Thursday, November 26, 2009

Ornaments and moldings of style painted in Trompe-l'oeil

Greetings to you all!

We would like to start this week's blog by wishing all our American friends a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Although we don't celebrate this event here in France, we think it's such a great idea to give thanks and simply be grateful about everything we have in life.

This week my wife Kyoko and I are grateful for the wonderful 8 weeks we just spent teaching the wood graining and faux marble course at our studio in Le Passage, France.  We had a wonderful, harmonious, fun-loving group that made teaching and learning such a joyful experience.  Merci beaucoup to all of you! 

And now, everyone's ready for yet another adventure as we explore the magical world of trompe-l'oeil during our 4-week ornaments and moldings painted in trompe-l'oeil course

This course is an in-depth and intensive program during which students will get the opportunity to really explore the amazing world of trompe-l'oeil thanks to the unique program we have put in place at Atelier Nadaï. 

It all begins with a line...

Filet sec - a simple lining...

which then turns into molding profiles...

which then turn into painted moldings...

and which, at the end, looks like this .
Voila! An étude on moldings by Michel Nadaï.