Frescoing

/ˈfrɛs.koʊ.ɪŋ/ noun, verb

Definition

The act or process of painting a fresco; working with the fresco technique to create wall paintings on wet plaster.

Etymology

From fresco + -ing gerund/participle suffix, creating a noun describing the action or verbal form of the base word.

Kelly Says

Frescoing is a skill of impossible timing—you must mix pigments, climb scaffolding, and paint sections of wet plaster before it dries, all while creating perfectly proportioned human figures; one mistake and you can't just erase it.

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