Yes, there are so many finishes to learn, impractising is the shiny one you see above(classico) i find this the most appealing. So what you see above is 2 x coats of carrera marble (slightly grainy) than another 5 or 6 classico (consistency of paint) then 2 coats of bees wax then 1 or 2 coats of parraffine wax.
I wont hide the fact i obviously started this via short course but i am not disillusioned like so many others who instantly errected a venetian marble specialist website with regurgitated pics of anciant itally as if it could even remotely be there own work, all websites are done by the same guy at the same place you get the training so they all kinda look the same lol. Och, if your passionate about something then i cant knock that but looking at some of the content on these websites who are apparently pros at venetion marble then i really do worry about there sanity!!... sorry getting side tracked, BC, id say do the course if you want it in your own house then take it from ther mate, you can get some pretty decent results using the autherntic gear from italy but it from my own pov, i can only be a master of one trade hopefully one day, i dont have the energy or enthusiasm for this one too, if a job comes along then i take it on but tiling is my bread and butter and also my passion