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Faux Finishes and Faux Painting are Really Hot Right Now

Faux finishes can also be an inexpensive alternative to wallpapering. So, the next time you want something more than just painting, try a faux finish.  Room murals offer another artistic way to liven up the standard paint or wallpaper job.

Faux painting uses fascinating techniques to create unique effects and decorative finishes on walls and other solid surfaces. Faux, meaning "false," uses creative techniques to produce fake finishes that resemble wallpapers and three dimensional effects.

Faux painting techniques, or faux finishes, are a great way to create visual interest in any room. The word "faux" comes from the French and means fake or false. Faux painting adds grace and sophistication to any room. In this module, we'll show you how to create a variety of color wash effects. Faux painting is done on walls, furniture, cabinets, fireplace, doors, and whatever else the mind can conceive. Using faux techniques, a professional artist can make plain walls look like stone, leather, wood or whatever.  To a creative artist, only the sky is the limit.

Faux painting has continued to be popular throughout the ages, but it experienced major resurgences in the neoclassical revival of the nineteenth century and the Art Deco styles of the 1920s. Throughout the recent history of decorative painting, faux finishing has been mainly used in commercial and public spaces. Faux painting is an artistic way to transform various objects through paint.  It is also a way to make something from nothing.  Faux painting can be top-coated with a polyurethane, in matte, satin, or semi-gloss finish.

So you can enjoy a little history and submerge yourself into a true art while saving money just by getting faux paintings and faux finishes done where you live or work.

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About the Author

If you would like to see some examples of decorative painting, room murals, and faux painting, you can visit http://www.MuralsByKatie.com.  Katie lives in the Detroit Metro Area, but she only services a few areas close to Plymouth: Plymouth, Northville, Ann Arbor, South Lyon, Novi, West Bloomfield and surrounding areas.  She is a creative type at heart and does great work; therefore, she is in big demand.  She only does consultations by appointment only.

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Chris Garver koi fish painting?

I was hoping someone could find a picture of the koi fish painting Chris Garver painted in one of his Miami Ink episodes. He made the painting for a demo house to be displayed on the wall I believe above the bed. If anyone has a picture of that painting or a way to access that episode online it would be greatly appreciated.

Chris Garver, (born September 11, 1970), is a tattoo artist featured on the TLC reality television show Miami Ink.
Keep your searching with these many link from internet:

http://tlc.discovery.com/fansites/miami-ink/artistsareas/garver.html

http://tattoo.about.com/od/bodyarttvprograms/a/miamiink050206.htm

http://www.chrisgarver.com/

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