Giveaway for inside the 50 us states

Yucca Flats Blogspot One year anniversary giveaway - This one is for people inside the US

International Giveaway can be found here

What we are giving away

1 - med womens batgirl shirt by Wenchkin
1 - xl skeletal snuffaluffagus shirt by Wenchkin
1 - med mens Timmy's Sculpture Studio gas station work shirt
1- med fancy mens cowboy shirt with Scott lil guys printed on back
1- 4x5 inch original acrylic painting by wenchkin
1- 5x7 inch original paper sculpture by Scott Krichau
4 - one inch buttons, assorted cards.
A butterfly magnet and skull on metal


Rules - we haz em. 

• This is going to be a quickie and will end Sunday Feb 3rd at 7pm mst 
• This first run is for INSIDE the US only
• You must leave one comment per person here on this blog post. One entry only per person.
• We would love it if you left us a comment stating how you found us. 
• In your comment you MUST leave us a way of contacting you, should you win. 

All comments will receive a number in the order in which they are left, 1, 2, 3, etc. Then I will run the number of comments into random.org to let it pick the winning number. We will then post a screen capture of the number random has chosen to the blog so everyone will openly know who won. Any spam or duplicate comments will be removed prior to the final count number to be run into the number generator. 

We will e-mail the winner privately and ship said pack at our cost via first class us postal mail.
You do not have to contact us to let us know they have arrived but it would be nice. 

If you want to bypass the contest and just buy some art all our listed art will be 25% off for the duration of the contest in our shop here...

International Giveaway

Yucca Flats Blogspot One year anniversary giveaway - This one is for people outside the US

Contest for people inside the US can be found here

What we are giving away

1 - original encaustic 8.5x11 piece by Wenchkin
1 - original Drawingerring piece by Scott Krichau
4 - one inch buttons
assorted cards.
I will most likely end up tossing in a few more 4x5 inch mail art size original pieces for fun as well.




Rules - we haz em. 

• This is going to be a quickie and will end Sunday Feb 3rd at 7pm mst 
• This first run is for OUTSIDE the US only
• You must leave one comment per person here on this blog post. One entry only per person.
• We would love it if you left us a comment stating how you found us. 
• In your comment you MUST leave us a way of contacting you, should you win. 

All comments will receive a number in the order in which they are left, 1, 2, 3, etc. Then I will run the number of comments into random.org to let it pick the winning number. We will then post a screen capture of the number random has chosen to the blog so everyone will openly know who won. Any spam or duplicate comments will be removed prior to the final count number to be run into the number generator. 

We will e-mail the winner privately and ship said pack at our cost via first class us postal mail.
You do not have to contact us to let us know they have arrived but it would be nice. 

If you want to bypass the contest and just buy some art all our listed art will be 25% off for the duration of the contest in our shop here...

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day Day 33 - +Kimmy Owens

Day 33 - +Kimmy Owens

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day Day 32 - +paula contreras

Day 32 - +paula contreras

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day Day 31 - +Jennifer Klein

Day 31 - +Jennifer Klein

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day Day 30 - +Julie Sims

Day 30 - +Julie Sims

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 29 - +trench coat

Day 29 - +trench coat

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 28 - +Julia Forsyth

Day 28 - +Julia Forsyth

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

365 Lil' Guy Portraits: Week 4

My 365 Project Details:

 - Draw a "lil' guy" every day for the next year.

 - Color them when I can.  Ink and travel don't mix well.

 - Write something about each "lil' guy," but not too much.

Daily post can be found at www.scottkrichau.blogspot.com

Scott Krichau, sculptor, resides at Yucca Flats, NM with fellow artist, +Carolyn Curtis and their 3 legged dog named Pabst.  Scott uses steel and paper to create his "lil' guys."  Documenting their continual evolution and trying to understand the idiodyssey they are on.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 27 - +Sivan Rehan

Day 27 - +Sivan Rehan

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Melting crayons with Carolyn

Scott joked about wanting to follow me around filming me melting crayons and call it melting crayons with carolyn so I ran with it.

So I mentioned before I use the flash dryer from my screen printing setup to melt wax. I would assume most people do not have one so there are a few different things you can do. A hair dryer or heat gun works just as well. I am using card stock since it holds the wax better and I melt all my wax on a block of masonite that has been painted with white house paint. This simply releases the wax better and does not get freakishly hot.

At any time you can click on any of the photos to enlarge them.

I cut up a bunch of crayons in 1/4 inch chunks just because it melts faster cut up and spreads better now I left the wrappers on and that was lazy of me, they will have to be fished out of the hot wax before I stamp the paper down so I left that in to tell you to not be lazy like this. When I get a new box of crayons I usually peel them all right away but I wanted to do this blog so...



Melted but still not giving me the coverage I want

So I tilt it down then to the side to get it to spread a bit more.

I then drop a piece of paper on top and let it slowly pull the wax into it.

Peel it off and I have this.

Since there is still wax left I am going to stamp it again

Tada full coverage

Now to just do one final print to get the rest of the wax off the panel

Less wax, less coverage. I rarely clean the board and just keep adding new wax and stamping away since the build up over time also has it's own appeal.

What I have been doing with these depends by in large on my mood. Sometimes I look at the one like the second print and see if I see anything in it, if I do I accentuate it. Sometimes I like them as is - abstracted fun. The ones with the heavier amounts of wax I usually scratch images into. Sometimes I go back and add more wax again, or paint on them, or add marker accents. I am only restrained by my own imagination. A few examples then go play and have fun with it if you desire.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 26 - +David A. Martinez

Day 26 - +David A. Martinez

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 25 - +Rael Naem

Day 25 - +Rael Naem

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 24 - +Ashraf El-Masry

Day 24 - +Ashraf El-Masry

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 23 - +Ralph Sevy

Day 23 - +Ralph Sevy

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 22 - +Vojta Klézl

Day 22 - +Vojta Klézl

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 21 - +Kimberlin Ann

Day 21 - +Kimberlin Ann

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

365 Lil' Guy Portraits: Week 3

My 365 Project Details:

 - Draw a "lil' guy" every day for the next year.

 - Color them when I can.  Ink and travel don't mix well.

 - Write something about each "lil' guy," but not too much.

Daily post can be found at www.scottkrichau.blogspot.com

Scott Krichau, sculptor, resides at Yucca Flats, NM with fellow artist, +Carolyn Curtis and their 3 legged dog named Pabst.  Scott uses steel and paper to create his "lil' guys."  Documenting their continual evolution and trying to understand the idiodyssey they are on.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 20 - +Laura G

Day 20 - +Laura G

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 19 - +Isabelle Cardinal

Day 19 - +Isabelle Cardinal

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Guy Fawkes Beard png file for photoshoppery

Lately I have been doing a run of beards made from encaustic melted wax. These have so far all been based off real people, or rather real people currently living.

For fun I thought I would break suit for a  minute and make a .png version of a guy fawkes beard for the v for vendetta and anonymous crowd. I thought it would be easier for people to grab the full size png from here rather than off plus or other sites where I may have downloading of my images shut off

so, click the image to enlarge, right click save as and go forth and photoshop

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 18 - +Ali Bales

Day 18 - +Ali Bales

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

How to make an encaustic art beard

Ok so I started this as a fun project on Google plus but there is no way I can feasibly create a *Beardtrit* or beard portrait for everyone sporting facial hair. So I thought I would offer up the next best thing, a tutorial for those that might want to play with making their own.

you can click on any of the photos to enlarge them

So I start by using a panel made of masonite as what I am going to melt my wax on. I do this so the wax does not sink into it and will release when I stamp paper on to it. I am using regular crayons and out of experience I found a small chunk of wax will cover a lot of surface and it is easier to cover it faster if you cut them up. I have a flash dryer for a screen printing setup I am using to melt the wax, I do not expect you to have one of these. This can be done just as easily with a heat gun or hairdryer.

I let them melt completely then tilt the panel to let the wax run as much over the whole surface as I can.

Then I lay  heavy card stock down and use a piece of wood to smooth it over the wax since wax is hot and I do not like burning my fingertips 

I usually end up doing this up to five times until I am happy with the texture and coverage

For the next part I usually print the photo of the beard I am using, in this case Steve Holst and cut it out making a stencil. I then use a pencil to trace around it onto the wax. 

I then take and x-acto knife and use the side of it to scratch the wax back off in the form of hair

From here you can do a few things. I had originally started blacking all the background out with acrylic paint. Lately I have thought it is a better effect if I use the x-acto knife to cut it out and glue it to a white or black piece of card stock depending on what looks best.

Then I scan it and done.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 17 - +joshua keene

Day 17 - +joshua keene

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 16 - +Jason Longwith

Day 16 - +Jason Longwith

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.

Calaca-A-Day 365 Project Day 15 - +Patrick Ray

Day 15 - +Patrick Ray

For anyone I draw - you are more than welcome or rather encouraged to right click - save as download these, color and play with them if you so desire.

This 365 project was started because I have now been drawing people as skulls for three years so I think I am ready to do it daily. Having just finished a 366 mail art project having a few days off the the middle was odd and I just wanted to just right back into a daily project so here I am again. I still have plenty of space if you would like to be featured as a page. Follow the directions here.