TO PICASSO SCHOOL OF FAUX PAINTING & VENETIAN PLASTERING
WELCOME
Students and professional trades from around the world and the United States are welcome to attend our School and Classes. Our main locations for our Faux Painting classes and Venetian plaster classes is in Stuart, FL. We are located 35 minutes to West Palm Beach International Airport and 55 minutes to Fort Lauderdale- Hollywood International Airport.
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HELLO!
Hello, my name is Bill.
Are you a beginner, professional painter, drywall finisher, plasterer or an aspiring artist that would like to take your skills to the next level if you are not working with the Venetian Plaster and would like to make an additional income creating elegant finishes for your future clients?
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My job is to take you to the next level and teach you several different techniques working with the tools and materials imported from Italy creating unique finishes. My goal is to make sure you feel confident at the end of the Faux Painting & Venetian Plastering course.
I am the owner and the instructor, and I am a third-generation plasterer & painter that has been in business for over 23 years as a licensed contractor and working as an artesian for over the last 40 years.
I am your teacher and look forward to us being friends and having a great time!
Hope to see you soon!
~Bill
Venetian Plaster Class Information
The Venetian Plaster Classes and workshops as well as the Faux Painting Classes and workshops are designed for beginners and professionals.
Painters, plasterers, stucco finishers and drywall finishers.
If you are not working with the decorative Italian Venetian Plaster products or the Faux Painting and hand finish textures than you are really missing out on making an additional income.
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You are ahead of the game already with your experience you have and you could be offering your clients and future clients beautiful finishes and making even more money on your jobs creating beautiful decorative finishes.
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There are several different types of materials you may have never heard about or seen before that we will be working with that are simply beautiful and a lot of fun to work with.
Venetian Plaster Class Expectations
WHAT TO EXPECT
On the fence about if this is right for you? Keep reading to learn more about what our classes are like and what you can expect to learn and exactly how beneficial it is to sign up for our classes.
You will not be working on heavy wood sample boards like most of the school’s use that are thick and would cost a lot of money to ship back home if you are traveling out of State.
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The sample boards you will be working on in my class are very light 1/8 of an inch thick, 18 inches by 26 inches made out of PVC Foam board that are very expensive and is less expensive to ship back home because all of the samples are yours and they look very professional to show your friends, family and clients and you can put them all in a nice Artist briefcase that you can get at Michaels or Hobby Lobby that is easy to carry and they will last forever because they are well protected.
Some of the metallic finishes I will teach you look like mother of pearl and silk and velvet that you will learn very fast and I guarantee that you will make money right away when you get back home and some of the other venetian plaster finishes you will learn you just need to keep practicing to you feel confident to offer the finishes to your clients and you can practice on your own home.
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Before the end of each day, we will go over the samples boards you made, and you will write all the steps down that you did on the back of your boards so you will not forget the steps.
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Learning how to apply finishes on sample boards in a class is one thing and working on the actual walls and ceilings for the first time after your training is like night and day.
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With my training I will explain in detail how to work on ceilings and walls so you will be prepared and feel confident.
LEARN:
Preparation
Hands On Training
Faux Finishing
Venetian Plaster Marble Finishes
Marmorino and Travertino Finishes
Custom Hand Finished Textures
Polishing & Burnishing
Decorative Metallic Finishes
AND MORE!
PRODUCTS & TOOLS
Any orders you spend that is over $400.00 on tools and materials going through The Decora Company will be shipped to your home or business with no shipping charge and that’s a great savings not having to pay a lot of money for shipping that goes by the weight.
NOTE:
One of the techniques that I do that most Schools do not is I take videos of you during the training, and you also take some videos of me the way that I am holding the Hawk and Trowels applying the materials and working with the different tools.
This is very important and good study material for you to look back at the videos when you have free time to see how you are working with the tools, holding the trowel and applying the materials and looking at the videos you took of me to see if you were doing something wrong because it is very easy to forget the process and steps when you get back home after the training.
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Your training does not stop after you complete the Venetian Plaster course or the Faux Painting course. Everyone that has attended my classes knows they can always contact me with any questions they may have on the materials and applications.
Want PRIVATE, ONE-ON-ONE
Venetian Plastering Classes?
I get asked all the time how many days of the venetian plastering classes would I need to take?
All I can say is if you are trying to learn as much as you can for your own home or for your business that it would be best if you can take the 4 or 5 day class because there is a lot of information to go over and you may want to practice more on certain finishes in the class that we are going over so the extra days would allow you to do so.
Most of my students that attended the 3 day class really wished they could have taken the 4 day or 5 day course!
NOTE: The classes will never be more than up to 5 people attending so this will allow me to give everyone the attention that they will need instead of attending a big group class.
If you have a group of 3 or more, you will receive a discount.
This private course is designed strictly for you! Decide what finishes you want to do and work at your own pace. You'll see finished samples displayed in my Showroom and can select from the different materials and colors I carry in my inventory.
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I am 100% just focusing on you so you will have all my attention and you will learn a lot!
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What are we learning in the class?1. Preparation 2. Hands On Training 3. Faux Finishing 4. Venetian Plastering 5. Custom Hand Finished Textures 6. Creating Elegant unique finishes with different materials and tools. 7. Polishing, burnishing 8. Working with Decorative Metallic Finishes 9. Marmorino and Travertino Finishes 10. You will learn Contemporary, Modern, Mediterranean, Old World, Tuscan, Spanish and Abstract Finishes in several different decorative materials and Venetian Plaster lime products.
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What kind of clothes should I wear or bring for class?Comfortable shoes, no flip flops or open footwear, work clothes you will not mind getting dirty because you will get dirty. Bring a change of clothes if you like to protect your seats in your vehicle and be more comfortable when you leave. I have a nice clean restroom. Please bring a Notebook because you will be taking a lot of notes.
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What is included in the Class.Coffee, tea, juice, pastries, soft drinks, water, and snacks during the day. All the sample boards and materials you will be working with, and the tools will be signed out and returned at the end of each day. Lunch is not included; you are more than welcome to bring lunch and put it in the refrigerator or feel free to go out for lunch because some people have only certain foods they like to eat.
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Who should attend?The classes are designed for everyone, homeowners, decorative painters, drywall finishers, plasterers, and artists.
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Why is your School and Classes different from others?I am a perfectionist and I always go beyond my client and students’ expectations. I tell everyone that I hope you have thick skin because if I see you are not doing something right after I have explained and showed you in detail, I will let you know over and over if you are doing it wrong. Will you yell at me? of course not. 😜 I put my heart into my work and training, and I want you to leave feeling excited and looking forward getting back home and start ordering materials and tools and practice more and even take on some jobs right away with some of the finishes I will teach you so you can start making money right away.
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Can I bring a friend?Yes, if they are paying for the training.
Most of my students I have become friends with over the years and they always send me photos of their work and they know I will help them whenever they have questions, and most Schools are not like that.
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It is also very rewarding to me to see how they are doing after I helped them with training, and I see how they keep getting better and better.
And they all feel great that they know I will continue to help them.
Enroll in our Venetian plaster courses now by calling 954-397-3107 or complete the inquiry form below.
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