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 Faux Leather, Aged Parchment, Stone Blocks, Trompe l'oeil 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 clients: 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: Color cards, mixing, and matching, selecting the proper value, color and faux finish, creating mock-ups, identifying given surfaces, elements and more are covered in the "faux 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.Day 3- The Faux Finishing Business $$$: 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.
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