Today’s decorative wall finishes include a wide range of metallic looks from matte and soft to polished, textured, and urbanized. This full-day program will introduce you to metallic paints, plasters, and specialty products to produce in-demand metallic finishes for residential and commercial spaces. Applicators will produce 10 metallic finish techniques utilizing products from Novacolor, Forli, Italy, Texturline Decorative products, Toronto, Ontario, Canada and Golden Paint Works, New York, U.S.A. This program is designed for new applicators, DIY’s, and hobbyists. Our focus will be on troweling technique and product knowledge.

Featured products include:

• Novacolor Africa surprises with velvet visual sensations and elegant and trend-setting textures. Africa is capable of creating light and reflection games.

• Novacolor Animamundi, a decorative architectural trowel-on coating with gentle gold and silver highlights.

• Novacolor Luce’, a decorative finish for interiors with gentle and soft metallic effects that ensure elegant games of lights and shades.

• Novacolor Dune, a decorative architectural trowel-on coating with stunning metallic patterns.

• Novacolor Dune Opaco, similar to Dune but with a more matte finish.

• Texturline Moire’, Colors by Drew™, a metallic acrylic plaster that gives walls the look and feel of fine silk.

• Golden Paint Works Metallic plaster.

Course fee of $479 includes instruction, support materials, 210mm stainless steel trowel, flat blade, lunch, and refreshments. Pre-registration required.

Instructors: Drew Beninati and Beth Schafer