Workshops

STAY TUNED FOR 2022 – WE HAVE SOME FUN WORKSHOPS PLANED

 

BELOW YOU WILL FIND PINSTRIPING, AIRBRUSH AND HOUSE OF KOLOR CUSTOM PAINT CLASSES. Jim hosts workshops at his facility pinstriping, airbrush, lettering, gold leaf and custom paint.  His award winning custom paint in pinstriping, airbrush and custom paint using House of Kolor paint earned him 4 Prestigious Painter awards.   He is also one of the original shops that spent over a year to help House of Kolor develop Shimrin2 before it’s release to the public.  These workshops are designed to further a person’s education in all areas. The workshops are aimed at the beginner thru professional…all workshop dates will appear on this website. If you have questions regarding an upcoming workshop or just want to talk about the curriculum, feel free to give us a call at 563-260-2803.

WE ARE WORKING ON PUTTING TOGETHER MORE CLASSES SO STAY TUNED

OR IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO HOST A CLASS PLEASE CALL.

Feel free to call 563-260-2803 with any questions.

 

“PINSTRIPING”  2 DAY WORKSHOP 

DATE MARCH 11TH-12TH 2023  – Davenport, Iowa

NOTE: new location…. KICKIN KOLOR paint store has our new classroom plus all the stock pinstriping items to purchase during or after the class.

This workshop is geared for anyone interested in learning the art of pinstriping. All supplies and materials are furnished with the enrollment fee.

You will learn: Pinstriping history, brush use and care, paints/thinners, wax removers, reference materials, individual instruction on practice steps, hands-on projects, vehicle graphics, pinstriping flames, quick and easy mini graphics, self-promotion, pricing your work and much more!!!

This class will be held at Kickin Kolor Store, 3718 Rockingham Rd., Davenport IA 52802

 

“LETTERING & GOLD LEAF” 2-DAY WORKSHOP

DATE APRIL 1st – 2nd, 2023  – Davenport, Iowa

NOTE: new location…. KICKIN KOLOR paint store has our new classroom plus all the stock pinstriping items to purchase during or after the class.

ALSO….We are proud to announce that WB gold leaf is now a partner with KICKIN KOLOR so we can supply many options in the gold leaf area!!!

This workshop is geared for anyone interested in learning the art of LETTERING. All supplies and materials are furnished with the enrollment fee.

You will learn: Lettering history, layout and design, brush use and care, paints/thinners, wax removers, reference materials, individual instruction on practice steps, hands-on projects, self-promotion, pricing your work and much more!!!

PLUS!!!!

GOLD LEAF workshop will cover layout, size, application, spinning and much more.  We have decided to bring lettering and gold leaf together in one workshop as they go hand in hand.  The 2-days will be packed with a lot of valuable information in lettering and proper gold leaf application.  You won’t want to miss this one!

This class will be held at Kickin Kolor Store, 3718 Rockingham Rd., Davenport IA 52802

 

 

 

ULTIMATE HOUSE OF KOLOR “HANDS ON”  3 DAY WORKSHOPS

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HOUSE OF KOLOR / SATA WORKSHOP

This is a hands on full 3 Day course that brings HOK and SATA with Jim Hetzler.   With Jim’s background in the development of Shimrin2 you will learn a host of technical details that will save time, money and create dazzling results.  The main focus is creating kolors with the new Shimrin2 paint but you will be painting everything from KD primers to Kandy, FX’s, clear and buffing. Take home your project (a Harley tank mailbox) catalogs, certificate, discount coupons and much more! Added bonus is FBS tape will be used in classes.

As a bonus this class will have the founder of House of Kolor Jon Kosmoski teaching his latest techniques, what better way to learn the art of custom paint from Jon himself.  This is a rare opportunity to be one on one with Jon also.

We are fortunate to have Tony Larimer marketing director teaching all spray gun set up, maintenance, proper air line and filter regulator set up and the use of their new traing center at SATA/DanAm. 

All classes are geared for the beginner thru expert painters and artists.

AGENDA WILL BE:

DAY 1 – BRIEF OVERVIEW OF SHIMRIN2, ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL CREATE KBC’S, KANDYS, PEARLS AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN CREATE.  THEN PREP PROJECT, PRIME AND BASE. WE WILL BE APPLYING KANDY TO A PVC MAILBOX SHAPED LIKE A MOTORCYCLE TANK AND THEN PREPPING A MINI S10 HOOD FOR ARTWORK AND CUSTOM PAINT

DAY 2 – CONTINUE WITH PROJECT ADDING TAPE OUT GRAPHICS, AIRBRUSH, PINSTRIPING ETC. , SPRAYING KANDIES, PEARLS AND KBC’S THEN CLEARCOAT.

DAY 3 – OVERVIEW OF MIXING KOLORS AND BUFFING TECHNIQUES. A  TEAM PROJECT USING ALL TECHNIQUES WITH SOME COOL ARTWORK COMBINATIONS.

Hands On 3 Day Workshop

October 13-15, 2021  Held at DanAm/SATA Training Center Spring Valley, MN

LOOKING FOR A NEW SATA SPRAY GUN….WE WILL BE HAVING CLASS DISCOUNTS AT LOWEST PRICES, CALL FOR DETAILS.

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THIS CLASS WILL ALSO HAVE JON KOSMOSKI HELPING WITH INSTRUCTION AND TONY LARIMER WITH ALL ASPECTS OF SPRAY GUN SET UP.

LOOKING FOR A NEW SATA SPRAY GUN….WE WILL BE HAVING CLASS DISCOUNTS, CALL FOR DETAILS.

This project was a team effort painted by all in the class...very cool. You can see it at RANKEN Tech.

 This House of Kolor workshop project

was a team effort painted by

all in the class…very cool.

You can see it at RANKEN Tech.

 

 

Hetz Pinstriped Mannequin