How to Paint A Palm Tree At The Beach

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Cary, Durham, Franklinton, NC, North Carolina, Ocean waters, Painting Classes, Palm tree, Raleigh, sand dunes, Seascape, Wake Forest

Palm Tree

This painting was created for the painting classes, is a simple painting for a person that is starting to paint and wants to learn to paint a palm tree in the beach, colors, composition, and ocean.

Instructions:

1. Start by drawing the palm tree, and seascape.
2. Continue by doing an acrylic under-paint, using a watered down paint to apply translucent washes on your surface.
3. Paint the sky, ocean, mountains and beach.
4. Finally paint the palm tree on the top.
5. Sign your painting.

Supply: This painting can be done in 2 medias, Oil Paintings or Acrylics:

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.

Oil Paintings: You can buy them at Michael’s, ACMoore, but again the most affordable ones are at Jerry’s Arterama and their brand is LUKAS.

Canvas: 11″x14″

Colors:

1. Titanium White
2. Cadmium Yellow Light
3. Yellow Ochre
4. Portrait Pink or Pale Pink
5. Sap Green
6. Cerulean Blue
7. Ultramarine Blue
8. Van Dick Brown

There are many affordable brushes in the market:
Walmart: FolkArt, Gold Taklon, fine details and shading corners detail.
Michael’s: Artist’s Loft, white synthetic brushes.
Jerry’s Arterama: Pro Stroke-Power Creative, fine and medium brushes.
1 White Bristle #3.
Black fine point Sharpie.
For Oil paintings, the best media is Refined Linseed Oil with Turpernoi. To clean the brushes Turpernoi. Glass container to mix media.
Easel (a simple table metal easel is fine).
Paper towel.
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

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.

Looking forward to paint together,

Clina

Clina’s paintings are exhibited and for sale at Southern Suds, The Renaissance Centre for The Arts in Wake Forest and The Franklin County Art Council, NC.

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Plein Air Painting of Grapevines, June 2018

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Clina Polloni, Franklinton, Landscape, NC, North Carolina, Painting Classes, Plein Air Painting Class, Raleigh

Dear members of The FCAC Artists Guild:

Thank you for coming to the Plein Air painting class at Clina Polloni Studio. We had a beautiful time! Great creativity, good international food, especially the Indian dish that Soma Samanta, Labannya’s mother cooked for us.

Click photos to view larger image:

 

Learn Plein Air Painting Class

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Class of Plein Air Painting of Grapevines

Dear Students:

You are cordially invited to Clina Polloni Art Studio at Marigold Plantation to learn Plein Air Painting. Plein Air is about leaving the studio behind and experiencing painting and drawing the landscape. 

This class is FREE for Clina Polloni Art students and Franklin County Art Council members. Lets enjoy some artistic talent together, a time to get to know each other better, inspired by nature.

Bring a little something to eat and drink that we can share. Also bring a folding table and chair to seat outside.

When: Saturday June 9, 2018.
Class: From 12:00pm to 4:00pm.
Call Clina Polloni at 919.841.3132
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com
Studio location: 13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27525.

Look at the video to learn to paint the grapevines:

Canvas: 11″x14″

Colors:

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

There are many affordable brushes in the market:
Walmart: FolkArt, Gold Taklon, fine details and shading corners detail.
Michael’s: Artist’s Loft, white synthetic brushes.
Jerry’s Arterama: Pro Stroke-Power Creative, fine and medium brushes.
1 round Bristle brush #2.
Easel (a simple table metal easel is fine).
Paper towel.
Plate to mix colors or a Paper Palette. SOHO has a very reasonable paper palette at Jerry’s Arterama.

For more information about the present and past classes, please visit our page:
http://www.fcacarts.org/classes_for_members_.aspx

Looking forward to see you,

Clina

The Market Girl, Oil painting of Hispanic Culture.

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Cary, Clina Polloni, Durham, flowers, Franklinton, Hispanic Culture, NC, Painting Classes, Painting of Ecuador, Raleigh, Wake Forest

18”x24” by Clina Polloni.

The Market Girl. In the Hispanic culture it is a tradition to go to the market, where the local people brings their fresh fruits, vegetables and craft. This girl is proud to show her flowers and vegetables with her colorful hand netted ponchos in the back.

I did this painting when I went to Ecuador. Inspired by their colorful art and culture, very similar to most of the countries in South America. People live in the cosmopolitan cities surrounded by malls and a variety of today modern stores. But the beautiful thing is that they are trying to preserve their culture.

This painting was exhibited at the Franklin County Art Council, NC. For the 2018 5 de Mayo Celebration of the Hispanic Culture.

Clina Polloni is a contemporary artist born in Chile, winner of the Franklin County Art Council, NC. 2017 Artist Award. Her oil paintings are inspired by her love for people, animals and nature. Her new project: “The motif of the human figure in a dialogue with natures light and colors.” In these new paintings she is portraying people in their environment and activities, representing the American and Hispanic Culture.

You can learn and enjoy to paint at 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.

Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Louisburg, Franklinton and The Triangle Are of North Carolina.
Vice-Chair of The Franklin County Art Council and member of The Wake Forest Guild of Artists, of North Carolina.

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How to Paint an Oil Pet Portrait of Griffin

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Cary, Clina Polloni, Durham, NC, North Carolina, Pet Portraits, Raleigh, Wake Forest

When I was commissioned to paint Griffin’s Pet Portrait, It was a challenge, he was at the ocean, when the sun was beginning to come down, creating a very strong change of light in his face. I took advantage of the beautiful gold light that accented his face and hair.

Canvas: 11″x14″.

Instructions and Progression:

1. Draw and paint the under-paint: It was done in acrylics because they dry faster and it gives you the opportunity to paint immediately. Use a washed of Yellow Ochre, but be sure to saturate the canvas. Also you can draw the eyes with black acrylic. Look at image.
2. Paint the background: Start with oils and paint the st waves of the ocean.
3. Continue with Griffin’s face: Put special detail in the eyes, hair and nose. It will give you a better understanding of his features. Look at image.
4. Paint Griffin‘s body: Taking advantage of the texture and the many tones of his hair. The hair was painted with a #1 pro-white brush using it sideways, look at picture.

Colors:

1. Titanium White
2. Flesh, Portrait Pink or Pale Pink
3. Cadmium Yellow Light
4. Yellow Ochre
5. Raw Sienna
6. Burnt Sienna
7. Van Dyck Brown
8. Royal Blue
9. Cerulean Blue
10. Ultramarine Blue
11. Ivory Black

Brushes, multi-purpose, polyvalent, from the finest 0 to 6.
For Oil paintings, the best media is Refined Linseed Oil with Turpernoi. To clean the brushes Turpernoi. Glass container to mix media.
Easel (a simple table metal easel is fine).
Paper towel.
Plastic plate to mix colors or a palette.

For commissioned pet portraits visit:
http://www.clinapolloni.com/pet_portraits.html
For painting classes visit:
http://www.clinapolloni.com/painting_classes.html

Call Clina: 919-841-3132.
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com
http://www.clinapolloni.com/portraits.html
2017 Artist Award winner.

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery:
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 2752.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Louisburg, Franklinton and The Triangle Are of North Carolina.

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How To Paint Quilt Blocks On Canvas

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Cary, Durham, Franklinton, NC, North Carolina, Painting Classes, quilt blocks, Raleigh, Wake Forest

These quilt blocks were designed for the painting classes, simple blocks for a person that is starting to paint and wants to learn to paint a quilt block, geometrical forms, colors composition, and organization of symmetrical forms.

Instructions:

1. Divide your canvas in squares of 4. 5 or 6, depending on the design that you want to paint.

2. Start by drawing geometrical symmetrical forms.

3. Select a geometrical form and paint 4 of a kind with the same color. Them another 4 consecutive form and paint them, and so on. Always related shapes.

Supply:

This quilt blocks can be done in 2 medias, Oil Paintings or Acrylics:

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.

Oil Paintings: You can buy them at Michael’s, ACMoore, but again the most affordable ones are at Jerry’s Arterama and their brand is LUKAS, https://www.jerrysartarama.com/

Canvas: 8″x8″, or any square canvas.

Colors:

1. Titanium White
2. Cadmium Yellow Medium
3. Cadmium Orange Deep
4. Permanent Red
5. Magenta
6. Permanent Green
7. Phthalo Green Blue
8. Cerulean Blue
9. Ultramarine Blue
10. Dioxazine Purple

There are many affordable brushes in the market:
Walmart: FolkArt, Gold Taklon, fine details and shading corners detail.
Michael’s: Artist’s Loft, white synthetic brushes.
Jerry’s Arterama: Pro Stroke-Power Creative, fine and medium brushes.
Paper towel.
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

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery
13 Garner Road, FranklintonNC27527
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

2018 First Friday of March Exhibition in Wake Forest, NC

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Art Exhibition, Cary, Clina Polloni, Durham, Franklinton, Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, NC, North Carolina, Old Baldy, Raleigh, Wake Forest

You are cordially invited to an art Exhibition at the Renaissance Centre For The Arts, organized by the Wake Forest Guild of Artists.

Date: Friday, March 2, 2018
Start Time: 6:00 PM.
End Time: 9:00 PM.
Location: Arts Annex Wake Forest Renaissance Centre.
407 Brooks Ave. Wake Forest, NC.

Local artist will celebrate the First Friday displaying Structure paintings. The exhibition will last all the month of March and April 2018. Come to visit any time!

Clina Polloni will exhibit 8 Structure oil paintings:

 From North Carolina:
“The North Carolina State Capitol”
“The Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse”
“Old Baldy with Laurel Oak Forest”
“Old Baldy”

From Chile:
“Casa de Paja”
“Chile in the 1800’s”
“White Adobe Church”
“Casa de Campo”

To view larger images click on the photos >>

The North Carolina State Capitol

Old Baldy. Bald head Island Lighthouse, NC

Old Baldy. Bald head Island Lighthouse, NC

Casa Campesina. Chile in the 1800’s

White Adobe Church from Chile

Casa de Paja. A straw house in Chile

Casa de Campo. Chile in the 1800’s

For more information about Clina Polloni, visit:
http://www.clinapolloni.com/
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.

Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Franklinton and The Triangle Are of North Carolina.
Vice-Chair of The Franklin County Art Council and member of The Wake Forest Guild of Artists, of North Carolina.

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Announcing Next Group Painting Class, February 17, 2018.

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Cary, Durham, Franklinton, NC, North Carolina, Painting Classes, Raleigh, Seascape, Wake Forest

Date: Saturday, February 17, 2018.
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
Location: Clina Polloni Studio.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27527
Painting: “House in the Island of North Carolina”.

You can bring a painting that you had already started and your supply. We can paint it together! Or paint the following paint:

“House in the Island of North Carolina“. This painting was created for the painting classes, is a simple and charming painting for a person that is starting to paint and wants to learn about the ocean, reflections of a boat sailing and most important the little house in the cliff of the sand dunes.

Click on image to see larger painting >>

Supply: This painting can be done in 2 medias, Oil Paintings or Acrylics.

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

Oil Paintings: You can buy them at Michael’s, ACMoore, but again the most affordable ones are at Jerry’s Arterama and their brand is LUKAS.

Canvas: 12″x9”

Colors:

1. Titanium White
2. Cadmium Yellow Light
3. Yellow Ochre
4. Cadmium Red Medium
5. Alizarin Crimson
6. Flesh, Portrait Pink or Pale Pink
7. Sap Green
8. Cerulean Blue
9. Ultramarine Blue
10. Dioxazine Purple
11. Burnt Sienna
12. Raw Sienna
13. Van Dyck Brown
14. Ivory Black

There are many affordable brushes in the market:
Walmart: FolkArt, Gold Taklon, fine details and shading corners detail.
Michael’s: Artist’s Loft, white synthetic brushes.
Jerry’s Arterama: Pro Stroke-Power Creative, fine and medium brushes.
1 White Bristle #3.
Black fine point Sharpie.
For Oil paintings, the best media is Refined Linseed Oil with Turpernoi. To clean the brushes Turpernoi. Glass container to mix media, I have some containers in the studio.
Easel (a simple table metal easel is fine).
Paper towel.
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.

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.

Name(required)

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The Fishermen, Oil Painting of Constitución, Chile

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Chile, Clina Polloni, Constitución, Oil paintings

“The Fishermen”

Oil Painting by Clina Polloni
24”x36”

“The Fishermen”, this painting was done in the beautiful fishing town of Constitución, Chile. Based on a painting that my great-grandfather did in 1913. Bright and changing colors of the sunset, the fishermen were coming back with their rich catch on a summer evening after a day at the sea.

Who could imagine that almost a hundred years after, this village was going to be destroyed by the fury of the waters, an earthquake and tsunami that killed 350 people in Constitución, Chile. March 1, 2010.

Antonio Polloni, My Great Grandfather.

He was a talented Chilean Artist. He painted with oils winning many prices for his art. In 1920 he received the 1st National Award for his self portrait “El Pobre Diablo” (“The Pour Devil”). He was also a very well known Chilean photographer, commissioned by the Chilean Navy, traveling through the Chilean territory taking panoramic photos, unifying his photos one by one in his laboratory creating a horizontal photo of the landscape.

 

 

 

 

Next Group Painting Class, January 20, 2018

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Cary, Fishing Village Painting in NC, Franklinton, Landscape, NC, North Carolina, Oil paintings, Painting Classes, Raleigh, Wake Forest

Announcing Next Group Painting Class, January 20, 2018.

Fishing Village in NC

Date: Saturday, January 20, 2018.
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
Location: Clina Polloni Studio.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27527
Painting: “Fishing Village Painting in NC”. Click painting to see a larger image.

You can bring a painting that you had already started and your supply. We can paint it together! Or paint the following paint:

“Fishing Village Painting in NC”: This painting was created for the painting classes, is a simple and charming painting for a person that is starting to paint. The painting is about a fishing town in North Carolina, in colonial times.

Painting Class Supply:

This painting can be done in 2 medias, Oil Paintings or Acrylics.
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
Oil Paintings: You can buy them at Michael’s, ACMoore, but again the most affordable ones are at Jerry’s Arterama and their brand is LUKAS.

Canvas: 14″x11″

Colors:

1. Titanium White
2. Cadmium Yellow Light
3. Yellow Ochre
4. Flesh, Portrait Pink or Pale Pink
5. Cadmium Red Medium
6. Alizarin Crimson
7. Sap Green
8. Cerulean Blue
9. Ultramarine Blue
10. Burnt Sienna
11. Raw Umber
12. Ivory Black

There are many affordable brushes in the market:
Walmart: FolkArt, Gold Taklon, fine details and shading corners detail.
Michael’s: Artist’s Loft, white synthetic brushes.
Jerry’s Arterama: Pro Stroke-Power Creative, fine and medium brushes.
Black fine point Sharpie.
For Oil paintings, the best media is Refined Linseed Oil with Turpernoi. To clean the brushes Turpernoi. Glass container to mix media, I have some containers in the studio.
Easel (a simple table metal easel is fine).
Paper towel.
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 .

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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