• Beginner Workshops -Faux Painting

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The Faux Finish School classroom is well lit with natural light as well as full spectrum overhead lighting. Each student has their own work area, easel, and faux finishing supplies to help assist in achieving the finest results. Working decorative painting wall finishes upright, gives the student more of the feel of "working a wall when applying faux painting techniques".
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See what  former students have to say about The Faux Finish School, faux finishing curriculum, and director, Martin Alan Hirsch.
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2010 Faux Painting Workshops

The Polished Portfolio - Art and Business of Faux Finishing for the 21st Century
Today’s the time to make a positive commitment and investment in building a lucrative design and faux finishing career.
This is a five day intensive decorative painting workshop teaching not only faux painting techniques, but also the business aspects of this lucrative career. This class is designed for those starting this business as well as self-taught and seasoned finishers!
25 of the most incredible finishes you have seen!
This is our most popular workshop giving students the motivation and business tactics to become successful faux painters!
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Advanced - Designer Wall Finishes WorkshopTM
If you are a discriminating faux painting artisan ready to advance your craft to a higher level, The Faux Finish School can provide you with the creme de la creme of the industry's decorative finishing materials and systems. Multi-layered finishes, peeled-paint finishes, unique plaster systems and more!
This class is designed for the professional faux finisher with an established clientele.
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 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
This class is designed for the professional faux finisher with an established clientele.
The Ultimate Portfolio Enhancer™
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2010 Specialty
Faux Painting Workshops

  Appetite for Design
"Gourmet Finishes for Walls and More".......
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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  Fauxnominal Canvas Creations
"A Faux Finish School Exclusive Workshop".......
Faux finished canvas....For the artistic finisher who wants to broaden their abilities and tap into something inviting and profitable.... Five days of technique, application, theory, rendering and study...In this workshop, we will push to expand your passion for creation and design by working on one-of-a-kind contemporary art pieces and embellishments with unique finishes and applications... 20 pieces....in five days... You will learn to achieve the exact looks and properties needed to complement any interior. These canvases encompass the absolute beauty of the materials and they can be tweeked to exactly what many new construction, residential as well as commercial designers clients can't pass up for that room that didn't get a finish. .
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"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 market and a lucrative addition to your 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 aged, old world and contemporary finishes. Techniques included are multi-layered 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 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.
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  RsCrete™ "Tough Enough"
Countertops and Floors -
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!
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