Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma: October 2011

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..

Monday, October 31, 2011

Page 3 of my book. I will be uploading a page every day or so.

This is a test. Trying to turn a page into jpg from my book

Thursday, October 27, 2011

My Boy, "Boy with the Wind in His Hair" 6x6 oil

This is a painting that I did of Dylan Aycock... (check scissortailrecords.com to listen to his music) Dylan is a musician who works in what I would describe as the ambient experimental genre. I have done several paintings of him and willing to let a few of them go. I really like this one. I did it to demonstrate to my class a technique that I wanted them to become comfortable with. Anyways It has a low start bid with no reserve on my ebay auction ( where I have hidden some real bargains this week) click here to bid

Monday, October 24, 2011

In the Garden

This is a painting I did in my adult oil painting class. It was a demonstration in the process of landscape painting. I added myself in the garden as it isn't much fun to have a garden unless you can get out there and play in it ! I have this listed on auction this week at $125 ( it is 11x14 oil on canvas ) please jump in and place a bid ( or make me an offer I can't refuse :-) To bid and visit my ebay gallery where I have lots of paintings on auction this week, Click Here.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

SOLD Dylan's Vintage Motorcycle, mixed media

This is a painting that I did in my college class to demonstrate using Photoshop to tweak a photo of an object or a person and then use the tweaked photo to work from to create a unique painting. This painting is of my son's vintage motorcycle. I have it listed this week at $47 on ebay. To bid on it click here While you are there check out my other auction items and visit my online gallery. If you would like to purchase one of my teaching videos, my full color book on oil painting or learn more about me and my work, you may do so here in my blog.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Citrus and Stripes

I told my students that we would be doing a simple study of citrus fruits. They were all excited as they thought it would be easy ..... until... ( insert the theme from 'Jaws' here) I brought out the stripes. They won that battle but I put the striped cloth in mine anyways. 'cause it's just fun! If you want to purchase this painting or visit my online ebay gallery ( check out my painting auctions this week ) you may click here
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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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