Painting heritage decoration

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Painting heritage decor

Course recognized by the French administration, level 3

Training covering 840 hours, in alternating two-weeks, divided into 70-hour sessions, open to building painters and decorative painters selected on the basis of their skills and an interview.

This course offers a cultural and technical apprenticeship for a painter who will be working in the heritage sector. The basis of the course is: practical decorative painting, use of traditional techniques and materials, history of the evolution of decoration and styles.

Decorative painting courses:
	Trompe l'oeil
	Choiseries
	Draping
	Faux marbre (marbling)
	Faux bois (woodgraining)
	Grotesques
	Secrets of painted decoration
	Faux sky painting
	Fausse moulure (faux moldings)
	Verdure
	Decorative gilding
	Painting with lime
	Traditional decorative painting

Participants may be:
		Artists, craftsmen, independents, employees, company directors, unemployed.
The program covers:
	Materials and technologies of decorative painting
		Surfaces, pigments, mineral, organic and synthetic binders, solvents, identification keys.
	History of styles and panorama of expressions
		Techniques, styles, palettes, characteristic decors of each historic period.
	Drawings, on-site pre-project documentation Pathology, diagnostics, state of repair
		Damage: causes and remedies. Ethics of restoration intervention, resorting to specialists.
	Documentation and creation of project
		Use of sources of information. Drawing of mockups. Choice of representative sample on scale 1:1
	Technical and quantitative description
		Materials, tools, description of finishing. Measurement and estimation techniques.
	Preparation of surfaces Faux marble, stone, molding
		Review of common marbles. Apprenticeship of classical and baroque marbles. Glacis and tempera technique. Sophisticated and simple techniques.
	Faux bois (woodgraining) Melding with existing work
		Identification and perfecting of melding techniques known as chiqueté, essuyé, cordé, moucheté, "vieille fresque".
	Lime paints and stucco
		Binders, additives, practice of fine plastering, stucco and sgraffito. Technology of washes and lime tempera. Fabrication of tints, additives, practice of dry application and fresco, design of decor.

	Traditional tempera
		Identification of types of tempera. Preparation of surfaces, application, finishing. Pathology and repair. Equivalents and compatibility.
	Drawing procedures of the decorative painter
		Drawing technique and tools. Touch, style, period. Themes and technique: ornament, fold, flora, scenery.
	On-site project, composed decor
		The painted decor in heritage situations, including preparation of surfaces, patina and foundations, drawn elements (trompe l'oeil, ornaments, etc.), faux materials (marbling, wood).
	Quality inspection, project documentation
		Inspection of adherence of project to initial plan, to descriptions, to old and contemporary samples. Technical documentation of materials, palette, tools, project steps.
	Legislation, security
		Position, posture and movement, rules of security and safety with respect to materials and tools, and to environment.