Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma: June 2017

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..

Friday, June 30, 2017

SOLD! Three Sister Willows 8x10 oil on canvas by Margaret Aycock

There's only one thing better than sitting beside a cool Oklahoma creek on a hot day.... than to sit there with family, snacks, a great book and your painting supplies. I started this little painting on the banks of Flint Creek last week and finished it in the studio this week. It is on my ebay auction this week. To access this auction and all my other ebay items, CLICK HERE

Monday, June 12, 2017

A year in the nude ;-)

These are a few of the nudes that I have painted this year. All available paintings are on ebay right now. The bottom one is on auction for a very low start price with no reserve. Here is a link to it and through this link you will have access to the rest of my ebay gallery. Click Here

Thursday, June 01, 2017

Poppy Fields in Provence, France by Margaret Aycock

This was painted in part from memory and what memory couldn't provide, photos from a trip to a convent in France helped. My husband and I were fortunate to get to stay at the guest house at this lovely abby where everywhere was beauty.
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Poppies in Provence

SOLD! Garden Chairs a plein aire study in my back yard.

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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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