Waxing Impressions

  Last few classes being taught in the USA as  Deborah is moving to Italy in June! * Cultivate your creativity by doing something fun & creative this spring! Deborah Stachowic's   Beeswax Encaustic classes are fun for both beginners (even those who don’t think of themselves as artistic - you don't need to draw!) and the experienced artist who’d love to be introduced to this exciting medium!   In her classes, Deborah teaches you how to work with  beeswax encaustics  (click to learn what beeswax encaustic is), she provides all the special equipment, and how to create beautiful pieces with the hot beeswax by collaging materials with the colored waxes. Working with the wax is an enjoyable creative process and it is through that process and experimentation that the magic happens, and the fun! Here's what a past student has said: "This is some of the most fun I’ve had playing, learning and creating in a long time! 😀" -Reese Find out what it's like the first e

  Stone bench over looking the vineyard Moving to Italy! So excited to finally do this and move to Italy to fulfill my dream to start up an Art and Cultural Center at what will be my new property in the Umbrian countryside this spring, 2023. You can see my property in the real estate listing HERE ! There I will be hosting visiting artists and their art workshops, and I’ll be teaching workshops in beeswax encaustic, fused glass, cooking classes and more.  My financing is through the sale of my home in Everett.  Unfortunately because the real estate market in the US has changed and home values are now less than they were a year ago, my house has lost value and I have come up short for funding the project.   Because of this, I need to ask for support through crowdfunding via FundRazr.com to complete the sale.  I am still working out the details, and will be sharing more information about it. There will be ways you can help me, by sharing my crowdfunding fund raiser with people, and pe

We’re two evening classes into the four of Deborah Stachowic’s Beeswax Encaustic class for September and October 2022 and it has been great, creative fun!  The first class Deborah briefly talked about what beeswax encaustic is, told us some basic information, and showed us examples of work and techniques we might want to do.  She also gave some demonstrations showing us how to work with the tools and materials and a couple of basic techniques…then we got straight into working on creating our first piece!  We each began with a 5 x 7 inch Encausticbord or Claybord and began applying our first layers of melted beeswax medium (beeswax + damar resin) once we had 4 or 5 thin layers as a solid base, we began the actual creative process of painting and collaging.  It was so interesting to see the very different directions we each went while creating our first beeswax encaustic painting. Deborah was very attentive while we worked answering our questions, showing us how to get the effect we want

Deborah Stachowic applying beeswax encaustic Beeswax encaustic collage and painting involves a lot of creative play and experimenting which is why Deborah’s classes are fun for both the “not artistic at all” and for accomplished artists from other mediums! 2 student beeswax encaustic artwork from Deborah's classes Beeswax gives the artwork a beautiful luminous appearance as the layers of hot beeswax and materials are added and fused together giving depth to the piece with the translucent wax that is unique to encaustic.  Often people will describe encaustic art as “jewel like” because of its translucency.   Student beeswax encaustic collage artwork Painting with encaustics has a long history, it began as an art medium about 100 AD in Egypt for mummy portraits, and before that the Greeks used encaustic to waterproof and decorate their ships. Deborah’s classes focus more on the process of creative play and combining papers with assorted objects and fusing them with hot beeswax into m

It's always cool to see art created by students from Deborah Stachowic's previous Besswax Encaustic classes, it's both inspiring and gets your creative juices going! Here are 15 beeswax encaustic artworks created by Deborah's previous students.  We hope you enjoyed seeing what students have created in Deborah's previous Beeswax Encaustic Classes.    It's a fun class with lots of excellent instruction from Deborah for everyone learning Beeswax Encaustic (absolute beginners are welcome, you don't have to know how to draw or be an artist!) and guidance for everyone with art experience or who those who have used encaustic before and would like to do it again.  Please click on the link to for Deborah's current Beeswax Encaustic Classes Schedule .  Deborah would love to have you in her one of her classes, it's even more fun with friends or a small group!  To find out more about Beeswax Encaustic,  please visit the Waxing Impressions Blog Article Index for