Crape Myrtles

Painting Class Taught by Artist Clina Polloni.

Learn to paint Crape Myrtles. They are the last flowers of sprint. A pallet of colors, from white to pink to lilac and deep magenta. They feel up our yards with big delightful blooms all through summer to autumn. 

This is a simple painting for a beginner artist. You will learn the basics of color mixing, blending and texture.

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: 12″x 16″ or 11″x 14″

Colors:

1. Titanium White
2. Cadmium Yellow Light
3. Cadmium Yellow Medium
4. Magenta
5. Violet de Cobalt or Thio Violet or Deep Magenta
6. Dioxazine Purple
7. Alizarin Crimson
8. Sap Green
9. Permanent Green
10. Greenish Umber (Grumbacher) or a Deep Green
11. Yellow Ochre
12. Burnt Sienna
13. Burnt Umber
14. 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.

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.

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

“Crape Myrtles” painting by Laurie Boyette and Tricia Wagner. Great accomplishment with colors, from white to pink to lilac and deep magenta.

You can learn and enjoy to do this painting in the painting classes>>

Call Clina: 919-841-3132

Email: clinapolloni@gmail.com

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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.