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Seascape Clouds on an Ocean Sunset

Card-5.5x5.5-Walking on a Beach Sunset

Card-5.5×5.5-Walking on a Beach Sunset

Walking on a Beach Sunset card.

North Carolina has beautiful beaches, and walking in a sunset with bright colors is an inspiration. This island is part of North Carolina’s Crystal Coast. Located in the southernmost part of the Outer Banks.

This card is FOR SALE $2.50 at The Little Art Gallery, inside The Cotton Company, located in the historical downtown of Wake Forest NC. 306 S. White Street, Wake Forest, NC 27587.

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Oil paintings by Clina Polloni 11”x 14”:

Clouds on an Ocean Sunset Seascape.

Clouds on an Ocean Sunset Seascape

Clouds on an Ocean Sunset Seascape

North Carolina has beautiful beaches, and walking in a sunset with bright colors is an inspiration.

This painting class consist of 3 parts:

  1. Learning to draw with a square grid Technic.
  2. Under-painting with acrylics.
  3. Finishing the painting with oils or acrylics.

Square Grid Drawing Technic:

Start by drawing in the canvas with a pencil using the Square Grid Drawing Technic. Start by dividing your sketch or photo in proportional squares, then you divide your canvas in with the same Technic in proportional squares. It doesn’t matter how big is your canvas or if it is a mural, the proportions will be perfect.

When using the Square Grid Drawing Technic you defined:

  1. Composition
  2. Proportions
  3. Light and shade
Clouds on an Ocean Sunset Drawing with a Square Grid

Clouds on an Ocean Sunset Drawing with a Square Grid

Under-painting with acrylics:

Use your acrylics with lots of water because they flow better, impregnating your canvas, don’t leave spots without paint. Acrylics are very good for under-painting because they dry faster. They create a worm color that once you finish your final painting with oils or acrylics in the top, they look brighter.

Finishing the painting with oils or acrylics:
Start with the clouds, continue with the ocean, the beach and finally the people.

Canvas: 11″x 14 or any size.

Acrylic Colors:

  1. Titanium White
  2. Cadmium Yellow Medium
  3. Cadmium Orange
  4. Cerulean Blue
  5. Silver or Gray or Ivory Black

Oil Colors:

  1. Titanium White
  2. Cadmium Yellow Light
  3. Cadmium Yellow Medium
  4. Cadmium Orange
  5. Yellow Ochre
  6. Cerulean Blue
  7. Cobalt Blue
  8. Thalo Blue
  9. Paynes Gray
  10. Cassel Earth

Pencil, ruler and rubber

Ultra-fine black Sharpie pen.

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.

Walking on a Beach Sunset Painting

Walking on a Beach Sunset Seascape

Walking on a Beach Sunset Seascape.
Miniature oil painting by Clina Polloni 8”x 8”.
I also created a simplify small painting.

These 2 paintings are in private collections.

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, 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.

NC Postcard Pink Camellia

The Three Stages of the Evolution of a Pink Camellia Postcard.

Pink Camellia of NC Postcard

Pink Camellia of NC Postcard

From Clina Polloni Oil Painting.

Inspired by the beautiful camellias of North Carolina. Pink camellias symbolize a longing for someone and is given to someone who is missed.

This postcard is FOR SALE $1.50 at The Cotton Company.

306 S. White Street, Wake Forest, NC 27587. 919-570-0087.

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Send a spring postcard of a beautiful camellias of North Carolina. Pink camellias symbolize a longing for someone and is given to someone who is missed.

This postcard is a reproduction of an oil painting by Clina Polloni.

View more postcards >> https://clinapolloni.com/postcards-of-north-carolina/

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NC Postcard Girl Making Butter

Girl Making Butter NC Postcard.

From Clina Polloni Oil Painting.

Girl Making Butter NC Postcard

Girl Making Butter NC Postcard

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.

This postcard is FOR SALE $1.50 at The Cotton Company.
306 S. White Street, Wake Forest, NC 27587. 919-570-0087.

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NC Postcard Ocracoke Island Lighthouse

Ocracoke Island Lighthouse NC Postcard.

From Clina Polloni Oil Painting.

Ocracoke Island Lighthouse NC Postcard

Ocracoke Island Lighthouse NC Postcard

North Carolina’s oldest lighthouse in operation. Built in 1823. At just 65′ ft. tall, it is the smallest lighthouse on the Outer Banks. Ocracoke Island is an enchanting place with its natural beauty, the long-ago tales of pirates and ships, an inspiration for us artists.

This postcard is FOR SALE $1.50 at The Cotton Company.
306 S. White Street, Wake Forest, NC 27587. 919-570-0087.

Learn more >>

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NC Postcard Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse NC Postcard.

From Clina Polloni Oil Painting.

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse NC Postcard

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse NC Postcard

With its black and white stripes, is one of the most famous and recognizable lighthouses in the world.

This postcard is FOR SALE $1.50 at The Cotton Company.
306 S. White Street, Wake Forest, NC 27587. 919-570-0087.

Protecting one of the most treacherous stretches of the Outer Banks, NC. The world’s tallest brick lighthouse at 208′ ft. tall.

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Violet Tulip Drawing

The tulips are in bloom! Let’s learn how to draw with acrylics.

Drawing with Acrylics by Clina Polloni.

Violet Tulip Drawing

Violet Tulip Drawing

Instructions of this drawing:

  1. Draw with pencil first to create a general composition of your painting.
  2. In this drawing I used acrylics Magenta and Sap Green with lots of water for the light areas and less water for the darker areas, be sure to impregnate your canvas, don’t leave spots without paint. Acrylics are very good for under-painting because they dry faster. They create a worm color that once you finish your final painting with oils or acrylics in the top, they look brighter.
  3. In this painting I did a border to make a more interesting composition.

Canvas: 20″x 24″

Acrylic Colors:

  1. Sap Green
  2. Magenta

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.
Pencil
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.

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

The Violet Tulip Drawing and instructions are © of Clina Polloni.

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.

 

Cherry Blossom Trees Painting

Cherry Blossom Trees Painting.

Classes taught by Clina Polloni.

Painting Classes-Acrylics Oils-Cherry Blossom Trees.

Painting Classes-Acrylics Oils-Cherry Blossom Trees.

Learn to paint spring flowers. Harmony of pinks and deep magentas blossoms playing on soft clouds.

In these classes you have 3 choices:

1 Trace your drawing and start painting:
Easy Technique for starting artists that don’t want to draw. Need a 11”x14” canvas.

2 Learn the Square Grid Drawing Techniques:
Draw a square grid on both a reference image and your drawing surface, then focusing on each square individually to transfer the image proportionally. This method provides accurate scaling and proportioning, making it a helpful tool for artists of all skill levels. Need a 16″x 16″.

3 Learn inside the studio Plain Air techniques:
You will learn how to prepare your canvas, how to draw and paint your under-paint and finish your painting. Techniques, composition, light, textures and colors. Need a 16″x 16″. Learn more >>

Cherry Blossom Trees-Square Grid Drawing Technic

Cherry Blossom Trees-Square Grid Drawing Technic

Supply for this painting:

Black ultra fine point Sharpie.
Easel (a simple table metal easel is fine).
Paper towel.
For Acrylics: Plastic/paper plate and glass.
For Oils: Refined Linseed Oil with Turpernoi. To clean the brushes Turpernoi. Glass container to mix media.
Pencil and eraser
Brushes:
1 fine #0 brush, 1 #2 and 1 #8 flat brushes, and 1 #2 round bristle brush.

Colors for this painting:

  1. Titanium White
  2. Cerulean Blue
  3. Paynes Gray
  4. Cadmium Yellow Light
  5. Yellow Ochre
  6. Permanent Green or Phthalo Green
  7. Deep Green or Greenish Umber
  8. Magenta
  9. Violet de Cobalt or Thio Violet or Deep Magenta
  10. Carmine or Cadmium Red
  11. Burnt Sienna
  12. Deep Brown or Burnt Umber or Cassel Earth
  13. Ivory Black

This painting can be done in 2 medias, acrylics or oils.

Click link for options of where to buy supply: https://clinapolloni.com/where-to-buy-supply/

Sienna Hughes-Cherry Blossom Trees-Painting Classes Acrylics Oils.

Sienna Hughes-Cherry Blossom Trees.

NOTE: Each student needs to bring their own supplies. Please contact me a few days before via email at clinapolloni@gmail.com. I need to get ready!

For information and more selection of paintings visit:
https://clinapolloni.com/painting-classes/

Semiprivate painting classes. Make an appointment. Contact Clina 919-841-3132,  clinapolloni@gmail.com or make appointment online >>

The Cherry Blossom Trees Painting is © Clina Polloni.

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Visit Clina Polloni ART Studio, where creativity is waiting for you with love!!!
13 Garner Road, Franklinton NC 27525.
Take a drive to the beautiful country of North Carolina. Only half an hour from downtown Raleigh.

Member of The Makery and The Wake Forest Guild of Artists. Exhibiting at The Cotton Company, The Makery and local businesses of Wake Forest NC.
Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Franklinton and The Triangle Are of North Carolina.

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White House in the Ocean Seascape

Tiny White House in the Ocean

White House in the Ocean Seascape.

White House in the Ocean Seascape.

Painting Class Taught by Artist Clina Polloni.

Learn to paint a tiny house on the beach with white picket fence. Is a simple and charming painting for a person that is starting to paint.

This seascape painting was created for the painting classes, you can do it at home or come to the painting classes when the Coronavirus is over.

Acrylic under-paint: Cerulean Blue and Titanium White with water for the sky and ocean. For the beach Yellow Ochre and Titanium White. Be sure to impregnate all the surface of the canvas.

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

Acrylics: You can buy them at Michael’s or Hobby Lobby. 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, Hobby Lobby, 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. Yellow Ochre
  5. Flesh, Portrait Pink or Pale Pink
  6. Sap Green
  7. Cerulean Blue
  8. Ultramarine Blue
  9. Dioxazine Purple
  10. Burnt Sienna
  11. Burnt Umber or a Van Dyck Brown

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 of Jerry’s Arterama. Also, Wal-Mart has some fine and medium gold taklon brushes. 1 White Bristle #3.

For Oil paintings, the best media is Refined Linseed Oil with Refined Turpentine. To clean the brushes Turpernoi. I have some glass containers to mix media.

Easel (a simple table metal easel is fine).

Paper towel, Pencil to draw.

Plastic/paper plate and glass. SOHO has a very reasonable paper palette at Jerry’s Arterama.

Painting Class acrylics oils-White House in the Ocean

Painting Class acrylics oils-White House in the Ocean

You can learn and enjoy to do this painting in the painting classes, dates and more paintings to select from >>

#paintingclasses #littleartgallerync #houseintheocean #seascape #thecottonco #oilsclasses #acrylicsclasses #clinapolloniart #clinahpolloni #artistachilena #northcarolinaartist #wakeforestnc

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

The White House in the Ocean Painting and instructions are © Clina Polloni.

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. 

Palm Tree at The Beach Painting

Palm Tree. Painting class acrylics oils by Clina Polloni.

Palm Tree

Painting class acrylics and oils taught by Clina Polloni.

Learn to paint a palm tree at the beach with clear waters of the ocean, is a simple and charming painting for a person that is starting to paint.

Painting Class-Palm Tree.

Painting Class-Palm Tree.

This seascape painting was created for the painting classes, you can do it at home or come to the painting classes when the Coronavirus is over.

Supply for this painting:

Canvas: 11″x 14”
Black fine point Sharpie.
Easel (a simple table metal easel is fine).
Paper towel.
For Acrylics: Plastic/paper plate and glass.
For Oils: Refined Linseed Oil with Turpernoi. To clean the brushes Turpernoi. Glass container to mix media.

Colors for this painting:

  1. Titanium White
  2. Cadmium Yellow Light
  3. Yellow Ochre
  4. Portrait Pink or Pale Pink
  5. Sap Green
  6. Permanent Green
  7. Cerulean Blue
  8. Ultramarine Blue
  9. Burnt Sienna
  10. Burnt Umber
  11. Ivory Black

This painting can be done in 2 medias, acrylics or oils.

Click link for options of where to buy supply: https://clinapolloni.com/where-to-buy-supply/

NOTE: Each student needs to bring their own supplies. Please contact me a few days before via email at clinapolloni@gmail.com. I need to get ready!

Palm Tree and Lighthouse Painting Class-Acrylics Oils

Palm Tree and Lighthouse.

The Palm Tree at The Beach Painting is © Clina Polloni.

Two exciting options:

These paintings can go together on a colorful wall, you will learn the basics of ocean and beach colors, textures and blending. Click here for the lighthouse painting >>

For information and more selection of paintings visit: https://clinapolloni.com/painting-classes/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clina.polloni

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

Happy students:

Enjoy learning the Palm Tree. Painting class acrylics oils by Clina Polloni.

Member of The Makery and The Wake Forest Guild of Artists. Exhibiting at The Cotton Company, The Makery and local businesses of Wake Forest NC.
Serving Raleigh, Cary, Durham, Wake Forest, Franklinton and The Triangle Are of North Carolina.

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

Dimensional Perspective 1 Vanishing Point.

How to Paint Dimensional Perspective.

Taught by Clina Polloni.

You can learn and do this painting class at home in this difficult time of the Coronavirus. Follow the instructions:

Dimensional Perspective Drawing

Dimensional Perspective Drawing

This autumn painting is illustrated by the concept of convergence. Which are lines that moves into the distance and converge on a vanishing point. Our eyes perceive the world around us in three dimensions. To create this three-dimensional effect, we have to draw perspective that consist on a horizon line, where your eyes are looking to a vanishing point or two or three vanishing points. In this painting we only have one in the center of the horizon.

Picture #1: Start by drawing the horizon line, draw a vanishing point in the center (mark with a red dot). From this red dot, start drawing lines to the outside of the canvas, to the left and the right. 2 lines for the base of the trees. 2 lines for the road. 2 lines for the top of the trees. Continue by drawing the trees following the perspective lines.

Dimensional Perspective with Human Figure Drawing

Dimensional Perspective with Human Figure Drawing

Picture #2: Draw a human figure looking at the horizon and start painting the autumn trees, road and grass. Painting the background images first is a lot easier.

Picture #3: Paint the human figure and sign your painting.

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

Acrylics: You can buy them at Michael’s or Hobby Lobby. 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, Hobby Lobby, but again the most affordable ones are at Jerry’s Arterama and their brand is LUKAS.

Dimensional Perspective Painting

Dimensional Perspective Painting

Canvas: 11″x 14″.

Colors:

  1. Titanium White
  2. Cadmium Yellow Light
  3. Cadmium Yellow Medium
  4. Yellow Ochre
  5. Flesh, Portrait Pink or Pale Pink
  6. Cadmium Barium Orange
  7. Cadmium Red Medium or Carmine
  8. Alizarin Crimson
  9. Sap Green or Hookers Green
  10. Cerulean Blue
  11. Ultramarine Blue
  12. Burnt Sienna
  13. Van Dyke Brown or a Deep Brown

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.

This painting was done by Labannya Samanta, a brilliant student.

To find more paintings to do at home visit: https://clinapolloni.com/painting-classes/

Or, you can learn and enjoy to do this painting in the painting classes when the Coronavirus is over.

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

Contact Us
Tel: 919.841.3132
Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

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

WARNING, all paintings and photos are copyright © by Clina Polloni.

Clina Polloni is a member of The Makery and the Wake Forest Guild of Artists. Her oil paintings are at The Cotton Company and local businesses of Wake Forest NC.

Clina Polloni received the 2017 Franklin County Art Council ARTIST AWARD.

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