These hands-on workshops are taught by Augie Saccoccio, a 30-year veteran of automotive and motorcycle customs.
The Pinstripe Workshop covers the techniques and approaches to pinstriping, lettering and body shop repair while the Airbrush Graphics Workshop focuses
on textures, custom graphics, and fire techniques. Students will learn techniques not only on flat-panels but also real-world surfaces such as precustomized,
full-size motorcycles and automobiles that are unique to our classes. Students will also learn how to paint in indoor and outdoor environments.
All materials and references will be supplied in our new facility which features color corrected lighting and a state of the art air filtration system.
Reserve your seat today! Our on-line reservation system is the easiest, safest, and most convenient method you can use to enroll.
(919) 781 - 5984
General Workshop Itinerary
Our workshops begin on Thursday morning at 9am and run until 2pm Sunday afternoon. No previous experience is required to learn at or school. We will have an optional foundations class on Wednesday before each class for those students who wold like to come in and get a head start on learning the basics of the airbrush and operating techniques. This class is an additional $100.00 and lasts 7 hours.
All of our students will receive notebooks filled with printed information of what will be covered in our week long journey including manufacture brochures. The use of all equipment and supplies are inclusive with each class with continuous one-on-one instruction by Augie and his staff. Our workshops are dedicated in offering our students a state-of-the-art work facility in a optimum learning environment. We have a full stock of IWATA airbrushes, pinstriping and lettering equipment with a full supply of paint material available for our students to purchase during or after class.
Wednesday (optional) - 10am to 5pm Airbrush foundations class consists of basic hands-on airbrush techniques such as shading, trigger control and the mechanics of the airbrush. This is an excellent class for beginners.
Thursday - we start at 9am with a short lecture by Augie on color, materials, tools, etc. with a Q&A session that will run till 10:30am (all other days we start working at 9) 10:30 to 1pm - class will start in our scenic 1500sq.ft. illustration studio and start working on our fist project. 1pm to 2pm - break for lunch. Our studio has a full kitchen and lounge for those students who would like to relax while others visit local eatery's. 2pm to 6pm - we will continue working on our project covering paint, color mixing and matching, and techniques. 6pm to 7pm - dinner break. 7pm to 7:30 - a short review to go over the day's material. 7:30 to 10pm - finish up the days project and make sure students are ready to advance to the main shop. 10 to 10:30 - short clean-up and break for the night.
Friday & Saturday - We will move into the 2000sq.ft. custom paint shop to start applying our knowledge to full size custom painted motorcycles, cars and hot rods. Augie has found that working on large real life surfaces greatly helps advance the students knowledge and better prepares them for the outside market. We will follow the same time schedule as day one. Friday and Saturday all lessons will stop at 8pm. Classes can run later into the night providing the students are up to the task.
Sunday - 9am to 12pm - we continue working and finishing up our projects. Clean up from 12 until 1pm. 1pm until 2pm Augie will have a shot lecture on sales, working in the industry, pricingy our work etc. A Q&A sesson will follow to finish up. Sunday the staff will be taking and processing orders for paint and materials.
If you have any questions please call our office at 919-781-5984