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Photographer and Musician Sam de Poto

Photographer and musician Sam de Poto has added new photograph to his photo gallery. To view/purchase Sam de Poto’s images click here.

THAT’S THAT! by Bonac Tonic

THE BONAC TONIC ART COLLECTIVE PROUDLY PRESENTS

That’s That!
a bonac tonic retrospective
August 28th through September 7th, 2010 at the Bridgehampton Historical Society (BHHS Archives) located at 2539-A Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton just past the traffic light and monument and Ocean Road Brigde/Sag Turnpike if you are headed east on route 27.

Meet the Artists:
Saturday Night, August 28th, 6 pm - 10 pm
Closing Reception with fun:
Friday Night, September 3rd, 6 pm - 10 pm

As another fantastic summer comes to an end the Bonac Tonic Art Collective is pleased to present That’s That! a bonac tonic retrospective. Starting on August 28th and running through September 7th, 2010 a mini-retrospective of the BonacTonicker’s artwork will be on display at the Bridgehampton Historical Society Archives, 2539-A Montauk Highway. Please join us and take a look back at some of the beautiful art these talented young artists have created over the past couple years.

Meet and greet the artists Saturday Night, August 28th from 6 - 10 pm, then return for more tonic fun at the Closing Reception on Friday Night, September 3rd from 6 - 10 pm. The Closing Reception will feature artist made merchandise, the SPIN TEAM and their spin art machine of doom, 25 cent Bad Advice, the electric lemonade stand, take a walk through the stars with local astronomer Dr. S. E. Gibbs and much more!

Featured Artists:

Matthew Brophy
Jason Dacuk
Ryan Duff
Grant Haffner
Carly Haffner
Scott Gibbons
Jason Green
Elizabeth Karsch
Christian Little
Gary Lovelace
Ben McHugh
Kate Nicolai
Oliver Peterson
Kate Petrone
Dan Ritzler
Lily Singer
Justin Smith
Adrienne Valenza
Molly M Weiss

The Bridgehampton Historical Society Archives (BHHS Archives) is located at 2539-A Montauk Highway, Bridgehampton NY just past the traffic light and monument and Ocean Road Brigde/Sag Turnpike if you are headed east on route 27.

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Hamptons Art

Southampton BeachWe have added a new Hamptons Art section to our website. It will contain information about local art,art shows and Hamptons Artists. We are in the process of merging Fripit.com into our site and the move should take about 8 days. In addition artist Dora Frost will be writting a art review for Hampton Photo Arts and we are very pleased to have her on our team. Click Here to vist our new local Hamptons Art section.

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2 Free Expressionist Cray-Pas with purchase of any 11×14 paper, pad or sketchbook. Offer ends 7/25/09

ImageCray-Pas® Expressionist
Extremely smooth to apply, high school students, hobbyists and artists can express their spirit with broad strokes, blending colors, to build texture and depth. From dramatic to muted, flamboyant to quiet, the color range allows users to convey any inspired feeling or imaginative image. Expressionist® Extender assists in the creation of color hues that further extends the visual possibilities of the final art form.

Canvas Printing

Printing on canvas is incredibly versatile and a great way to create a ready-to-hang image or artwork. Every canvas that we print  is protected with a UV coated acrylic finish to guard the print from dust, moisture and fading. Do you want your canvas stretched on bars or non-stretched? Framed or unframed? Customize the work to make it truly your own.

 
Art Prints – How are they made?

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Photography by Laurie Barone-Shafer
Nowadays just about anyone can take a good quality photographs with a digital camera. Or take a few hundred pictures and the chances are few will be good, and even one or two outstanding.

Here are a few tips, tricks and techniques on how to make art print poster ready photographs and print ready digital files. Don’t get overwhelmed, there is a lot of information here, but a lot of it is just intuitive. Well, a bit of patience will always help.

First thing – Photo Size

If you taking a digital photo of you family or friend the largest size you would print is usually 5 by 7 inches, maybe 8 by 10 at the most. Even small size digital photographs (2MB or less) are ‘good enough’ to create a decent print. But if you want to create prints that are 16 by 20, 20 by 24 inches or larger you need more pixels (in pixels 20 by 24 inches photo is actually about 40 times larger than 3 by 4 inches photo assuming they have the same resolution).

 
Learning to Paint Watercolors

Watercolor is an easy, fun medium for creating art.  Color theory, composition and design can be explored freely with watercolor paint, paper, and brushes.  Several techniques may be used with watercolors for varying effects including painting wet on wet, wet on dry, layering washes, and more.

Watercolor paper comes in cold press, hot press, and rough.  Rough paper has the most texture, and its hills and valleys can result in interesting effects when paint is added.  Hot press is the smoothest and has the finest texture.  Cold press has a moderate amount of texture and is the paper most commonly chosen by watercolor artists.

Watercolor paper comes in several weights ranging from 90 lb. to 300 lb. based on the pounds per ream of paper.  Most artists prefer to use at least 140 lb. paper.  Papers vary somewhat between manufacturers, so sampling different papers is advisable.  Paper can be purchased in pads, in blocks or in large sheets.  The large sheets are usually the most economical and can be torn into whatever size is desired.

 
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