Merry Christmas Feliz Navidad 2019.

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Cary, Clina Polloni, Feliz Navidad, Franklinton, Merry Christmas, NC, North Carolina, Raleigh, Wake Forest

To our dear family and friends,

This year 2019, God had blessed us and gave us many reasons to be thankful.

The family is doing well, growing and healthy. Summer and Autumn are living permanently with Thommy and April, going to a new school here in Franklinton that they like. James surprised us with a welcome visit. Patricia and David came to visit us for the Allen reunion.

Oil Portrait of my mother Clina Becker

It has been a very sad year for Chile after the continues destruction by communist terrorist. We thank to God that the family is fine. My mother is stable and with a very positive spirit. Enjoying our company when we are able to go to Chile.

We took the granddaughters Summer, Autumn and Melissa to historical sites of North Carolina to learn about the history of our state and about their ancestors. Visited their graves and plantations.

I have to be thankful to my students, they had brought me great happiness seeing their accomplishments and paintings.

The painting in the top is the “Children Sleigh Ride” inspired by my husband Thom’s three children Thommy, Patricia and James, playing in the snow when they were small. Joyful days of growing up in their beautiful farm in Franklinton, North Carolina.

God bless you on this Holiday Season of 2019 and bring you lots of happiness for 2020,

Thom and Clina

Read more: https://clinapolloni.com/merry-christmas-feliz-navidad-2019/

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A nuestra querida familia y amigos.

Este año del 2019, Dios nos ha bendecido y nos dio muchas razones para estar agradecidos. La familia esta bien, creciendo y saludable. Summer y Autumn están viviendo con Thommy y April, ahora van a un colegio que les gusta, aquí en Franklinton. James nos sorprendió con una linda visita. Patricia y David vinieron a la reunión de la familia

Ha sido un año muy triste para Chile por la continua destrucción echa por los terroristas comunistas. Agradecemos a Dios porque la familia esta bien. Mi madre esta estable y con buen espíritu, disfrutando nuestra compañía cuando podemos ir a Chile.

Llevamos a las nietas Summer, Autumn y Melissa a visitar lugares históricos de Carolina del Norte para aprender sobre la historia de nuestro estado y sus ancestros. Visitamos sus tumbas y plantaciones.

La pintura es “Niños en el trineo de nieve” inspirada por los tres hijos de Thom, Thommy Patricia y James jugando en la nieve cuando eran pequeños. Días felices creciendo en su lindo fundo en Franklinton, Carolina del Norte.

Que Dios los bendiga en estas fiestas Navideñas 2019 y les traiga muchas felicidades el 2020,

Thom y Clina

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Girl Making Butter Painting.

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Cary, Child Portrait, Clina Polloni, Colonial People of NC, Franklinton, Girl Making Butter, NC, North Carolina, Oil paintings, Raleigh, Wake Forest

Oil painting 24″x 36″ by Clina Polloni.

Girl Making Butter Painting

This painting is about a girl concentrating in making butter. Children have always been my inspiration, portraying the innocence of their young life.

Also, my admiration for the beauty and history of North Carolina. Traveling through the mountains I admired the rocks formations and colors, from browns to yellows, greens, aquamarines and blues.

Clina Polloni is a contemporary artist born in Chile. 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 the people of North Carolina in their environment and activities, representing the colonial times and history of our state.

Instructions of how to do this painting:

1. Start by drawing the girl and rocks setting defining the light and the shade. I draw with pencils, permanent pens and acrylics. Look at image.
2. Do your under-paint or imprimatura with a wash of acrylic gold and silver. Acrylics are very good for under-painting because they dry faster. They create a worm color that once you put the oils in the top, they look brighter.
3. Apply a coat of heavy gesso in the walls to create texture.

Girl Making Butter Drawing

Start painting with oils in the following order because it is going to be easier for you:

1. Using oils, start painting the background, stones, window, chair, floor, vegetables, etc.
2. Using oils paint the skin, blending light and shade to the color of the skin. Paint the features of the face and hands.
3. Paint hair, hat and clothe.
4. Sign your work of art.

Call Clina: 919-841-3132.

Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

For more information and instruction of how to do this painting, click in the following link: https://clinapolloni.com/girl-making-butter-painting/

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.

Girl Making Butter Underpaint

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 Area of North Carolina.
Member of The Franklin County Art Council and Wake Forest Guild of Artists, of North Carolina.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse Painting.

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Cary, Franklinton, NC, North Carolina, Painting Classes, Pigeon Point Lighthouse, Raleigh, Seascape, Wake Forest

Painting Class Taught by Artist Clina Polloni.

Pigeon Point Lighthouse Painting

This seascape of a lighthouse was created for the painting classes, is a simple and charming painting for a person that is starting to paint.

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: 11″ x 14″

Pigeon Point Lighthouse Under-paint

Colors:

1. Titanium White
2. Cadmium Yellow Light
3. Cadmium Yellow Medium
4. Yellow Ochre
5. Cadmium Red Medium or Carmine
6. Alizarin Crimson
7. Sap Green
8. Cerulean Blue
9. Ultramarine Blue
10. Dioxazine Purple
11. Burnt Sienna
12. Van Dick Brown
13. 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: https://clinapolloni.com/painting-classes/

Call Clina: 919-841-3132
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27525.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

Serving Raleigh, Cary, Louisburg, Wake Forest, Franklinton and The Triangle Are of North Carolina.
Member of The Franklin County Art Council and Wake Forest Guild of Artists, of North Carolina.

Sunset of South Africa

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Cary, Louisburg, NC, North Carolina, Painting Classes, Raleigh, Seascape, South Africa Sea, Wake Forest

Sailing to the Sunset of the South Africa Sea.

Painting Class Taught by Artist Clina Polloni.

Sailing to the Sunset of the South Africa Sea

This beautiful sunset is based on a painting by Lea De Vries Daniels, an abstract artist that painted her beloved South Africa. Lea signed her work as Lea DeV and her art can be found in many medical institutions and private homes.

This version of the painting has been designed for the painting classes, is a simple and charming painting for a person that is starting to paint and wants to learn to paint a colorful sunset with a sailing boat.

Instructions:

1. You can draw or trace the sunset.
2. Do your under-paint with acrylics. Apply a wash of light yellow on the sky, water and boat. On the sun and reflections paint white. Also, a white outline over your drawing lines of clouds and water to cover the dark drawing lines.
3. With oils or acrylics start painting. First the sun and the colorful sky. Continue with the water, mountains and sail boat. Put special attention to the blending of colors.
4. Sign your painting and enjoy it.

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

Acrylics: You can buy them at Michael’s or ACMoore. 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″x 14

Colors:

1. Titanium White
2. Cadmium Yellow Light
3. Cadmium Yellow Medium
4. Cadmium Orange
5. Cadmium Red Medium
6. Alizarin Crimson
7. Sap Green
8. Cerulean Blue
9. Ultramarine Blue
10. Dioxazine Purple
11. Van Dyck Brown
12. Ivory Black

There are many affordable brushes in the market:
Walmart: FolkArt, Gold Taklon, fine details and shading.
Michael’s: 10pc “Artist’s Loft” white synthetic brushes.
Jerry’s Arterama: Pro Stroke-Power Creative, fine and medium brushes.
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/plastic 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:
https://clinapolloni.com/painting-classes/seascapes-painting-classes/

Call Clina: 919-841-3132
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

About Lea DeV:

Born in Cape Town, South Africa to an American mother and South African father, Lea developed a deep love for her beautiful home country early in life. Her mother and father were active in the anti-apartheid movement and Lea met many notable resistance fighters as a child, including Nelson Mandela.

With the violence in South Africa and the target on her father, Lea and her mother came to Raleigh, NC while Lea was a Freshman in high school. Although she never lived in South Africa again, she visited every year while her father was alive and proclaimed South Africa as the most beautiful place in the world.

Lea battled breast cancer but lost the fight in 2011. She will always be remembered for her big laugh, love of life, and her artistic talent.

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27525.
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.
Member of The Franklin County Art Council and Wake Forest Guild of Artists, of North Carolina.

Flowers of Love Poem

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Cary, Clina Polloni, flowers, NC, North Carolina, Oil paintings, Poem of Flowers, Raleigh, Wake Forest

“Flowers of Love” are oil paintings by Clina Polloni.

 Inspired by my poem “An Instant of Time”, about love and flowers:

Flowers of Love Poem Painting

Love like flowers
is a fragile breeze;
it is a flash of time,
born on a clear day,
explodes in magnificent
colors and feelings,
and diminish in the
shadows of life.

Poem by Clina Polloni ©

After the cold days of winter. I can’t wait for the warm days of spring to see the pale daffodils or the purple irises emerging, green baby leaves appearing in the old oak tree and finally a rainbow of colors; camellias, geraniums, tulips, peonies, crape myrtles, dahlias, roses and pansies. I get my canvas, brushes, bright colors and go outside, seat in the purple chair and paint. I live in Franklinton, NC, USA, travel to Chile to see my family and also paint.

Flowers of Love Poem Drawing

Instructions:

1. Start by drawing the poem with a mediaeval calligraphy. The first letter of the poem is at the right side with a gold background and decorated with flowers.
2. Draw flowers around the poem.
3. Create a border with gold and heavy gesso.
4. Paint with acrylics or oils.

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

To learn more about this poem and instructions visit:
https://clinapolloni.com/flowers-of-love-poem/ 

Call Clina: 919-841-3132
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

Visit Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery.

Medieval Letter F

13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27525.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

Ballerina Dress Painting

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Ballerina Dress Painting, Cary, Durham, Franklinton, NC, North Carolina, Painting Classes, Wake Forest

Learn To Paint A Ballerina Dress

This painting is a self portrait of Clina Polloni student Labannya Samanta. The challenge is to get a perfect definition of light and shadow, creating the many colors tones to accomplish the folding of the close.

Instructions and Progression:

1. You start by drawing and painting a good under-paint. It was done in acrylics because they dry faster and it gives you the opportunity to paint immediately. Draw with your acrylics the light and shade.
2. Continue with oils, light areas first, then medium tone and finally shading colors. Blend these colors very softly to create a fine transition

Brushes, multi-purpose, polyvalent, from the finest 0 to 6.
For Oil paintings, the best media is Refined Linseed Oil with Refined Turpentine. 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 Paper Palette.

For commissioned portraits visit:
https://clinapolloni.com/portraits/

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.

Red Apple Painting Classes

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acrylics, Cary, Durham, NC, North Carolina, Oil paintings, Raleigh, Red Apple Painting Classes, Wake Forest

Learn to draw and paint a red apple.

Red Apple Drawing.

When: Saturday, January 19, 2019
Time: 1:00pm to 4:00pm.
Location: “Clina Polloni Art Studio and Gallery” at Marigold Plantation.
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27527.
Call: 919-841-3132

Drawing instructions:

1. Divide your canvas in half with a vertical line. Red line in sample.
2. Draw a vertical line to the right and to the left at equals distances from the center line. Draw another two lines for the bottom of the apple. Blue lines in sample.
3. Draw an oval where you want the top of the apple. This oval must end at the vertical top lines. Pink oval in sample.
4. Draw another oval for the bottom of the apple. This oval must end at the vertical inside lines. Pink oval in sample.
5. Draw a line for the edge of the table.
6. Following this basic structure, continue drawing your apple.

Red Apple Painting Class

Painting Instructions:

1. In this painting I did an under-paint of Yellow Ochre with a lot of water to be absolved by the canvas, using acrylics because they dry faster. The under paint is very important because you are continuing to draw with colors and defining light and shade in your final painting.
2. Now you can paint the background, table and shading of apple in acrylics or oils.
3. Enjoy painting the apple. Put special attention to the blending of colors.

Supply:

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. Cadmium Yellow Light
2. Cadmium Yellow Medium
3. Cadmium Red Medium or Cadmium Red Deep
4. Alizarin Crimson
5. Sap Green
6. Dioxazine Purple
7. Burnt Sienna
8. Van Dyck Brown
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 White Bristle #3.
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/plastic 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: https://clinapolloni.com/painting-classes/
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.
https://clinapolloni.com/

How to Paint an Oil Pet Portrait of Bibo

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

Pet Portrait of Brown Chow Chow

Bibo is a Brown Chow Chow.  I was commissioned by my friend Phylliss to paint Bibo. Laying under my feet, I would go “Bibo raise your head so I can see your beautiful eyes”. Her hair is brown but with beautiful copper colors.

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.
2. Paint the background: In his portrait I painted the background in dark colors because I wanted to highlight her beautiful brown/copper hair to show well with contrast.
3. Continue with Bibo’s face: Put special detail in the eyes, hair and nose. It will give you a better understanding of her features
4. Paint Bibo’s body: Taking advantage of the texture and the many tones of her 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. Cadmium Yellow Medium
5. Yellow Ochre
6. Raw Sienna
7. Burnt Sienna
8. Van Dyck Brown
9. Alizarin Crimson
10. Greenish Umber
11. Thalo Green
12. Ivory Black

Brushes, multi-purpose, polyvalent, from the finest 0 to 6.
For Oil paintings, the best media is Refined Linseed Oil with Refined Turpentine. 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 Paper Palette.

For commissioned pet portraits visit: 
https://www.clinapolloni.com/pet_portraits.html

For Pet Portraits business site visit:
https://portraits-paintings-raleigh-nc.business.site/

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.

2018 Merry Christmas

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Ascension of Jesus, Cary, Clina Polloni, Durham, Franklinton, Merry Christmas, NC, North Carolina, Raleigh, Wake Forest

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
To all our dear friends and family,

Glory to God in the highest,
And on earth peace among men in whom he is well pleased.

We are very thankful for all the good things that God have given us in this year of 2018. Family togetherness, health and happy moments.

“Ascension of Jesus” painting by Deb Allen.

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Feliz Navidad y Prospero Año Nuevo.
A nuestros queridos amigos y familia.

Gloria a Dios en las alturas,
Y en la tierra paz entre los hombres en quienes el esta bien agradecido.

Estamos agradecidos a Dios por todas las cosas que nos dio en el año 2018. La unidad familiar, salud y momentos felices.

“Asunción de Jesús” pintura por Deb Allen.

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Thomas C. Allen and Clina Polloni Allen
13 Garner Road, Franklinton, NC 27525
919-841-3132
http://www.clinapolloni.com/ 

Miniature Quilt Block for a Christmas gift!

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

Get a Miniature Quilt Block for a Christmas gift!

Only $20.00 at the Little Art Gallery.
Early American Designs. Original art created with acrylics and quilt materials on canvas – 8”x 8”

The “Little Art Gallery” is located inside Southern Suds & Gifts, Wake Forest NC. Painting classes, acrylic and oils.
213 S White St, Wake Forest, NC 27587, call 919.841.3132
https://little-art-gallery.business.site/