House of Faux

Join Sarasota School for one of it’s most unique and exciting workshops ever! Three top instructors teaching together to give you a truly magical experience! Gary Lord, Barb Skivington, and Donna Phelps join together, in one workshop, to share with you their unique creative perspectives on fabulous, new, and exclusive FEI Gold Label products and finishing methods of application:

Luna™, Metallic and Deep Color SharkSkin™,

Metallic Hi-Hide Bases, & StoneDecor™,

And bonus "fresh out of the cauldron" Rock-Kote Crème!

Alchemists have explored the wonders and excitement of metalizing for hundreds of years. Begin your mystical journey into alchemic theory as you learn to work with FEI's new "SharkSkin Super-Hide Metallics™! These elemental products enhance FEI’s complex metallic finishes by utilizing a new approach which makes finishing effects easier to control with much more dramatically decorative results. Smooth Finish Super-Hide Metallics™ may be used as a “base metal” background or to transform other elements by adding rich metallic color.

Explore the wonderful, subtle sparkle and decorative free-form effects of the revolutionary new product, "Luna™. Infinite possibilities exist in the use of this exciting new element in the FEI family of fabulous, easy to use products. Also featured in this intense workshop will be FEI's new, "real marble" material, "StoneDecor™. With the hardness of an epoxy and the beauty of marble, this is an excellent product to create custom countertops, floors, table tops, exterior columns and much more! Students in this workshop will be among the first to see, in action, the brand new element in the Rock-Kote line, Rock-Kote Crème—the faux world’s first tintable, trowel-on, water based epoxy top coat!

It's a tough market out there, and this newly created workshop will give you the edge for success and the opportunity to learning both brushed, sprayed, and troweled techniques from three masters of the trade. Re-ignite your decorative spirit and become a modern-day Alchemist.

Sign up today! This limited engagement, special format workshop will only be taught three times—one time only at each of the three instructors facilities! Call today to reserve your space! Discounts, coupons, or credits may not be applied to this one time only workshop. Workshop Fee $895.00

Pre-requisite: Designer Wall Finishes™ I or higher

Participation in an “Alchemist Workshop” at a Licensed Faux Effects Training Center is required to purchase these products.


Call 1-888-454-3289 to register, 50% deposit required to register due 30 days in advance with Balance due 14 days prior to workshop start date. Workshop hours 9:30 to 5:30. Complimentary continental breakfast and snacks provided. All supplies furnished. Airfare and accommodations not included. Special hotel rates have been secured for workshop attendants. Only $49.95 per night at Comfort Inn and Days Inn in Sarasota only 1 mile from the school!


*Sarasota School of Faux & Architectural Finishing does not make any warranty or representation that the finishes, products or results advertised will meet your individual requirements or expectations. Every effort is made to conduct all Sarasota School of Faux & Architectural Finishing Workshops as advertised; however, the products and finishes taught may vary.

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Dean Sickler book
The Keys To Color: A Decorator's Handbook for coloring paints, plasters and glazes.

The Keys To Color is the first book in eighty years to address practical color theory for interior design and architecture. In simple, easy-to-understand language, discover a different approach to color.

Learn from a top-rated instructor how to make your own colors, match existing colors and color-correct them as needed - vital skills for the professional designer and decorative painter. Learn how to see colors and understand why they act the way they do. Delve into advanced topics like using complements to adjust color, working with metallics and micas, and creating complex and full spectrum colors.

Although the rules of color stay the same for artists and designers, the goals are quite different and new methods are offered for professionals and inspired amateurs. An essential book for those working with color in decorating schemes.

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A well-known description of Belgians is that they are born with a brick in their stomach. Although Lut is of Belgian origin, in her case she came into the world with a paintbrush in her hand. Painting, doing odd jobs and refurbishing of things is in her blood. For a long time she could only do this in her spare time. As a incest therapist, manager of a NLP-training institute and mother of four, she could not exercise her passion to paint professionally before. Lut is a late bloomer in that way. On her 40th she made her ever desired switch: she was educated as a decorative painter at Alfons Meylemans in Kapellen, Belgium. From that moment she worked fulltime as a “faux”. Material knowledge and the willing to reach technical perfection in gilding and the making of wood and marble imitations are leading ambitions in her work. In the last five years she focused her skills on the restoration of original paint layers in churches and houses. Lut also gives workshops on a regular bases to both amateur and professional painters.



Born and raised in the Catholic gaudy Ghent (Belgium), since 2001 Lut is working in the more sober Protestant Groningen (the Netherlands). With its amazing skies, vast green land, simple churches, richly decorated farmhouses, friendly people and their understated sense of humor, Groningen inspires her to pass the burning fire of enthusiasm, passion and craftsmanship.

Added Value... what does that mean exactly?

Well, added value can be anything that is included in the price of the paint job, that is perceived by the homeowner as an "Above and Beyond" benefit.

For example:

Three different painting contractors could bid a job at $3,500 and provide the same quality finished paint job, however one of them may also include, window washing, or free touch-up service, or two free gallons of paint... as an added benefit.

Added value is a great way to set your painting business apart from your competitors, but remember, you must be able to communicate that added value to the homeowner.

A great way to do this is to create an "Added Value" flier that you include in your estimate package. It should outline what your business does different or better then everyone else AND how the homeowner will benefit from it!

In this new economy, it is more important then ever to be able to differentiate yourself from all the other painting business in your market. What you offer as added value makes your company unique and more desirable to your prospects.

Sit down right now and brainstorm ways you can "Add Value" and improve the customer experience.