Category Archives: Gourds

Gourds by artist Clina Polloni. The gourds in North Carolina have been used throughout history, starting with the native Indians and the colonial people. Today they are a basic source of artistic inspiration.

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Gourd Necklaces by Clina Polloni.

29 Thursday Sep 2016

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These gourd necklaces were inspired by the native history of North Carolina. My husband Thom plants the gourds every year at our “Marigold Plantation”. He harvest and clean them for me to paint.

Gourd NecklacesThe gourds in America have been used throughout history, starting with the native Indians and the colonial people. They were important domestic tools, including bottle gourds, musical instruments, birdhouses to attract purple martins, which provided bug control for agriculture and many more. Today we continue planting the gourds in North Carolina, and they are a basic source of artistic inspiration.

You can learn and enjoy to paint in the painting classes:
http://www.clinapolloni.com/painting_classes.html
Call Clina: 919-841-3132
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27527.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

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NC Landscape in the 1800’s Gourd, instructions and supply.

23 Saturday Jan 2016

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How to paint a “NC Landscape in the 1800’s” Gourd by Clina Polloni.

NC landscape in the 1800sThis gourd was inspired by the beautiful landscape and historical towns from the 1800’s in North Carolina.

My husband Thom and I, loves to travel in North Carolina. Visiting the old south, learning about the way of life of this historical times. Their homes, the way they farmed their land, their family life and the heritage they left behind.

NC landscape in the 1800s. Steps:

  1. Clean gourds with a damp cloth, and sand off imperfections.
  2. Draw with pencil the landscape and houses.
  3. Outline houses with a black fine point Sharpie.
  4. Paint the sky with Titanium White and Cerulean Blue.
  5. Paint landscape houses and trees.
  6. Sign and date your gourd.
  7. Varnish it with Gloss UV Archival Varnish

NC landscape in the 1800's. Acrylics:

There are many brands of acrylic paintings that I have tested but the one that I like the most is SOHO, Urban Artistic Acrylic: Excellent paintings, sold at more reasonable price by Jerry’s Arterama. 3060 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609. (919) 876-6610

Colors:

  1. Titanium White
  2. Cerulean Blue
  3. Cadmium Yellow Light
  4. Yellow Ochre
  5. Cadmium Red Medium
  6. Sap Green
  7. Alizarin Crimson
  8. Burnt Umber
  • Brushes, multi-purpose, polyvalent. There is a 10pc “Artist’s Loft” that provides most of the brushes for the beginning or the Pro Stroke-Power Creative Mark from Jerry’s Arterama.
  • Black fine point Sharpie.
  • Paper towel.
  • Plastic plate to mix colors or a Paper Palette. SOHO has a very reasonable paper palette at Jerry’s Arterama.

You can learn and enjoy to paint this gourd in the painting classes:
http://www.clinapolloni.com/painting_classes.html
Call Clina: 919-841-3132
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio at “Marigold Plantation” (Open by appointment)
13 Garner Road, Franklinton, NC 27525

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How to paint a Sunflower Gourd

12 Monday Oct 2015

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This gourd was inspired by the beautiful garden that my husband Thom plants every year at the “Marigold Plantation”. He plants the gourds, harvest and clean them for me to paint.

Sunflower GourdSteps:

  1. Clean gourds with a damp cloth, and sand off imperfections.
  2. Draw with pencil sunflower.
  3. Paint Titanium White under sunflower pedals.
  4. Outline sunflower pedals and leaves with Alizarin Crimson.
  5. Paint background in the top of pedals with texture of a mixture of Alizarin Crimson and Ivory Black.
  6. Paint pedals with Cadmium Yellow Light  over white for transparency. Paint Titanium White, over and blending with the yellow to create light. Paint Yellow Ochre over and blending with the yellow to start creating shading. Finished your shading with Burnt Umber.
  7. Paint leaves with an under paint of Alizarin Crimson, them Sap Green. Paint Cadmium Yellow Light over and blending with the green to create light. Paint Alizarin Crimson over and blending with green to creating shading.
  8. Sign your gourd.

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Acrylics: 
There are many brands of acrylic paintings that I have tested but the one that I like the most is SOHO, Urban Artistic Acrylic: Excellent paintings, sold at more reasonable price by Jerry’s Arterama. 3060 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609. (919) 876-6610

Colors:

  1. Titanium White
  2. Cadmium Yellow Light
  3. Yellow Ochre
  4. Alizarin Crimson
  5. Sap Green
  6. Burnt Umber
  7. Ivory Black

Brushes, multi-purpose, polyvalent. There is a 10pc “Artist’s Loft” that provides most of the brushes for the beginning or the Pro Stroke-Power Creative Mark from Jerry’s Arterama.
Paper towel
Plastic plate to mix colors or a Paper Palette. SOHO has a very reasonable paper palette at Jerry’s Arterama.

You can learn and enjoy to do this painting in the painting classes:
http://www.clinapolloni.com/painting_classes.html
Call Clina: 919-841-3132
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com
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