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.........      COLOR  INTENSIVE  April 19th & 20th 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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        Buon Fresco's Venetian Plaster I Intensive April 21st & 22nd 2010

TRILOGY of Venetian Plaster Course is available this month. Discounted Price for          VPTrilogy Applies. Please see Tuition & Materials Page for details.

.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 INTENSIVE II  STENCILING VP- April 23rd 2010

 This Venetian Plaster stenciling technique has garnered Buon Fresco more magazine pages than most anything else in our portfolio of faux finishes.  Photos [left] below are from Home & Design Magazine and Paint Pro Magazine.

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

Venetian Plaster for Columns & Flat Surfaces -  VPIII April 26th, 27th, 28th 2010

 VENETIAN PLASTER INTENSIVE III Marbling Columns in Venetian Plaster

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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  Decorative Painting & Faux Finishing Intensive 

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 from Left to Right  -1/ Scumble Glazing -  2/ Strie - 3/ Frottage - 4/ Damask Stripes

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.

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Gold & Metal Leafing for the Interior Finisher/ Intensive.  APRIL 15th & 16th 2010

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.