Margaret Aycock Representational Oil Painting in Oklahoma

Friday, April 28, 2017

A Day in the Garden

Tis the season for painting in the garden. gosh, trying to find a 3 hour stretch where there is no rain in the forecast is tricky but we did it. I had my adult class over for painting in the garden yesterday. We had such a wonderful day. We did one sketch that we will work with in the studio next week to finish. I don't have a lot to do to finish my sketch but will work on it a bit. Here are some pics of the day. You will find them in my ebay auction when finished. Until then here is one that is up for bid now.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

We are having a pretty amazing...early... Spring around here. This painting of the cherry blossoms and lilacs is the first of the season with hopefully more to come. The middle paitning is on auction this week on Ebay. CHECK IT OUT

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Portrait

My adult class wanted to learn some techniques to do a portrait in oil so I lead them through a step by step method used by the old masters. First a wash of burnt umber, then a sketch in burnt umber w shadows, lights... like a sepia toned old photo. Next a spray of damar retouch varnish, after it dries apply a transparent layer of skin tone, sky, grass etc. Last step is opeque paint. or maybe one more step... you can apply another glazing coat on the final piece to give warmth to the cheeks for instance.
Anyways here is the process using a painting by Thayer as a jumping off point. The finished piece is on ebay auction this week. To Visit my Ebay Gallery.... CLICK HERE

Friday, April 21, 2017

White Blossoms and Lemons

I began this painting as a demonstration for my adult painting class. I really liked the set up and decided to put on some finishing touches and put it up for auction this week. A cheery painting to go to a good home ;-)

Would you like to bid on this painting, or visit my online Ebay Gallery, CLICK HERE

Gearing up for May Shows

Gosh, there are a lot of things coming up for me. The last week in April my painting, " King of the Prairie," will be in a fundraising auction for a local charity.
May 4 I will have a painting in Chris Mantle's Gallery show.
May 14 a couple paintings in the fund raiser for Crossroads local charity
May 15 Mayfest international will get two paintings for their show ( Scott's band will perform at Mayfest this year at the Bartlet Square stage)
May 20 and 21 our yard will be featured for their walking tour and I will have some paintings for sale

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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