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Faux Painting – 9 basic techniques

Faux Painting – 9 basic techniques

By Marc Potocsky- MJP Studios

Faux painting or faux finishing are terms used to describe a wide range of decorative painting techniques. The naming comes from the French word faux, meaning false, as these techniques started as a form of replicating materials such as marble and wood with paint, but has subsequently come to encompass many other decorative finishes for walls and furniture including simulating recognizable textures and surfaces. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  • Marbleizing or faux marbling is used to make walls and furniture look like real marble. This can be done using either plaster or glaze techniques.
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faux panted book match marble Marc Potocsky – MJP studios CT

 

Faux Painted Marble - Dark Imperador ct

Faux Painted Marble – Dark Imperador ct mjp studios

Faux painted Lapis Lazuli CT mjp studios

Faux painted Lapis Lazuli CT mjp studios

 

 

  • Fresco is a simple technique, uses mixtures of tint, plaster or joint compound to add mottled color and subtle texture to plain walls,
fresco - plaster and glazing

fresco – plaster and glazing

Aged-Fresco-Plaster-with-Raised-Motif. ct mjp

Aged-Fresco-Plaster-with-Raised-Motif. ct mjp

 

  • Graining, wood graining, or faux bois (French for “fake wood”) is often used to imitate exotic or hard-to-find wood varieties.
  • Faux Wood graining ct mjp studio

    Faux Wood graining mjp

     

    Faux painted cherry wood book match with trompe loeil molding and ornament ct mjp studios

    Faux painted cherry wood book match with trompe loeil molding and ornament ct mjp

     

  • Trompe l’oeil, “trick the eye” in French, is a realistic painting technique often used in murals, and to create architectural details.
    Trompe loeil fruit bowl CT MJP

    Trompe loeil fruit bowl CT MJP

    faux painting ct trompe loeil bricks ct mjp studios

    faux finish ct trompe loeil bricks ct mjp studios

    Faux Painted clouds & trompe loeil architectural rosettes Greenwich CT mjp studios

    Faux Painted clouds & trompe loeil architectural rosettes Greenwich CT mjp studios

     

  • Venetian plaster is a smooth and often shiny plaster design that appears textured but is smooth to the touch. Venetian plaster is one of the most popular and traditional plaster decorations.
  • Venetian plaster Greenwich CT MJP Studios

    Venetian plaster Greenwich CT MJP Studios

     

    venetian plaster dining room nyc ct

    venetian plaster dining room nyc ct

  • Color wash is a free-form finish that creates subtle variations of color using multiple hues of glaze blended together with a paint brush.
    French Provencal Color Wash CT

    Faux painting French Provencal Color Wash CT

     

  • Strié, from the French for “stripe” or “streak”, is a glazing technique that creates soft thin streaks of color using a paint brush. It is a technique often used to simulate fabrics such as linen and denim.
  • Strie Faux Silk Walls CT mjp

    Strie Faux Silk Walls CT mjp

    strie wainscot

    faux finish strie wainscot ct mjp studios

     

  • Rag painting or ragging is a glazing technique using twisted or bunched up rags to create a textural pattern.
    Ragging painting technique CT mjp

    Faux paint Ragging technique CT mjp studios

    Faux painted Pewter ct

    Faux painted Pewter ct

     

  • Sponging is a free-form finish achieved by applying glaze to the wall by dabbing a sea sponge, in various shapes to achieve either simple design (resembling the wall papers) and more sophisticated ones.
    Faux Sponged Aged-Patina-Decorative-boarder NY

    Faux Sponged Aged-Patina-Decorative-boarder NY

     

  • Faux Sponge Stipple Stipple technique CT mjp

    Faux painted Sponge Stipple Stipple technique CT mjp

     

    sponge stipple faux ct mjp

    Sponge stipple faux ct mjp

Decorative painting CT Marc Potocsky Faux wood and Trompe ornament Panel

Decorative painting CT Marc Potocsky Faux wood and Trompe ornament Panel

Faux Painting

These are just 9 of the basic techniques used  in faux painting. Most basic so called (faux finishes) glazing, that are very common today in decorative painting are isolated glazing techniques,  a positive or negative manipulation step in traditional faux painted wood graining, faux stone, faux marble, like sponging, ragging, rag rolling, stippling, strie or dragging, etc.

MJP Studios creates custom designer faux finish and faux painting techniques including wall glazing, gilding, patinas, textures, marble, wood, Venetian plasters, waxes and lacquers, decorating and transforming many living spaces in CT. N.Y. Ma. RI. And through out New England and the Northeast.

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