Frank J. Reilly - Outdoor Painting

"Frank J. Reilly – Outdoor Painting" reveals how to paint the outdoors from your studio. Garafola explains how values are the key to bring seascapes alive by capturing the mood of the ocean and its movement, as well as the wind, and various weather conditions.

He also explains the techniques involved in painting (Plein Air) landscapes that portray the time and kind of day; sunrise, sunny, overcast, fog, sunset, moonlight and the four seasons. Garafola believed that painting the natural environment puts the viewer inside the painting while realistically depicting what nature has created.

 

"In nature, there are things we can paint and some things we cannot paint. When you add these elements, they become the FINESSE of outdoor painting."
Quote by Frank Vincent DuMond, Frank Reilly's landscape teacher.

The secret is now reveled: Frank J. Reilly – Outdoor Painting shows how to paint the three things in nature that are nearly impossible to duplicate in paint.

"Reilly taught art like a science. Reilly's theory date back to the 19th century École des Beaux-Arts, Paris and teaches the technical aspect of what one needs to know to paint in your own style and medium without copying the work of other teachers or artists."