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Faux Finishes:

Marbleizing or Faux Marbling is used to make walls and furniture appear as real marble. This can be done using either plaster or glaze techniques.

Example of faux painting a wood design. Graining or Wood Graining is also referred to as Faux Bois (French for "fake wood"). And is often used to imitate exotic or hard to find wood varieties.

Trompe L'oeil, "trick the eye" in French, is a realistic painting technique often used in Murals, and to create Architectural details.

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.

Color Wash is a free form finish that creates subtle variations of color using multiple hues of glaze blended together with a paint brush.

Strie, from the French word meaning "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 create fabrics such as linen and denim.

Rag Painting or Ragging is a glazing technique using twisted or bunched up rags to create a dynamic textural pattern that is completely smooth.
 

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