Hampton Photo Arts

Ben has finished 97% of the new “Artist Prints and Posters” section of the website. Now artists will be able to sell their art prints and posters though the Hampton Photo Arts website. I’m very excited to be the one to announce this news because it shows the direction of our business and our dedication to our customers and community. Hampton Photo Arts is a “end to end” artists’ service. Scanning, Printing, Framing, Showcasing and Selling Art and artist reproductions. We are here for you and we will continue to give you more. Better prices, faster turnaround, excellent quality, customer service and now more “outlets” for artists and photographers to sell their art. Special thanks to Joe Chierchio and L. Marie Jones for being the first artists to use our new service. Upcoming artists prints will be by artist Peter Waldner and Claudia Patino. Art prints are available now.

Today Jeff and Ben unpacked 11 boxes of pre-cut mats. Jeff did most of the work (with a price sticker on his back), while Ben complained about the sketch book and drawing pad order that was delivered around the same time. Dave was printing large format art prints for artists Allan Ryan and Casey Anderson so he missed out on most of todays pre-cut fun.

Ben would like to thank The Gingrichs for the bottle of Champagne. Good Luck Danielle!…”I hope we get an A”

More art Supplies are in! Boxs and boxs of artist materials arrived today.

Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics
Liquitex Heavy Body Acrylics feature the thick, buttery consistency that offers the feel, pull, and look of a heavy-bodied paint. This line of professional acrylics offers sheen, consistency, and paint handling characteristics that are similar to those of oil paints, such as retaining brush strokes and palette knife marks when dry.
Design Kneaded Eraser
This popular eraser kneads easily into any shape, erases cleanly, and picks up all residue. It’s excellent for removing or highlighting pencil, chalk, charcoal, and pastel.
Strathmore Windpower Sketch Pads
These are the perfect sketch pads for the ecologically-minded artist. The paper is made using 100% windpowered electricity and 30% post-consumer fiber.
Pads contain micro-perforated, acid free sheets with a medium, lightly textured surface. The 60 lb paper is great for practicing techniques. It’s ideal for use with all dry media.
Sharpie Paint Markers
Decorate and add accents to a variety of items, even non-porous materials such as glassware and terracotta. They’re great for touching up wood and metal, personalizing belongings, or adding pizzazz to school projects.
Sharpie Oil-Based Paint Markers are water, fade, and abrasion resistant, as well as quick drying. They go on smooth and opaque, with no mess.Choose bold point for large lines or darkening, medium point for broad sweeping lines and washes, fine point for precise writing and touch up, or extra-fine point for perfect, ultra-precise lines.
Krylon Easy-Tack Spray Adhesive
Easy-Tack adhesive provides a transparent, repositionable bond on most lightweight materials. It can be adjusted, removed, and reapplied and provides long-lasting tack with no residue, wrinkles, or curling.
Easy-Tack is also low-odor and non-staining. It is acid free and archival safe for photos, scrapbooks, crafters foam, paper, fabric, trims, costumes, découpage, and layouts. The spray can has a 2″ wide spray pattern.
M. Graham Oil Paints
Artist and master paintmaker Art Graham put years of experience at other companies behind him and started his own business based on his own vision and values. The result is a paint, manufactured without fillers or additives, that goes back to some of oil painting’s finest traditions. Graham creates fine artist oils in small batches, using his knowledge to bring out the finest color from each pigment! Each color is rich and saturated, with the highest possible mass tone and tinting strength. Most colors are based on a single pigment. Art Graham took his new colors back to the roots of oil painting in Italy and Flanders by using walnut oil as a binder. Walnut oil has been used interchangeably with linseed oil for over a thousand years. It flows more freely, and has less tendancy to crack or yellow. Today it is known that Renaissance masters such as Da Vinci and Dürer generally favored walnut oil over linseed oil.

more to come.