"Threeday"
Faux Finishing
& Painting Business Class
This
is a condensed and easy to understand faux finishing business class
which will teach you how to paint, price, and sell faux finishing
with
success as a business! If
you are starting a faux finishing business or improving existing skills,
this course is for you! Hundreds of businesses have been established or
improved by our class!
 Day
1- Basic Faux Finishing
Learn the
basic faux finishing techniques which are the foundation of the faux
finishing business: blending, colorwashing, layering, and "shooting",
painting stunning finishes including leather, parchment, stone blocks,
cracks, and other finishing effects. Extensive instruction on mixing
the faux finishing glazes with any brand of paint and "Basic
Painting & Preps Made Easy".
Day
2- Advanced Faux Painting Using
the same techniques to create realistic faux finishes for your business.
Portoro,
Carrara, and Granite marble, graining Burlwood, Bird's Eye Maple, advanced
block painting, inlays and more. Learn to analyze in layers, enabling
you to paint any faux finish that you will be faced with.
Day
3- Faux Business Design &
The
Faux Finishing Business $$$
Color cards,
mixing, and matching, selecting the proper value, color and faux finish,
creating mock-ups, identifying given settings, elements and more are covered
in the "design" portion of the class.
A faux finishing scenario
is given to each student and they paint a faux finish design sample for
a mock project with help from the instructor. Students also create
an itemized list of services and prices on a contract.
Easy to
understand but everything you need to know: the business of decorative
painting. Specifically for establishing a new or revising an existing
faux finishing business.
Topics
include registering the business, liability and disability insurance, essential
faux business inventory, naming the faux finishing business, where and
how to advertise your faux business, website pro and cons, buying painting
materials with business discounts, quarterly and annual taxes, deductions
and how they work for the faux finishing business, pricing all faux finishing
services, unintimidating contracts that protect the faux business, lowering
business costs, merchant accounts, printed materials for your business,
expanding areas for increased income, business vehicles, portfolios, faux
business marketing, working with designers, paying commissions, selling
clients on faux finishing projects, settling business disputes, care of
a faux finishing project, collecting payment and more.
This is
vital
business information pertaining specifically to the business of decorative
painting and faux finishing.
Prerequisites
/ Skill Level: None. Every learning level, from
homeowners, hobbyists, college students, painting contractors, to future
decorative artists and existing faux businesses.
Samples:
16 samples with multiple effects, 14" x 22" in size
Length:
three days
Class Size:
maximum
of six
Hours:
9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily
Includes:
Lunch, drinks, samples, use of tools & materials, class notes with
step-by-step instruction and color references.
Cost:
$1500
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Images: a
few of the finishes
learned in
this exclusive
faux finishing
class!
 
  
Students working
on
upright easels
in class
Mediterranean
Dining
Room Project
To see more "Day 3 Scenario"
painting projects
A completed class scenario with
faux leather and woodgraining
No
special faux finishing
products,
tools, or materials
to buy
before or after the
course!
You can use any
brand
of paint after the class!
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