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What is Buon
Fresco - Wall Artistry?
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Buon Fresco is a fine decorative art
studio, comprising the prodigious talents of a small group of fine
artists; dedicated to their craft and to the principle
that ethics and art should be
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Buon Fresco is Trompe L'
Oeil Mural Painting and other Trompe L' Oeil Art |
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Photo below - The Buon Fresco
Method of Venetian Plaster
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VENETIAN PLASTER in Full COLOR
DECORATIVE PAINTING - STRIE
MURAL ART AT CAFE MILANO -
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Andre Kouznetsov
is available to paint a limited number of fine portraits. Commission
Inquiries may be made by calling the studio: 703.914.5606 |
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Buon Fresco is Hotel Murals; |
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Buon Fresco is Decorator Show House Murals; Grand Hallway mural
above as seen in the dreamworks
film 'Head of State' with Chris Rock. |
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Buon Fresco is classes on how to marbElize
columns using tinted Italian Plaster. |
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Buon Fresco is Venetian
Plaster as Marble;
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Buon Fresco is Portrait Art; |
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Buon Fresco is Boat Portraits; |
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Buon Fresco is Focal Walls; |
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Buon Fresco is Restaurant Murals; |
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Buon Fresco is Restaurant Murals; |
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Buon Fresco is Still Life
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Buon Fresco is Wall Decor; |
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Buon Fresco is a painting
in Venetian Plaster; |
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Buon Fresco is
silver finished furniture; |
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Buon Fresco is caricature art. |
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 'Miki'
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Buon Fresco is portrait art |
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Buon Fresco is Trompe L' Oeil; |
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Buon Fresco is Original Paintings; |
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Buon Fresco is Original Paintings; |
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The techniques and designs of
Buon Fresco are the artistry of fine artists; Victoria Bingham [above^^] and Andre Kouznetsov [photo below] |
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Buon Fresco is the categories below:
[Click any to visit a category] |
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Designers, Architects
& Contractors
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Award Winning Work
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Venetian Plaster
Specialists
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COLOR Consulting
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Gold & Metal Leafing
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Stencil Work
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COLOR! Before & After
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Decorative Painting
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Murals
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Trompe L' Oeil
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Children's murals
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Russian Paintings
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NEW: Faux
Business Domains For Sale
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BUon
Fresco is INstruction
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Instruction
Home Page
See individual
Courses below
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Private Instruction
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Intensive Trilogy
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Venetian Plaster
Intensive I
View
Venetian
Plaster
Sample Board Page
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Decorative Painting &
Glazing Intensive
[Visit
Painted Effects
Boards]
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Gold & Metal Leafing
Intensive
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Quintessential
Color Course
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Marbling Plaster
on Columns Course
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The Marketing & Business Class
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Portrait Drawing Class
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Furniture Finishing
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MURAL COURSE
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About Us
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Contact Information
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Notice: The
texts and images on the Buon Fresco web site are protected by United
States Copyright law. The texts and images on this site may - under
no circumstances - be reproduced, copied or displayed without the
written permission of Buon Fresco, LLC.
________?What is Buon Fresco?_________ |
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Buon Fresco is Award Winning innovative Italian Plaster Designs
such as this Hydrangea Mural; the show stopper at the 2000'
NSO Decorator Showhouse and later the feature article of a National
Magazine and an HGTV segment. |
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Buon Fresco is Stenciling in tinted Venetian Plasters; |
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Buon Fresco is Strie'; |
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Buon Fresco is Damask Stripes in Venetian Plaster; |
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Buon Fresco is Stenciling in
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Buon Fresco is Trompe L' Oeil Murals on
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Buon Fresco is a commissioned portrait of your yacht;
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Buon Fresco is award winning Tuscan
style Venetian Plaster, as shown twice on Home & Garden Television [HGTV];
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Buon Fresco is Focal Walls & Columns in
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Buon Fresco is Decorative Painting [Wall &
Ceiling design by Buon Fresco, LLC] |
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 Buon Fresco is Damask Striping in Venetian Plaster |
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Buon Fresco is beautifully coordinated
color work in Italian Plaster and paint. |
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BUON
FRESCO &
THE ACADEMY OF WALL
ARTISTRY
Classes are
conducted at :
308 HILLWOOD AVENUE,
FALLS CHURCH VA 22046
Studio: 703.914.5605
Toll Free: 1.888.637.3726 Fax. 703.942.6666
The studio/school is located just
outside of the Nation's Capitol in Northern Virginia. We are close
to Reagan National and Dulles International Airports. |
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& The
Academy of Wall Artistry
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Trompe L' Oeil Baroque Cupola Mural designed and painted by Andre
Nikolaevich Kouznetsov.
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! Celebrating
our 11th Stellar Year!
Buon Fresco® Wall
Artistry
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is a multiple award
winning fine decorative painting studio located in metro Washington
DC. The studio offers
commercial
and
residential Venetian Plaster Designs, Murals,
Decorative Painting,
Faux
Finishing,
Gold &
Metal Leafing;
and Decorative Art Instruction for beginning and advanced
decorative artists. Buon Fresco and The Academy of
Wall Artistry are directed by founder Victoria J. Bingham.
Welcome to the
Buon Fresco Web Site.
'This client
was too important and this home was too elegant to settle for any
other studio. We wanted the very best. It had to be Buon
Fresco.' - Beth Jarvis-Boggs, ASID
Buon Fresco
is set apart by their ability to do any type of work, by attention
to detail, their sense of color and design, by the best Venetian
Plaster, period! Washington DC 'Hall of Fame of
Designer's Justine Sancho
'Utterly
Impressive', Sims Bray, Publisher - Veranda Magazine
- 'Our clients and we have
been amazed at the fact that they ALWAYS go above and beyond what was
expected from them. They are 'can do' people! As an interior
Designer, they make my firm look good. I highly recommend these
very special people as professionals in their art as well as their
integrity, honesty and professionalism.' Ellen Schwartz, Interior
Environments - Design Group, Inc.
- 'Andre goes beyond your
imagination - a painter of exceptional ability and talent.' - Margaret
Nanni - Margaret Nanni Interiors - Chevy Chase, MD
- 'At the
finest hotels in Venice, the Regina & Europa and the Danieli, I saw
walls that gleamed with the glamour and artistry of real Italian
Plaster. I looked for examples of this in the United States
without success until I saw Buon Fresco's beautiful Venetian Plaster
work". - Roy Lykes Lykes Interior Design, Bethesda MD
LIST OF
AWARDS
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2006 Pride
of Place Awards - Sepp Leaf Corp., NYC - Prize awarded for
'The Most Distinctive Venetian Plaster'
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2005
- Excellence in Design Award - Walls & Ceilings Magazine
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2004 Elizabeth Warnock
Prize for Decorative Painting Excellence/ National Symphony
Orchestra Decorator Show House
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2003
Best Decorative Finishing - Jan/Feb Awarded by Paint
Pro Magazine
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2000
Elizabeth Warnock Prize for Decorative Painting Excellence /
National Symphony Orchestra Decorator Show House
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1999
Best Decorative Finishing - Awarded by American Painting
Contractor
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Academy of Wall Artistry
1997 - 2008
! Celebrating
11 years of excellence!
The Academy of
Wall Artistry is the training arm of Buon Fresco, Inc.
Established in 1997, the school operates with the specific goal of
enhancing the skills of artists operating the decorative arts.
Many of Buon Fresco's splendid decorative systems, including
.extraordinary
techniques for the application and marbling of Venetian Plaster, are
taught to professional and beginners alike. The Academy also
offers 'PRIVATE' & 'ON LOCATION' Instruction.
ACADEMY
ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPRING 2008
CLASSES ARE POSTED
Visit the>>
Instruction Home
Page
Call 1.888.N.FRESCO for
further information or to register.
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The
Buon
Fresco method has given me the confidence to compete with
the best. Not only would I recommend the class, I'd
take it all over again. Maria Paz De Juan,
Spain |
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"I won't breathe a word about this in England. I
want to be the only one doing this!" Sean
Smythe, London England |
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'I
cannot express how empowering it is to have color
demystified to the point where I am able to achieve
sophistication and balance in Color composition!
Terri Crosby, WA |
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' I Should have done this ten years ago.' Lisa Tureson, Oak Hill VA |
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You really
should make the
Color Class
manditory! Jeff Hale, Virginia |
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'It's NOT
COLOR 'THEORY', But the MOST PRACTICAL Color Class on Earth!
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"Wow, That
was worth the whole thing!'
Judith
Reichardt, West Virginia |
>>View
Schedule of Classes
Venetian Plaster - The
Buon Fresco®
Method
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I am
very fortunate to have studied with Buon Fresco's Academy.
I have not seen anyone who does the Buon Fresco style of
Venetian Plaster in New England. There is nothing
compared to my work. My clients are blown away when
they see the smoothness of my walls . I stay very
competitive. Al Koelher, NH |
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'The Buon Fresco method is the Rolls Royce of Venetian Plaster
techniques. With just my first job, I'd already had several local
plaster artist (with far more experience than me) raving about my
walls, and asking me how I was able to get such great results. But
there was no way I was going to tell them! Since then, I've gotten
other offers for jobs, without even advertising. And I'm already
raising my rates.'Chris Adams,
San Francisco CA |
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'I'm moving
my painting business to Florida and intended to study
decorative painting there but one of my friends in the
business, Tish Inman, a graduate of your courses, told me
'Go to the Academy, Don't go anywhere else!' Arthur
Gunn Warrenton, VA
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'I am
truly impressed and I feel this a new chapter in my
life!' Isabella
Giuliano, Arlington VA |
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'I just
kept thinking, 'What a great instructor'! Terri
Crosby, Richland, WA |
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'If I had had this class prior to starting my first
VP home project I would not have sanded my walls
several times.''..The class provides a solid starting point for
future excellence.'Vadim Spirirkov, Ontario, Canada.
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Quality
What you don't know about
applying Venetian Plaster correctly may be hindering your faux
finishing business. If you are sanding the plaster in
order to get a mirror polish you're expending unnecessary energy,
losing time and making an unnecessary mess that will deter clients. If your plaster
surface is full of blade marks it isn't as beautiful as it could be.
Learn the Buon Fresco®
Method of Venetian Plaster application to be truly competitive.
Learn technique NOT
product!
The Academy is an art school. We do not push product. If the school you're considering boasts
'100 different plasters', that's what you'll need to purchase in
order to support the samples you'll make there. Learn
technique first, then apply it to the plaster of your choice.
All of the Venetian Plaster work shown on this web site was
accomplished with just 2 different types of Venetian Plaster.
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'I did
529 square feet with their product and the cost of the
Venetian Plaster to do the job was $1000. Their
products are very expensive.' Patrick Dunn,
Albany NY
[Editor's note: The Venetian Plaster type taught at
the Academy would have cost Patrick approximately $250 for
the same square footage. |
Visit our
studio gallery to
see the difference.
Visit the>>
Instruction Home
Page
Scroll down and read some of the things our graduates have to say
about our curriculum. Click on any Course name to view the
course page:
VENETIAN PLASTER INTENSIVE I :
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.....Victoria! You are the STAR of plasterers! An OSCAR for
you!. Nancy
Maya, St. Martin |
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The Buon
Fresco method is the ROLLS ROYCE of Venetian Plaster work. I
wish you would never teach it again until after my partner and I
have retired. Chris Adams, San Francisco, CA |
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'The
Venetian Plaster Intensive Course was a class that opens up infinite
possibilities for beginner and professional alike.'
Sudha Suresh, India |
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The
Buon
Fresco method has given me the confidence to compete with
the best. Not only would I recommend the class, I'd
take it all over again. Maria Paz De Juan,
Espana [Pachi] |
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'I
can go so much further now than before I took your classes!'
Anne Small, Greensboro NC |
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'I was blown
away!' I loved learning your method. Among
the ways I'll benefit professionally from this class will be
the confidence I'll have speaking to potential clients as
well the great sample boards I have to show!'
Michael McCombs, KY |
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'Fantastic!' Even having experience in Venetian Plaster I
learned so much!. I would definitely recommend this class to
other artists'. Loni Richards, FL |
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'Extremely knowledgeable and inspirational. This class will
completely change the way I do any decorative painting.
This class is a must for anyone who wants to be competitive!'
KC, New Jersey |
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This
class takes the pitfalls out of plastering and the mystery
out of Venetian Plaster. Thank you for the TONS of
tips!' Babara Coley, CT |
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'I took your
Venetian Plaster class about two years ago. The techniques I
learned from you have helped my business grow tremendously. I
am now in greater demand and have a much larger client radius in New
York. Thank you! Cindy Hill, Big Flats NY |
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'I'm so glad I
took the Venetian Plaster Class! Just one day after
graduation I got a job based on the samples I made in the class!
Your instruction was excellent! Simple and easy to understand too.
Please sign me up for your gold leaf class in May!' William Lai,
Ashburn, VA |
Visit the>>
Instruction Home
Page
VENETIAN
PLASTER
INTENSIVE II -
Faux | | |
