FauxFilled Dreams® LLC
School of Decorative Arts

301 S Main Street, Suite B
Poplar Bluff MO 63901       
573-778-3289

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FAUX FINISH CLASSES

  1. Comprehensive Faux Finish Course - Five Day

  2. Accelerated Faux Finish Course - Three Day

  3. Popular Faux Finishes - One Day

  4. Private Instruction


Comprehensive Faux Finish Program
5
Day Course

Artist: Sher Galeotti

Classroom picture of students faux finishing Discover the art of decorative and faux finishes that can be used on walls, columns, ceilings, furniture, flooring, accessories, and more. The student will learn all of the latest techniques as well as traditional techniques, such as glazing, metallic wax, frottage, marbling, mastering the art of blending and veining, creating depth with color, layering, texturing, Venetian plaster, and distressing.

This comprehensive, five day faux painting class, is for the serious, career minded artist. The course will give you the tools and knowledge to get started as a decorative painter using proven faux painting techniques. The business side of faux finishing will be covered in detail as discussed below. The latest in faux finish tools will be taught. At this faux finish school, we do not endorse any particular line of products, but teach you about the different products on the market.

Since the teachers are also working faux finish artists, they are in tune with the colors, styles and techniques that are popular today. The paint colors used in class are the popular colors du jour. At the same time, the student will experiment with the extensive array of colors in waxes, tints, pigments, and paints available in the class room.

Metallic Wax - Raku Finish

Faux Stone Fireplace FAUX FINISHING & OLD WORLD FINISHES
A few of the samples students produce are embossed leather, metallic wax, Tuscany textures, Corinthian leather, hand made wallcoverings, and any technique that is currently popular. Now, you can reproduce those distressed pieces of furniture that sell for so much in the shops and walls that resemble old European villas. The student will create suede effects, an old world plaster effect, and a faux limestone finish, providing a tactile quality to a creation that begs to be touched. Another old world creation includes a textured fresco wall with exposed bricks.

MARBLE AND STONE
Faux Marble ColumnsWe teach the latest and simplest techniques for creating stone and marble. These techniques can be used on walls, furniture, columns, floors, and more. The art of painting grout around stone is taught. This is the section of the course where you will master the art of blending, veining, shading, and highlighting.

Picture of Al Fresco Venetian PlasterVENETIAN PLASTER
Veneciano is the most asked for Venetian plaster today. You will create two Veneciano boards. The colors will be your choice with the help of the color theory course. Being able to offer your clients Venetian plaster will offer an advantage over most faux finishers today.

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM
This apprenticeship program will help the student grasps all the tricks of the trade by creating the more elaborate finishes on large surfaces. For instance, the student artist will have the opportunity to apply a learned technique on a full wall with the assistance of the teacher. Or, a column will be finished with a marble technique. You will learn to maneuver corners and ceilings, eliminate the start and stop lines, and to adjust for large surfaces.

COLOR MATCHING AND THEORY
A basic understanding of what colors to match with other colors and why will be explored in this course. You will mix paints, waxes, and many other mediums to better understand how each medium works on a particular surface. The temperature of colors, the value of colors, and understanding how those two elements work in matching colors can help you confidently design with color. This class will help you get the colors right the first time.

BUSINESS OF DECORATIVE PAINTING
The business course will give you the tools and knowledge to get started as a decorative painter. The business side of faux finishing will be covered in detail, including filing taxes, samples of bids, a contract between the artist and the client that was drawn up by an attorney and a contract for any subcontractor’s of the artist that was drawn up by an attorney and a tax accountant, how to bid, and how to market your art with proven techniques.

Good and bad advertising will be discussed and advertising samples are available. Several ways to break down your art and price it in a manner that will keep you within the market and still make a profit will be covered in detail.

Click on the name for a picture of the Sample you will create

Prerequisite:  none            Cost: $1,050 (all supplies and lunches are furnished)

 

SG999A Jan 26, 2009
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SG999B Feb 23 - 27, 2009
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SG999C Mar 23 - 27, 2009
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SG999D Apr 27 - June 1, 2009
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SG999E May 18 - 22, 2009
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SG999F June 15 - 19, 2009
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SG999G Jul 20 - 24, 2009
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SG999I Sep 21 - 25, 2009
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SG999J Oct 12 - 16, 2009
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SG999K Nov 16 - 20, 2009
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Accelerated Faux Finish Course  3 Days
Artist: Sher Galeotti

Picture of South Beach Coral Faux Finish FauxFilled Dreams is offering a new three-day Accelerated Faux Finish Course designed especially for the individual who does not have 5 to 7 days of freedom from home or business responsibilities. Each class is a semi-private class with a maximum of two students. The Accelerated Faux Finish Course means individual attention and working at your own speed instead of the speed of the whole class. Training 8 people at a time, as in the Comprehensive Faux Finish Course, takes much more time than training two people. In this course, you will finish faster with the same amount of material as in the Comprehensive Faux Finish Course.

  The student can schedule three days of private sessions at their own convenience and work the hours they choose or come to the scheduled sessions listed on the web site. Even weekends are an option. In the similar course, Comprehensive Faux Finish Class, students will finish 12 to 14 sample boards for their portfolio. The student of the Accelerated Faux Finish Course will do the same amount of sample boards, and probably more because there are not as many students who need attention.

What are some other advantages of taking a private Accelerated Course? You will reduce by half your time away from home or business. It will cost you less for lodging and food. You get to pick the techniques that you want instead of a set curriculum.  This three-day course includes the business course and color theory. The student can choose the samples and techniques they wish to learn or the techniques they believe will be popular in their community.

 

Coral Stone

Embossed Leather

Imperial Danby Marble

Aged Pigment Effects

MarmoLustre

Sandstone Marble

Bas Relief texture

Aged Tuscan Finish

Venetian Plaster

Corinthian Leather

Raku Metallic Wax

Brushed Metal

Venetian Lustre

Distressed Fresco Wall

River Rock

 

For private lessons you may select the desired techniques from pictures on our web site and call Sher with your choices (573-778-3289).

Three day course         Prerequisite: none         Cost: $900

SG324A Jan 17 - 19, 2009
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SA324B Feb 14 - 16, 2009
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SA324C Mar 13 - 15, 2009
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SA324D Apr 3 - 5, 2009
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SA324E May 1- 3, 2008
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SA324F Jun 5 - 7, 2009
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SG324G Jul 10 - 12, 2009
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SG324H Aug 7 - 9, 2009
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SG324I Sep 11 - 13, 2009
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SG324J Oct 23 - 25, 2009
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SG324K Nov 6 - 8, 2009
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SG324L Dec 4 - 6, 2009
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Popular Faux Finishes - One Day
Artist: Sher Galeotti

How many times have you seen a beautiful faux finished wall or piece of furniture and wondered if you could do that? Yes, you can! We can teach you. Make your home or business the envy of everyone you know.

Discover the art of decorative painting for walls, furniture, floors, concrete, cabinets and accessories. The student will learn the five most popular faux finish effects in the decorating paint industry. Techniques taught range from frottage (leather) to texture (MarmoLustre) creations.

Upon completion of the course, you will have a sample of Parchment, Old World Colorwash, MarmoLustre, Metallic Wax, and Corinthian Leather. Colors used will be those poplar today.

The chemistry of paint and glaze is explained in detail. Surface preparation is discussed and practiced with each student because your finish is only as good as your surface preparation. The student will take home a sample board of each effect practiced and taught.

Prerequisite: None             Cost: $100     50% deposit required to reserve a space

 

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