3601 South Congress. Building C. East Wing
Austin, Texas 78704

Fine European Plasters & Classes

1.512.440.5787  

TATTOOWALL Murals, BELLEZZA, Veilcalce Lime Paint, Grassello Lucido Venetian Plaster, Marmorino, & Travertino,  SHIZEN, Koruku, Kyoto, Kai, & Pataan, PLATINUM Pigments, & Metallic Plasters, Mica Powders, Foils & Adhesives, Cheesecloth, Skimstone,  American Clay, Baroque Art  and Green Planet Paints       

September, 2010

     Austin School of Faux Finishes has just completed our first TATTOOWALLS class with great success.  We created an old world fresco with winged Cherubs whimsically chasing flowers in the sky.  We used scaffolding and ladders to create this wonderful and historic piece way up above the entrance door to ALNO Kitchens, that will be enjoyed for hundreds of years right here at Pen Field, Austin. 

   Green Walls continue to grow here in Austin as well.  Whether your project is a home office, a new baby's room, or a 'face lift' for your Kitchen, Green Planet Paint is the perfect solution for the "green" conscious decorative artist and do-it-yourselfer.   

   Green Planet Paint, American Clay, the Japanese line of "Shizen", and the newest Italian line of "Bellezza" are all zero VOC.  Ask us...

    Now more than ever, Decorative Artists who hope to increase their client base must respect their clients’ limits. More importantly, they need a clear understanding of costs, a process flexible enough to adjust as the project evolves, and the creative know-how to do more with less. The question to be asking your client is, "How do we best spend the money you’ve got?" 

  We live in a great state, we live in the best part of that state, and we can do anything we "believe" we can do.  Austin is proof of that everyday.  Just come see...    You absolutely must check out our many new Classes now scheduled.  And expect our class costs to be very competitive.  

  New specialty classes  include "Airbrushing 101", the Kelly S King  "28 Business Principles", and "Tattoo Walls", an excellent process of creating beautiful Mural work that lasts forever, with far less cost and work than traditional Murals.  Also coming are the "Romance of Murals", as well as "A Symphony of Metallics", and "Bricks and Mortar", a magical transformation.  

  Our classes do run full with very small classes of only six to eight students at a time, and our productions are beautiful. So, choose a class and find the most exquisite interior wall products in the world. Or just ask us to create your finishes and expect only the best.  So, when you're ready to make that step into expert Decorative Artist, I hope you'll consider my amazing "Lui G Looks" class. This first ever Saturday class features the delicate Antique Oriental Silk finish, the Contemporary Glazed Marmorino and the Historic Aged Italian Marmorino finish.

  Our Hill Country Decorative Artists association is now an arm of IDAL National. Our meetings bring Decorative Artists from the whole of Texas, as well as here in Austin together to share our newest designs and ideas. Students and Professionals attend our meetings. Austin School of Faux Finishes was featured at the IDAL Show this year in Memphis at the Masters Wall of the newest Platinum finishes.

  We continue to be featured in Issues of URBAN HOME for our cutting edge "Green" finishes. Including Koruku (Japanese Cork), Kyoto (Japanese Fiber), and New Metallic Plaster from the Shizen line of Modern Masters Platinum Products and now Green Planet Paints.  We additionally feature top seller, American Clay in many homes in Central Texas. We serve an international market with these "Platinum" products and PTC (Platinum Training Center) classes, and so are proud to lead the "Green Parade" here in Texas.

DIRECTIONS & MORE

Our school is located in the East Wing of the Design Center of Austin at Penn Field. We sit up on a hill by the old 1940's Penn Field Water Tower, on the east side of Congress, just a block south of St. Edwards University. Penn Field was the original airport in Austin, Texas, built by old men and Boy Scouts, since all healthy men were fighting during WWI. Here in the heart of downtown Austin's "Soco" district, we're surrounded by Artists and European Imports worthy of your home. Our open concept is accessible to other wonderful interior retail spaces including ALNO Kitchens, Alexander Marchant Hardware and Architectural Lighting, and much more including our courtyard and pool areas, where we often have ASID events.

CLASSES

Our main class is focused on the Old World European Finishes of Mediterranean Stucco, Roman Piazzo, French Country, Venetian Plaster, Marmorino, and a Tuscany Glaze with products from Italy, Japan, Canada, and the America's. We've added classes in Metals & Pearls, SkimStone for concrete, Furniture & Cabinet Finishes, and now featuring classes in the new "Platinum" products from Modern Masters. Also featured is our American Clay class with Loma and Porcelina finishes. All of our classes feature Terms, Tools and Techniques allowing you to create sample boards of the highest quality. We are geared to insure the conveyance of clear information, hands-on expertise and a comfort level required by homeowners and career enthusiasts alike. You will receive the appropriate Austin School of Faux Finishes class book, chocked full of quick reference material and ideas as well as beautiful samples you create and a highly respected graduation certificate. (See Classes Page)

PRODUCTS

For the first time in Austin, we have available for your purchase a full line of European Plasters, pigments and paints, Green Planet Paint, American Clay, Glazes, Metals, Sealants and Tools including the Modern Masters full line of imported "Platinum" products, Adicolor imported Italian Plasters, Skimstone concrete finish, Polyvine Acrylic Pigments, Waxes & Glaze, Color-all and Platinum S.O.B. pigments, Universal Italian Pigments, as well as excellent Cheesecloth.  (See Products Page)

Interior PRODUCTIONS

Continuing with the Lui G Faux reputation, we enjoy our work and so take pride in creating European Plaster and other Decorative Art for you. No job is too large or too small with a bevy of "graduate students" and "professional faux artists" available and at your service. We trust you will consider us when you're ready for that beautiful European touch. We bid competitively and install exquisitely under Lu' s professional and experienced direction. (See Interior Productions Page)