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The Faux Finish
School offers several decorative painting classes and workshops
catered to your specific needs. Below you will find a few of the
faux painting, mural, stenciling classes and workshops currently
scheduled. For a complete listing of our workshops....
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to view all of the current classes. All of our instructors are full-time, practicing finishers in the faux painting field.
This experience in unparalleled in any other faux finishing program.
This practical knowledge is transferred in the classroom in every workshop.
Our staff has collectively over 75 years experience decorative finishing!
Our
beginner five-day workshop class "
Art
and Business of Faux Finishing" is a hands-on
program teaching the fascinating techniques and business
side of faux painting and decorative finishes. This is
an unintimidating, well structured class, designed for
the self-taught and beginner. This is our most popular
faux finish course . . . five days of sample-making, business,
field-trips, as well as the studio's 30 years of combined
faux experience. . . to put you in the business of Decorative
Painting. The "Art and Business of Faux Finishing" A Class
in progress can be visited to get a firsthand look
at our classroom structure and environment. Testimonies
of Faux Finish School students can also be found in
this section.
Our
advanced class, "Designer
Wall Finishes WorkshopTM is designed with the professional faux finisher in mind. We deem a professional faux finisher as one that
is a practicing artisan, established, working in the field, and has a good clientele base. This workshop is not for
the beginner. This is a five-day intensive advanced workshop of multi-layered
designer wall faux finishes. Students will complete 20 - 25 different samples
to add to their portfolio.
 Reactive Series...The Next Level
"The Ultimate Portfolio Enhancer™"
Are you ready to take your portfolio to the next level? Ready to "blow away" other decorative artists and designers?
This is the workshop for you!
These finishes are unlike any ever seen in this industry...
The remarkable characteristics of the Faux Effects® RS™ Series of products render them one-of-a-kind. Their performance and quality will surpass all faux and decorative finishing products you have used in the past. Created by Raymond Sandor, President and CEO of Faux Effects International, Inc., as well as a leading artist, inventor and innovator in the field of faux and decorative finishing, these products are the culmination of 35 years experience in the industry. Taught by Master Decorative Artisan, Martin Alan Hirsch and Decorative Artist, Krista Vind.
To view, click: The Ultimate Portfolio Enhancer™
Our Business Class
"The Art of Making a Profit
"Taking the Guesswork out of Estimating and Pricing"...
New!!
How do I figure out what I should be charging?
What am I really making on this faux painting job?
How do I price a faux finish I've never done before?
Will doing proposals ever get easier and faster?
At tax time - Wow! I thought I was making more money that that!!
Overhead - what's that? And why is it important?
Can I afford help faux finishing? and How do I bid a faux painting job using help?
You mean I have to read a blueprint and do a bid from that!?!
How do I figure the area of a dome 20 feet up??
The designer says she wants a 20% markup, another says she wants 20% of the job - what's the difference and how is it figured?
If so, this class is for you! Whether you are just starting your faux painting business or have an established business - if you've ever confronted these issues, or felt the least bit unsure of your pricing, this class will enable you to refine your pricing and estimating skills and be able to do it quickly with confidence. With this class you will receive a CD with invaluable automated job costing and estimating forms, invoice/proposal forms, as well as other valuable tools and information. Laptops with spreadsheet program are required for this class.
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Our Cabinetry & Furniture
class, "European Designer Cabinetry and Furniture Finishes Workshop" The look of hand painted, custom finished furniture and cabinetry is in high demand! Cabinet refinishing is one of the most requested finishes in today’s faux painting market and a lucrative addition to your faux finish portfolio.
Students will learn the proper preparation for a variety of surfaces, topcoat/protective options, and be introduced to products and techniques that will accomplish faux finished aged, old world and contemporary finishes. Techniques included are multi-layered faux finishes, chipped paint, crackling, distressing, glazing, creating wood tone finishes on painted surfaces, as well as several paint & stain techniques.
Working on actual cabinet and trim samples, students will learn to create professional-quality faux finishes suitable for both new and previously finished cabinetry. Learn how to create to a truly professional finish that will satisfy even the most discriminating clients. .
Color
Theory Workshop - New!!
This class will benefit
the decorative painter and the beginning artist who are combining and
mixing their own colors by providing the necessary information on color
combinations, color theory and controlling color.
View this workshop...
Our faux marbling and woodgraining class, European Master Marbling and Woodgraining is comprehensive faux painting class that will combine techniques of classical and modern marble and woodgrain painting.
Gary Lord teaching our Metallic foil workshop Metallic Foils...Reflective Illusions is our newest workshop! Metallics are becoming more integral in the design and decorative painting fields. These metallic foils are easy to apply and offer extremely high production rates versus traditional gold leafing techniques. The foils will not tarnish, do not need to be sealed, and are virtually indestructible. They can be installed with none of the mess of traditional leafing. You will learn the use of these foils in wall finishes where the foil is applied first, in the middle, and last in the decorative painting process. You will also see the benefits of using the foils on detailed moldings, wood trim, furniture, and in murals. Metallic paint cannot offer the shine of these foils, and the cost is very low compared to metallic paint or leafing products. This Gary Lord workshop is a three day workshop with ten completed, layered metallic foil finishes. The only prerequisite is that you are a current, practicing faux finisher in the field.
Our Contemporary - Urban Wall Finishes class
Contemporary Flair.....Urban Finishes and Beyond
The newest direction in architecture and design....
Urban Contemporary.
Envision...downtown renovation, industrial loft, sleek and modern design.
Elegance with a high tech twist.
At Decorative Finishes Studio we are in touch with industry trends and have created this class to provide students with the tools and finishes to satisfy those with a taste for something new, fresh, and modern.
From metropolitan chic to modern metallic, this class explores unusual ways to use products you know and love as well as exploring several of Faux Effects newest materials including the Stucco Lux ® metallic plasters and Faux Metals ®
These unique decorative treatments are truly art for walls often selling as frameable art pieces .
Created in a market where urban contemporary reigns, these are some of Decorative Finishes Studio's instructor Krista Vind's personal favorite finishes and are proven sellers!
If you are looking to stretch your creative boundaries, think outside the box, and truly explore the art in decorative painting, this class is for you.
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