What Is Faux Painting?

Faux Painting or Faux Finishing Are Terms Used To Describe Decorative Paint Finishes That Replicate The Appearance Of Materials Such As Marble, Wood or Stone. The Term Comes From The French Word Faux, Meaning False, As These Techniques Started As A Form Of Replicating Materials Such As Marble & Wood With Paint, But Has Subsequently Come To Encompass Many Other Decorative Finishes For Walls & Furniture.

 Here Are Some Of The Main Styles Of Faux Finishes Available:

• Marbelizing or faux marbling is used to make walls and furniture look like real marble. This can be done using either plaster or glaze techniques.
• Fresco is a simple technique, uses mixtures of tint and joint compound to add mottled color and subtle texture to plain walls,
• Graining, wood graining, or faux bois (French for "fake wood") is often used to imitate exotic or hard-to-find wood varieties.
• 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 traditional plaster decorations. Authentic Venetian Plaster is made from marble dust and ground up limestone.
• 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 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.
• Rag Painting or Ragging is a glazing technique using twisted or bunched up rags to create a textural pattern.
• 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 or more sophisticated ones.