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SEPTEMBER COURSE SPECIAL

REGISTER 2 PEOPLE - Get the 2nd Tuition at 50% off.

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.........      COLOR  INTENSIVE  SEPTEMBER 20, 21 2010

 Color Instruction in the Color Intensive Class focuses on the 2 critical Color Lessons,  Color Chords and Precise Color Mixing Skills.   No professional can work high end in the limitations of a fan deck palette.  Shown above - a selection of Color schemes and examples of protocols that are addressed in the Color Class.   Do not run your business without complete color confidence.  Color is everything in Art and Design.

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        Venetian Plaster I Basic Intensive SEPTEMBER 22nd, 23rd, 2010

.Photos show different aspects of the Venetian Plaster Class techniques including: Mirror Polish; Natural Undulation; and Striping Venetian Plaster with flawless Bands of Waxed Stripes.  We will show you how to apply and dress up Venetian Plaster perfectly! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ VENETIAN PLASTER II  STENCILING - September 24th, 2010 prerequisite VPI applies.>

Buon Fresco's Venetian Plaster stenciling technique has garnered the studio more press than anything else in our portfolio of decorative finishes. 

VPII Class covers Artistic Stenciling in Venetian Plaster using tinted Italian Plasters, and Waxed patterns for extraordinary Finish Results.

'The really amazing thing in this Venetian Plaster Damask class was how very unique and distinct each student's boards were.  We all successfully created sophisticated, elegant sample boards.'  Teri Crosby, Richland, WA

Don't miss this class! - Stenciling in Italian Plaster has put us Buon Fresco in more exquisite spaces and magazine articles than almost any other finish we do!   Victoria Bingham

... VPIII  Venetian Plaster as Marble for Columns & Walls  prerequisite VPI applies

September 27th -  29th 2010

         

Shown Above - Stunning residential walls finished as Marble using VP-III Techniques over Venetian Plaster base.  Yes! This Venetian Plaster Marbling class is applicable to both FLAT and Curved surfaces!

SHOWN ABOVE - Venetian Plaster as Marble - Classroom Work.           This Marble course instructs the techniques required for creating 5 different Marble types, which techniques may then be used to create most any Marble thereafter, by applying any combination of the techniques. 

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Student Marbling Exercises from VPII

This ' how to Marble' in Venetian Plaster class leaves no principal untouched!  You will learn coloring, veining and drift systems to affect perfectly natural looking faux marble.

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MARKETING & BUSINESS  Get your business out front.  

Sunday Sept 26th, 2010

• MARKET FOR SUCCESS

• Learn to develop teams

• Learn to market on the web

• Learn to Grass Roots Market

• ORGANIZE A WATER TIGHT BUSINESS MODEL - Avoid Loss

• Learn the paperwork, proposal writing, invoicing, contracting, addendums,  change orders etc

• You will receive a CD of all these vital documents in template / usable form.

• Learn the Trouble signs in advance WHO/WHAT to avoid.

• Learn the Procedures for Soliciting Work WITH Design Boards, WITHOUT Sample Boards

• and much much more

• VISIT THE M&B Page  for more information

Gold & Metal Leafing for the Interior Finisher/ Intensive. 

The Academy provides 22, 23 or 23.50 Karat Genuine Gold Leaf for the purposes of instruction in this class.  Learn to gild picture frames, mirror frames, architectural ornaments, swags, cornices, flat surfaces, ceilings, Crown Moldings, Furniture and more all the while adding considerable services to your portfolio and income to your business bottom line!

Buon Fresco applies Gold & Metal Leafing on 90% of the  residential projects we are commissioned to do.  You will enjoy learning how to add this invaluable artistic asset to your professional portfolio -  as well as learning how to make Gold Leafing the tremendous portfolio asset  that it is.                                

 Decorative Painting & Faux Finishing Intensive  Not currently scheduled

What is the difference between Decorative Painting and Faux Finishing?  Decorative Paint work is the application of a paint or glaze in a decorative fashion without necessarily emulating a genuine element or surface.  Faux Finishing is the application of paint or glaze to specifically simulate an element or surface or material of some sort, such as Marble, Fabric, Stone, Wood, Wallpaper and so on.

• Decorative Painting I Intensive Instructed Finishes shown in Buon Fresco Studio Photos Above are actually all 'Faux Finishes'.                       VIZ  from Left to Right  -1/ Scumble Glazing  simulates Leather  .....2/ Strie - Simulates fabric    3/ Frottage - Simulates Limestone                   4/ Damask Stripes - Simulates Wallpaper

Learn the High End Finish essentials for the decorative professional. 

For more information and photos please visit  - The Painted Gallery and the Decorative Painting Class pages.