We've finally caught up with the Mesopotamians, who are credited with giving up on plain walls and inventing faux finishes - about 5,000 years ago. To modern faux finishers, amateurs and professionals ...
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Best Faux Painting Techniques

One of the easiest and most impactful ways to update a wall is to paint it with a faux painting technique. And you can take ...
Faux finishes have come a long way from pickling and sponge painting the walls. Offerings now range from imitation leather to Venetian plaster, and techniques such as glazing, faux marble, damask and ...
Instructor Nadine Charlsen – Nadine is an accomlished scenic painter with years of theatrical experience painting amazing sets in NYC as well as an illustrious career as a college professor in theater ...
She makes it sound easy and look easy. One day and a few rolls of color-coordinated paint, and interior designer Nancy Boyle can transform your fireplace. But the faux-finish painting technique Boyle ...
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Zack Bird is not anti-graffiti. He is anti-tasteless graffiti. A lifelong Philadelphia resident, Bird grew up in the art community and formerly tagged graffiti himself. He has ...
Like most talented painters, Antonella D'Aloia never thought she would ever make a living painting. "I studied art and art history in college," said D'Aloia, a Milford resident. "I assumed when I ...