Celebrating Color https://www.celebratingcolor.com/ The latest news from Carol McIntyre's studio... Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:19:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 My Visit to San Miguel de Allende https://www.celebratingcolor.com/visit-to-san-miguel-de-allende/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=visit-to-san-miguel-de-allende https://www.celebratingcolor.com/visit-to-san-miguel-de-allende/#comments Sun, 17 Apr 2022 17:30:58 +0000 https://www.celebratingcolor.com/?p=14321 My visit to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, in March, brought me intense colors, wonderful food, old cobblestone streets, fascinating murals, rooftop restaurants at sunset, ancient cobble stone streets and much more. International travel is one of my favorite ways to experience our world and open my eyes to new perspectives, cultures and life styles. […]

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]]> https://www.celebratingcolor.com/visit-to-san-miguel-de-allende/feed/ 3 Why Paint a Series? https://www.celebratingcolor.com/why-paint-a-series/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-paint-a-series https://www.celebratingcolor.com/why-paint-a-series/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2022 18:37:47 +0000 https://www.celebratingcolor.com/?p=14308 Have you ever thought about painting in a series? If not, why not? …And what is it? A series is a cohesive collection of paintings whereby the viewer has no doubt the same artist has created each piece. A series communicates a common thread that connects the paintings. Every painting can standalone, but together the […]

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]]> https://www.celebratingcolor.com/why-paint-a-series/feed/ 4 How Do You Mix Gray with Purple? https://www.celebratingcolor.com/how-to-mix-gray-with-purple/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-mix-gray-with-purple https://www.celebratingcolor.com/how-to-mix-gray-with-purple/#comments Tue, 18 May 2021 20:49:07 +0000 https://www.celebratingcolor.com/?p=14274 Learning how to mix various grays, is important in our painting world. We need de-saturated or gray-like colors give our eyes calming places to rest. These wonderful colors also help to make our more intense or saturated colors sing.  What do I mean by GRAY? I am referring to grays that carry a hue, such […]

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]]> https://www.celebratingcolor.com/how-to-mix-gray-with-purple/feed/ 6 What are the Major Lines in Art? https://www.celebratingcolor.com/what-are-the-major-lines-in-art/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-are-the-major-lines-in-art https://www.celebratingcolor.com/what-are-the-major-lines-in-art/#comments Fri, 16 Apr 2021 22:57:52 +0000 https://www.celebratingcolor.com/?p=14253 When was the last time to the lines you use in your work or in someone else’s? What are the major lines in art? What do they convey? Try to name the five types of lines in art before reading further. I confess, I hadn’t consciously thought about it for a long time until I […]

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]]> https://www.celebratingcolor.com/what-are-the-major-lines-in-art/feed/ 5 How Did I Create a Solo Show During COVID? https://www.celebratingcolor.com/how-did-i-create-a-solo-show-during-covid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-did-i-create-a-solo-show-during-covid https://www.celebratingcolor.com/how-did-i-create-a-solo-show-during-covid/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2021 17:24:25 +0000 https://www.celebratingcolor.com/?p=14210 Back in December 2019, the gallery owner of G44 Gallery, Colorado Springs, surprised me with an invitation to have a solo show in 2021. Not only was I honored and excited, but I also had a strong visceral reaction of “Yes! That will be perfect timing.” Ha! Little did any of us know what the […]

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]]> https://www.celebratingcolor.com/how-did-i-create-a-solo-show-during-covid/feed/ 2 What are My Top 5 Color Mixing Blogs? https://www.celebratingcolor.com/top-5-color-mixing-blogs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-5-color-mixing-blogs https://www.celebratingcolor.com/top-5-color-mixing-blogs/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2021 23:25:58 +0000 https://www.celebratingcolor.com/?p=14185 During the past few months, I have been cleaning up my website. What do I mean? I ventured into a potentially scary place to see if I had any broken URLs. I discovered I had hundreds of them throughout my site. YIKES! Apparently Google does not like this. I don’t know I was being punished/neglected, […]

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]]> https://www.celebratingcolor.com/top-5-color-mixing-blogs/feed/ 1 “Colorscapes” Solo Show Invitation! https://www.celebratingcolor.com/colorscapes-solo-show-invitation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=colorscapes-solo-show-invitation Mon, 11 Jan 2021 19:38:39 +0000 https://www.celebratingcolor.com/?p=14077 You are cordially invited to my upcoming solo show Opening reception:  Friday, April 2, 2021 Time:  5-8pm Location: G44 Gallery 1785 S. 8th Avenue, Suite A, 80905, Colorado Springs, CO  Call 720-951-0573 or visit www.g44gallery.com Hours: Thursday-Saturday 12pm – 5pm or by an appointment. Show dates:  April 2 – April 30th How does color impact […]

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]]> How Do You Mix Turquoise? https://www.celebratingcolor.com/how-to-mix-turquoise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-mix-turquoise https://www.celebratingcolor.com/how-to-mix-turquoise/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2020 23:53:36 +0000 https://www.celebratingcolor.com/?p=14045 A few of you have asked me, “How do you mix turquoise?” Even though I include many blues in my paintings, I don’t think I have consciously mixed turquoise. Curiosity got the best of me. When we think of turquoise, many of us probably think of the stone. As you can see here, there is […]

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]]> What Are the Four Stages of Learning? https://www.celebratingcolor.com/four-stages-of-learning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=four-stages-of-learning https://www.celebratingcolor.com/four-stages-of-learning/#comments Tue, 04 Aug 2020 20:26:10 +0000 https://www.celebratingcolor.com/?p=13915 Are there stages of adult learning? Yes there are. Sometimes we resist them or forget they are a part of the learning process. As a life long learner, it never ceases to amaze me how the four stages of learning repeat themselves. In other words, I can’t skip a step, though I would love to. […]

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