the first set of venetian plaster classes that I have taken. Other schools focus on product line and quick application where each student recreates the sample that the instructor is demonstrating. Victoria teaches technique, and the emphasis is on rendering beautiful artistic finishes. Each student is given the freedom to custom mix color and personal design choices so that everyone comes away with their own unique set of samples. Victoria brings her artistry to the application of plaster, creating a technique for rendering marble not taught anywhere else. Each student gets a binder of information but I found it important to take close notes throughout, particularly to record steps and color formulas used in creating specific finishes. The sample boards created are high quality and suitable for showing off the work. Victoria holds nothing back, welcoming any and all questions, enlightening students with tips and tricks of the trade that only a person of her experience and expertise can. Lastly, after the classes were complete and I was in the «real world» dealing with imperfect walls in an 80 year old house, Victoria was highly responsive and supportive, supplying information, product and supplies on demand and in a very tight timeframe.