Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma: April 2016

Welcome to my blog where I post recent photos of my work and journal about my life as an artist. I live and work in Tulsa Oklahoma. It is from my early life in the mountains that I developed a love of the natural world which now includes vast prairies and endless skies. To contact me about a purchase all in lowercase letters you can write me at margee And then my last name @Gmail. Opening the web version of this blog gives the opportunity to purchase any of my how to books/videos, etc..

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Artist Studio Tour 2016

What a wonderful weekend. We had well over 200 visitors to our studio/gallery. It was so wonderful to get to talk with past purchasers and past and future students, meet young artists, art lovers and friends. Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition did an excellent job finding volunteers to help w ticket sales and marketing and just making sure everything was a success. Thanks so much to all who made the weekend possible. It is always a time for people to learn and get inspired.... at least it always has been for me as one who, in the past, got to visit multiple studios and learn many different ways in which artists work and find their inspiration. It is a real gift to the creative community. Thanks, OVAC!

SOLD! Peonies

peony garden oil painting by margaret aycock

This is a painting of my peony garden last year. Sold this weekend to a good home :-)

Monday, April 04, 2016

Tulsa Artist Studio Tour this Saturday and Sunday

All you Oklahoma folks, we hope you stop by for a visit at our studio. Here is a link to a map and all the ticket details and other artists who will have their studios open for the event. Hope to see some of you! http://ovac-ok.org/programs/tulsa-art-studio-tour/
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Lilacs and Cherry Blossoms

This is the first year I have ever painted my very favorite smelling flowers. They remind me of my childhood in upstate NY where lilac bushes were more like lilac trees, or maybe it was because I was so small that they seemed that big. I had a little table and kid size chairs under our lilac tree where I had tea parties, smelling the sweet scent of lilacs the whole time. This painting is a little 8x10 on stretched canvas. It is in my ebay gallery auction this week. CLICK HERE to visit it in my Gallery where you will have the option to bid or see other paintings in my gallery.

lilac, cherry blossoms, oil painting for sale by Margaret Aycock, Tulsa, OK

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Art Student Supply List

Supplies are as follows: Oil Paints: Specifically Windsor Newton brand Winton 200 ML size. Student grade is preferable and if it says ‘hue’ after the color that is fine, and preferable too; Alizarin Crimson, Cad. Red, Cad. Orange, Cad. Yellow Light, Yellow Ochre, Cerulean Blue, Sap Green, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium white, Burnt Sienna.

Assortment of boar bristle brushes from ¼” to 1: (feel free to get the cheap ones,) I like filberts but flats are ok too.

canvas : depends on what we are painting. Usually no larger than 16x20

Pallet; either purchase large pallet or 12 x 16 cardboard cover with freezer paper purchase Reynolds freezer paper in the grocery store where plastic wraps, foil are found.

A pallet box is optional but saves money in the long run.

I will supply easel, spirits, rags

Step by Step Still Life

Notice, no detail till nearly finished. Start with blocking in main color areas, make sure to cover every inch of the canvas with something. Also notice you don't have to paint everything in in perfect detail. We paint how the eye sees.... When you are looking at one specific thing, everything else looses its detail. I like to pick an area or two where I paint a flower or flowers in well and let the viewer make up the rest with their own eyes. If I paint one cherry blossom well, the viewer now knows that all those other white, flowery things are cherry blossoms, for example.

Painting the Impressionist Still Life with Margaret Aycock

"Our greatest fear is not that we are inadequate, but that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, handsome, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. It is not just in some; it is in everyone. And, as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others." - Marianne Williamson from "Reflections on a Course in Miracles" My hope is that my painting will be that shining light.

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