How to make a Roman fresco

Here's How t make a Roman Fresco

After preparing the wall with a layer of rough plaster, the Roman Fresco artists would create the painting bit by bit as the pigment need to be applied onto wet plaster.

                                                   

1. Crushed pigaments made from rocks and dried plants were mixed with lime water to form the paste.
2. A small patch of fine wet plaster called the intonaco was put on the wall.
3. The paste was painted on straight away . As the plaster was still wet, the pigment would bond with the plaster.
4. Once the picture was completed, wax was put over the surface to protect the picture and make it shine.

How to Make Papyrus Paper

Papyrus paper
Ancient Egyptians were the first to make paper, using papyrus, a plant  once found along the banks of the River Nile. Papyrus was also used to make ropes and baskets.

How to make Papyrus paper
To make paper, the green skin of the papyrus stalks was removed and the stalks cut into long strips. The strips were flattened out and then some were laid horizontally on a cotton sheet. Other strips were placed vertically on top. This gave the criss-cross pattern found in papyrus paper. Then the strips were pressed. The natural juice of the papyrus plant acted as a glue to seal all the strips together, creating a single sheet of paper.