Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma: art

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..

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Green Pears on Red and White Striped Cloth 6x6 oil

This is one among many daily and larger paintings on auction this week through my ebay gallery/auction site. This began as a class project.... painting one object on a striped cloth. My students breathed a sigh of relief when I mentioned that our next project involved only one object. They breathed another kind of sigh as they saw the addition of the striped cloth rather than a plain backdrop. heheheh
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Friday, January 24, 2014

I had a few people that were going to be absent from my class the other day so I changed the assignment to " bring a troubled painting to class day." I had this painting kicking around for a while and decided to play with it. It was from a 3 hour sitting w a model and although I liked it, I couldn't sell it on ebay so I decided to play with hair and make up and costume and see what happens.

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Tuesday, January 07, 2014

Pre Raphaelite Girl with Cat by Margaret Aycock SOLD!

This was a really fun assignment that I gave to my students and of course, not wanting them to be the only ones having all the fun..... I painted one too. We started with a random photo of a pretty woman and each person had to add a background and an animal. I loved what everyone did with them... I had bear cubs, cougars and my kitty too.

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Saturday, January 04, 2014

Pre Raphaelite Girl by Margaret Aycock

This is what I have been playing with today. I started this painting in my adult class as a demo and finished it over the holidays. I have been painting Oklahoma landscapes and decided to put her at the edge of an Oklahoma forest.
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Saturday, December 21, 2013

Aceo trading cards

One of my ebay buyers ordered a few of these and so I tried my hand at them last week. Turns out they are really fun to paint. I put these 3 on ebay today. There is no reserve on the auction. Each one is hand painted in oil on an aceo trading card.
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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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