Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma: January 2013

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, January 22, 2013

Ruby's Slippers

I don't claim to be a tango dancer but I have a lot of fun trying to become one. This painting was inspired by the tango and by the receipt of the dancing shoes once owned by my husband's Grandma Ruby.... Thus the title, Ruby's Slippers... To bid on this painting click here

Monday, January 21, 2013

Just for fun, a short video of me painting one object

http://youtu.be/jLy5nQlqmkE

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Vintage Green Vase

This fall I went to a garage sale and came across this great little green vase. I have been wanting to paint it for a while and thought I would set up a still life with it and some of the porcelain dolls I picked up as well. The dolls scared the students... ( not scared like Steven King scared, scared like " I can't do this... , " scared. Anyways I took the great dolls out and painted out a tea cup that was in it for a while and all in all came up with a very pleasing study! This painting is 20x16 on stretched canvas.
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Saturday, January 05, 2013

Remember When

a few fun studies in the Pre Raphaelite vein

Pre Raphaelite Girl in Oklahoma Field 20x24

I am on a Pre Raphaelite kick and a red coat/sweater kick :-) This painting was done earlier this year but is on auction this week so I thought I would re post. To Bid

Wednesday, January 02, 2013

SOLD! Girl Wearing a Red Coat Walking in Snowy Field

We recently attempted to beat the storm out of Arkansas. We set out on I 40 only to find that the roads were already icing over, the delta fields were covered in a thin layer of snow. Fortunately when one is in a car that is driven very slowly, you can take non blurry photos out the window. When I got home I used the photos to create some interesting new paintings. This is one of the paintings I just completed. It is on auction through ebay this week.
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Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Prairie Walk 16x20 oil

It is Christmas vacation and I get to paint what I want to paint ( not that I don't already do that :-) but since I am not teaching, I like to play. This painting is a combo of several photos and my imagination. I really like how it turned out. I put it on ebay for sale this morning. If I leave it out over the holidays it may get some more work ( as often is the case ) but perhaps not.

If you would like to purchase or make an offer, see the other things I have been working on over the holiday, click here to visit my ebay gallery.

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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