Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma

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

Sunday, March 27, 2016

Happy Easter!

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Happy Easter
To visit this painting in my ebay gallery, click here

$800

Thursday, March 24, 2016

How to paint a floral with Lilacs and Cherry Blossoms

These flowers fade so quickly that one must paint quickly.... which is fine by me as I love the feel of the impressionist quality of a well thought out, quick plein aire sketch. This painting features lilacs and cherry blossoms from my garden. I am going to picture the step by step process below.
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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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