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 Quilt Blocks On Canvas

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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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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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Colonial People Exhibition at WakeMed, NC

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Colonial People Exhibition at WakeMed, NC by Clina Polloni.

Clina Polloni is exhibiting her new paintings portraying the people of North Carolina in their environment and activities, representing colonial times and history of our beautiful state.

When: The month of February 2018.
Where: WakeMed North Family Health & Women’s Hospital.
10000 Falls of Neuse Rd, Raleigh, NC 27614

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.

6 Oil Paintings:

“Weaving The Yarn At The Tar River NC.” Inspired by the Tar River Festival, downtown Louisburg at River Bend Park, NC.

“Orange Reflections in The Oconaluftee River”. Sunset of this beautiful river that flows through The Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina.

Mingo Falls”. On the Cherokee Indian Reservation of North Carolina. Arguably the most stunning cascade in the region.

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.
Member of the board of The Franklin County Art Council, Wilson Art Council and 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.

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Clina Polloni 2017 Artist of the Year Award

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2017 Artist of The Year, Cary, Clina Polloni, Durham, Franklinton, NC, North Carolina, Oil paintings, Raleigh

THE FRANKLIN TIMES/ THE FRANKLIN WEEKLY
Press Release: Immediate
DATE:  1/8/2018

Announcing Artist of the Year 2017: Clina Polloni

Clina Polloni is a contemporary artist born in Chile.  Her colorful oil paintings are inspired by her love for people, animals, and nature expressing her art through the canvas in oil painting.  Her new project “The motif of the human figure” is a dialogue with natures light and colors. In her new paintings she is portraying the people of North Carolina in their environment and activities, representing a time and history of our state.

Franklin County Arts Council in 2018
Location: FCAC Gallery located at 22 S. Main Street, Franklinton NC
Questions: Contact or (919) 497-6910

Two Articles by The Grey Area News:

Franklin County Arts Council Announces Artist of the Year.
January 10, 2018 by Donna Campbell Smith.
https://greyareanews.com/news/local-nc/fcac-artist-clina-polloni/

NC Local Artist Spotlight: Clina Polloni
January 15, 2018 by Donna Campbell Smith.
https://greyareanews.com/news/local-nc/nc-artist-spotlight-polloni/

Artist Clina Polloni, originally from Chile, is based in North Carolina.
By Donna Campbell Smith

Clina Polloni is a contemporary artist born and raised in Chile. Her colorful oil paintings are inspired by her love for people, animals and nature, expressing her art through the canvas in oil painting.

Clina is currently working on a project she calls. “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 a time and history of our State.

When asked what her art means to her Clina said, “I am a descendant of Italian artists; for generations, art has been our passion! We promote the Arts in the community and participate in arts events. Since I was a little girl I started painting at my great-grandfather’s studio. I live for the arts. It is the creative energy that I wake up for every morning. A new painting, a new inspiration. Telling a story in a painting is like a book of bright colors and happiness.”

Her colorful oil paintings are inspired by her love for people, animals and nature, expressing her art through the canvas in oil painting. Clina enjoys impressionism as well as realism and has developed her own unique style, portraying the people of this land, surrounded by spectacular blues of the skies as well as a rainbow of bright colors. Clina’s art has been exhibited in many places, including the North Carolina State Capital.

Clina Polloni and her husband, Thomas Allen, in 2016 when she received her US citizenship. Source: Donna Campbell Smith

Clina’s list of achievements is impressive.  In 2005, she won “The Pride of Our Community Award.” Each year, Univision 40 gives this award to someone that they believe is an example of excellence and perseverance in the Hispanic Community.

In 2008 she received the “Latin American Women’s Excellence Award.” This award is presented by The Mental Health Association in North Carolina and The Latin American Women’s Club (LAWC) to recognize and support the efforts and talents of the Latin women, who with leadership and optimism work for the well-being of their community.

In 2010, Clina Polloni exhibited at the North Carolina State Capitol in Raleigh and the Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex in Fayetteville, North Carolina. These exhibitions were presented by the North Carolina Historic Sites.

On September 6, 2014 she donated her painting “9/11 Children Painting” to The US Military Veterans Foundation. The painting was used to raise almost $6,000 for a family in need. The painting was displayed at a total of eleven events and all day at Raleigh Country Club Army VS Navy Golf Tournament.

Clina was named 2017 Artist of the Year by the Franklin County Arts Council for her outstanding contribution to the organization.

In addition to her painting Clina teaches art classes. She says, “Teaching is something that fascinates me. To be able to transfer all this knowledge of art and to see the joy of the students admiring their work. When teaching, I like to talk to the student, learn what is inside their feelings, what they want to express in a painting.” She teaches at her home studio at Marigold Plantation on 13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC. Visit her website at www.clinapolloni.com to learn more about Clina’s art and how to join her classes.

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Next Group Painting Class, January 20, 2018

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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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