You recognized your talents and finally decided to take a faux painting class or you are tired of your dated portfolio. This workshop is for you, the aspiring faux painting artist or the seasoned professional. Our foundation class lets you work with common and simple media ( no purchase necessary), better yet, they are available in any paint, hardware, or even grocery store.
This foundation class lets you build on the European masters and techniques, and small business concepts. You will discover and explore a variety of media. The small business owner in mind, all techniques are “positive”. No worries about drying times or lap marks, which is a constant frustration among faux finishers.
Hands on faux painting in my home studio 20 min east of St. Louis (small but organized and ready for you to create)
Day One
- Meet Your Teacher and classmates
- Concepts of glazing (create a glaze, properties, tips and tricks)
- Creativity unleashed – importance of “values” explained
- Techniques explained – Positive glazing, waxing, dry brushing, paint floating, texturing
- Techniques created – Terrazzo, R.L. Leather. Black and Gold, Faux Venetian Plaster
- Media used – Wax, assorted papers, paint, metallics
- Prep three boards for the next day – Concreto, LV Leather, Versailles
Day Two
- Color theory
- Business lunch
- Finish three prepped boards - Concreto, LV Leather, Versailles
- Create Florentine Plaster, Fresco
- Mediums used – Paint, wax, jc, glazes
- Techniques Created – Glazing, waxing, dry/skip brushing
Day Three
- Business as usual – checking on your business knowledge
- Prep 4 Boards - Pitted nickel, Tuscan Plaster, Leonardo /Tuscan Plaster, raised sandstone, Marco Polo
- Techniques learned- Texturing, layering, embedding, raised motifs
- Mediums explored –Sand, metal chips, flour, coffee grounds and caulk, candles
- Create – Crumbled Concrete
- Mediums used – ¼ Tape, paint, candles
Day Four
- Business as usual
- Finish 5 Boards – Pitted Nickel, Tuscan Plaster, Leonardo, raised sandstone, Marco Polo
Day Five
- Color Theory
- Business as usual
- Create – L.S Bali, Granite, stainless steel
- Total Boards Created: Eighteen
In this home-based business course, I will teach you my secrets for running a successful faux painting business. Unique in the industry, I feel that you can be the best artist, but if you don’t have solid business knowledge—how to bid, market, get clients, writing contracts—you are eventually going to fail. That’s why I include business training in all my classes. In other schools, this is an extra $895 for 3 days. Here, it’s included at no extra charge.
Week One: Create your Business Plan
- Company Profile
- Mission Statement
- Financials
Week Two: How to writea proposal and How to bid to make a profit.
- Measuring dimensions
- Computing hourly and daily billing rates
- Profit Margin
Week Three: Marketing ( how do I get clients?) Some of the proven easy, free and often overlooked marketing secrets revealed
- Press Releases
- Discovery of major projects
- Associations
- Newspapers
- Finding Leads
Fringe Benefits: I’ll help you market your business in your neck of the woods.
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