Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma: September 2018

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, September 28, 2018

Cherries

We had some new students who just showed up in class and as luck would have it, I had a box of cherries on hand and a 12x12 canvas. This was fun! This painting can be purchased by request through this blog for $145 or try your luck at bidding for it on ebay. Click here to visit my ebay auction ( for the next couple of days ) or Here to visit my ebay gallery

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Ballet Dancers in Rehearsal

Every year we artists are invited to visit a rehearsal before the opening season in order that we might find inspiration for a new work. These dancers were certainly inspiring. This is the last one in the series that I completed from those sessions, and one of my favorites. If you would like to visitthis in my ebay auction and see other gallery works, Click Here

Wednesday, September 05, 2018

Oklahoma Pastured Sheep on a Stormy Day

This painting began as a class project. I brought in several photos of interesting clouds and also some cool pics of sheep and cows. Everyone could pick and choose the things that they wanted to put together and make sure the light source looked believable. This is my take on the assignment. ( I always paint with them in case anyone just wants to follow me )
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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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