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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"...
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.
Appetite for Design
"Gourmet Finishes for Walls and More......... "...
New!!
Hungry for fresh inspiration?
Eager to tempt clients and designers with a tasty menu of marketable marvelous morsels?
Ready to serve palatable finishes to satisfy finicky palettes and everyone from commoner to connoisseur?
Our instructors' creative juices will really get you cooking, while their product knowledge and active field experience will give you the mad-scientist confidence to mix colors and materials to satisfy every palette.
In this 3 day workshop, students will whip up 12 new delicious dishes ranging from tempting traditions with a twist to seductive sophistications with shimmer and spiceall made with the finest ingredients, including old staples like Aquastone, Palette Deco and Lusterstone, in combination with the latest products from the RS line and Stucco Lux.
You'll leave our kitchen with 12 piping hot treats, a step-by-step cookbook of 24 recipes detailing unique interpretations of each creation, and tips to use up leftovers and improvise to suit every taste and budget.
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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. .
 "Limitless Lusterstone Workshop"...
Lusterstone®.........The first metallic finishing plaster on the market and a proven portfolio bestseller.....
You know Lusterstone, but you don’t know it like this!
Designed exclusively for the Faux Finish School, this three day class will teach you exactly why Lusterstone is limitless!
You will create 18 finishes in 3 days! This advanced troweling class is designed for the professional faux finisher who is already familiar with Lusterstone.. During the 3 day class we will work with many Faux Effects products layering and combining them with Lusterstone to create 18 varied and unique finishes. In addition, we will also be incorporating Modello Decorative Masking Patterns for both positive and negative effects. These 18 multi layered finishers are designed to be economical and time efficient to produce while still looking like the ultimate in luxury finishes.
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Our RsCrete™ Countertops and Floors Workshop
RsCrete™ "Tough Enough" Countertops and Floors Workshop
The unique countertop and floors techniques and layered systems taught at The Faux Finish School using Faux Effects ® RsCrete™ products will put you in far advance of your competition. At The Faux Finish School, you will learn proven "to the surface" RsCrete™ finishes.
RsCrete™ is a patent pending, superior interior/exterior decorative concrete floor-finishing product formulated specifically for creating strong veneered surfaces along with beautiful design elements over: concrete, tile, even wallboard with tough, long lasting durability. Great for producing designer quality pool decks; a business in itself. RsCrete™ is a translucent, yet tintable and versatile product. This revolutionary product is unlike anything else on the market. Far lighter than concrete products and as easy to apply as LusterStone®, RsCrete™ will forever change the way you approach concrete finishes!
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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